'We're not hidg': Gay and lbian Rsians say a cultural shift is unrway

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• SAFE ZONE PROGRAM WE ARE PROUD TO PROVI SAFE ZONE TRAGS FOR THE JOHNS HOPKS MUNY. SAFE ZONE MISSN THE SAFE ZONE MISSN IS TO PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY AND THEIR ALLI FLOURISH TELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTNALLY. TOWARDS THIS END, WE ENVISN THE PROGRAM AS A VISIBLE WORK OF ALLI WHO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT DIVIDUAL LGBTQ PEOPLE. WE HOPE TO BUILD A CLIMATE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE AND ACCEPTED. JOHNS HOPKS AFFIRMS OUR MMENT TO A DIVERSE AND CLIVE MUNY MANY WAYS, CLUDG HAVG SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY/EXPRSN OUR NON-DISCRIMATN POLICY. THE SAFE ZONE PROGRAM V EVERYONE TO CREATE A SAFER AND MORE SUPPORTIVE MP CLIMATE FOR SEXUAL AND GENR MORI AND THEIR ALLI. THE SAFE ZONE PROGRAM IS HOED WH GENR & SEXUALY ROURC (FORMERLY HOED WH LGBTQ LIFE). IT WAS TABLISHED 2012 AS A LLABORATIVE TRAG EFFORT ENGAGG STUNTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY ACROSS ALL PARTMENTS AND OFFIC AT HOPKS. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR UPG SAFE ZONE WORKSHOPS! OUR AUGT SAFE ZONE CONFERENCE WILL BE ON AUGT 2-3 (VIRTUAL). PARTICIPANTS N TAKE ALL 4 WORKSHOPS OR SIGN UP FOR DIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS ON THOSE DAT AS THEIR SCHL ALLOW. SCE 2013, OVER 2,500 MEMBERS OF THE JOHNS HOPKS MUNY HAVE PARTICIPATED SAFE ZONE TRAGS. LOOK FOR THE RABOW SIGNS EVERYWHERE YOU GO! SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE ELECTED TO ADD THEIR NAME TO OUR ONLE ALLY DIRECTORY, ORR TO SERVE AS ROURC FOR OTHERS. WE ARE MTED TO MAKG THE TRAGS AVAILABLE TO ANY MEMBERS OF THE HOPKS MUNY WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE EMAIL TO REQUT ANY ACMODATNS SO THAT YOU N FULLY PARTICIPATE THE TRAG. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUTNS HERE ARE A FEW OF THE EQUENTLY ASKED QUTNS WH RPECT TO SAFE ZONE TRAG. IF YOU HAVE A QUTN THAT ISN’T ANSWERED HERE, EMAIL ! WHAT DO MEAN IF I SEE A SAFE ZONE SYMBOL ON SOMEONE’S DOOR OR EMAIL SIGNATURE? A SAFE ZONE SYMBOL ON SOMEONE’S DOOR OR EMAIL MEANS THAT THEY’VE GONE THROUGH ALL 4 SAFE ZONE WORKSHOPS AND ARE READY TO PROVI SUPPORT AND ACT AS AN ALLY. BEG SAFE ZONE TRAED ALSO MEANS THAT THEY’LL HAVE A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT ROURC ARE AVAILABLE BEYOND JT WHAT THEY N PROVI. WHY AREN’T SAFE ZONE TRAGS MANDATORY? THE GOAL OF SAFE ZONE IS TO CREATE A WORK OF VISIBLE ALLI WHO ARE PREPARED AND WILLG TO PROVI SUPPORT. SCE THE ARE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT RECEIVE SENSIVE OR PERSONAL RMATN, ’S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE WHO GO THROUGH THE TRAG IS READY TO BE HELPFUL. WH A MANDATORY TRAG, SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTED AS SAFE ZONE MEMBERS MAY NOT TLY BE VTED SUPPORTG LGBTQA PEOPLE. DO MY SAFE ZONE TRAG EXPIRE? NO, DON’T EXPIRE, BUT WE ARE GOG TO BE REGULARLY UPDATG THE CURRICULUM. SO WHILE ’S NOT REQUIRED, WE REMEND RENEWG SAFE ZONE TRAG EVERY 3 YEARS. WHY DO THE TRAG LAST SUCH A LONG TIME?! THERE’S A LOT OF RMATN! AND MORE THAN JT PROVIDG RMATN, SAFE ZONE TRAGS ALSO CLU DISCSN AND PRACTICE FOR REAL LIFE SUATNS. IN FACT, THE MOST MON FEEDBACK WE GET IS THAT THE TRAG SHOULD BE LONGER ORR TO VER TOPICS MORE PTH. IF YOU’D LIKE TO HAVE A SHORTER RMATN SSN, NTACT AND WE’LL WORK WH YOU TO MAKE SOMETHG THAT WORKS FOR YOU. CAN I REQUT A SAFE ZONE WORKSHOP FOR MY STUNT ANIZATN OR MP PARTMENT? WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THE PACY TO OFFER SAFE ZONE TO DIVIDUAL UNS OR PARTMENTS. INSTEAD, WE ENURAGE GROUPS TO SIGN UP TO ATTEND A GENERAL SAFE ZONE WORKSHOP TOGETHER. WE DO OFFER WORKSHOPS AND TRAGS FOR STUNT GROUPS AND MP PARTMENTS. CHECK OUT OUR OFFERGS AND REQUT A TRAG BY FILLG OUT OUR CDI PRENTATN REQUT FORM SHOULDN’T ALL SPAC BE SAFE ZON? WHY DO WE NEED TO SIGNATE CERTA SPAC AS SAFE? DIGNATG SPECIFIC SPAC AND SPECIFIC PEOPLE ENSUR THAT THERE’S A PLACE PEOPLE N GO WHERE THEY N BE SURE THAT THEY’LL BE SUPPORTED AND WELED. I N’T E TO A TRAG. CAN YOU EMAIL ME THE MANUAL STEAD? WE BELIEVE THAT EXPERIENCG THE TRAG PERSON (OR VIRTUALLY) IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF VELOPG ONE’S SKILLS AS AN ALLY. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE WHOUT ATTENDG A TRAG, WE HAVE A GLOSSARY ON OUR SE AS WELL AS A TRANS TRODUCTN PAGE. WHAT IF I ALREADY RECEIVED A SAFE ZONE TRAG AT ANOTHER STUTN? THAT’S GREAT! AND WE VE YOU TO BRG WHAT YOU LEARNED AT YOUR PREV STUTN WH YOU. HOWEVER, WE STILL ENURAGE YOU TO ATTEND A SAFE ZONE TRAG HERE AT HOPKS. BY ATTENDG ONE OF OUR SSNS YOU’LL BE BETTER NNECTED TO JHU-SPECIFIC ROURC, AND LEARN ABOUT ISSU AND SUATNS SPECIFIC TO THIS STUTN. LOOKG FOR SOMETHG ELSE?
• 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

SAFE ZONE PROGRAM WE ARE PROUD TO PROVI SAFE ZONE TRAGS FOR THE JOHNS HOPKS MUNY. SAFE ZONE MISSN THE SAFE ZONE MISSN IS TO PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY AND THEIR ALLI FLOURISH TELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTNALLY. TOWARDS THIS END, WE ENVISN THE PROGRAM AS A VISIBLE WORK OF ALLI WHO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT DIVIDUAL LGBTQ PEOPLE. WE HOPE TO BUILD A CLIMATE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE AND ACCEPTED. JOHNS HOPKS AFFIRMS OUR MMENT TO A DIVERSE AND CLIVE MUNY MANY WAYS, CLUDG HAVG SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY/EXPRSN OUR NON-DISCRIMATN POLICY. THE SAFE ZONE PROGRAM V EVERYONE TO CREATE A SAFER AND MORE SUPPORTIVE MP CLIMATE FOR SEXUAL AND GENR MORI AND THEIR ALLI. THE SAFE ZONE PROGRAM IS HOED WH GENR & SEXUALY ROURC (FORMERLY HOED WH LGBTQ LIFE). IT WAS TABLISHED 2012 AS A LLABORATIVE TRAG EFFORT ENGAGG STUNTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY ACROSS ALL PARTMENTS AND OFFIC AT HOPKS. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR UPG SAFE ZONE WORKSHOPS! OUR AUGT SAFE ZONE CONFERENCE WILL BE ON AUGT 2-3 (VIRTUAL). PARTICIPANTS N TAKE ALL 4 WORKSHOPS OR SIGN UP FOR DIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS ON THOSE DAT AS THEIR SCHL ALLOW. SCE 2013, OVER 2,500 MEMBERS OF THE JOHNS HOPKS MUNY HAVE PARTICIPATED SAFE ZONE TRAGS. LOOK FOR THE RABOW SIGNS EVERYWHERE YOU GO! SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE ELECTED TO ADD THEIR NAME TO OUR ONLE ALLY DIRECTORY, ORR TO SERVE AS ROURC FOR OTHERS. WE ARE MTED TO MAKG THE TRAGS AVAILABLE TO ANY MEMBERS OF THE HOPKS MUNY WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE EMAIL TO REQUT ANY ACMODATNS SO THAT YOU N FULLY PARTICIPATE THE TRAG. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUTNS HERE ARE A FEW OF THE EQUENTLY ASKED QUTNS WH RPECT TO SAFE ZONE TRAG. IF YOU HAVE A QUTN THAT ISN’T ANSWERED HERE, EMAIL ! WHAT DO MEAN IF I SEE A SAFE ZONE SYMBOL ON SOMEONE’S DOOR OR EMAIL SIGNATURE? A SAFE ZONE SYMBOL ON SOMEONE’S DOOR OR EMAIL MEANS THAT THEY’VE GONE THROUGH ALL 4 SAFE ZONE WORKSHOPS AND ARE READY TO PROVI SUPPORT AND ACT AS AN ALLY. BEG SAFE ZONE TRAED ALSO MEANS THAT THEY’LL HAVE A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT ROURC ARE AVAILABLE BEYOND JT WHAT THEY N PROVI. WHY AREN’T SAFE ZONE TRAGS MANDATORY? THE GOAL OF SAFE ZONE IS TO CREATE A WORK OF VISIBLE ALLI WHO ARE PREPARED AND WILLG TO PROVI SUPPORT. SCE THE ARE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT RECEIVE SENSIVE OR PERSONAL RMATN, ’S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE WHO GO THROUGH THE TRAG IS READY TO BE HELPFUL. WH A MANDATORY TRAG, SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTED AS SAFE ZONE MEMBERS MAY NOT TLY BE VTED SUPPORTG LGBTQA PEOPLE. DO MY SAFE ZONE TRAG EXPIRE? NO, DON’T EXPIRE, BUT WE ARE GOG TO BE REGULARLY UPDATG THE CURRICULUM. SO WHILE ’S NOT REQUIRED, WE REMEND RENEWG SAFE ZONE TRAG EVERY 3 YEARS. WHY DO THE TRAG LAST SUCH A LONG TIME?! THERE’S A LOT OF RMATN! AND MORE THAN JT PROVIDG RMATN, SAFE ZONE TRAGS ALSO CLU DISCSN AND PRACTICE FOR REAL LIFE SUATNS. IN FACT, THE MOST MON FEEDBACK WE GET IS THAT THE TRAG SHOULD BE LONGER ORR TO VER TOPICS MORE PTH. IF YOU’D LIKE TO HAVE A SHORTER RMATN SSN, NTACT AND WE’LL WORK WH YOU TO MAKE SOMETHG THAT WORKS FOR YOU. CAN I REQUT A SAFE ZONE WORKSHOP FOR MY STUNT ANIZATN OR MP PARTMENT? WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THE PACY TO OFFER SAFE ZONE TO DIVIDUAL UNS OR PARTMENTS. INSTEAD, WE ENURAGE GROUPS TO SIGN UP TO ATTEND A GENERAL SAFE ZONE WORKSHOP TOGETHER. WE DO OFFER WORKSHOPS AND TRAGS FOR STUNT GROUPS AND MP PARTMENTS. CHECK OUT OUR OFFERGS AND REQUT A TRAG BY FILLG OUT OUR CDI PRENTATN REQUT FORM SHOULDN’T ALL SPAC BE SAFE ZON? WHY DO WE NEED TO SIGNATE CERTA SPAC AS SAFE? DIGNATG SPECIFIC SPAC AND SPECIFIC PEOPLE ENSUR THAT THERE’S A PLACE PEOPLE N GO WHERE THEY N BE SURE THAT THEY’LL BE SUPPORTED AND WELED. I N’T E TO A TRAG. CAN YOU EMAIL ME THE MANUAL STEAD? WE BELIEVE THAT EXPERIENCG THE TRAG PERSON (OR VIRTUALLY) IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF VELOPG ONE’S SKILLS AS AN ALLY. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE WHOUT ATTENDG A TRAG, WE HAVE A GLOSSARY ON OUR SE AS WELL AS A TRANS TRODUCTN PAGE. WHAT IF I ALREADY RECEIVED A SAFE ZONE TRAG AT ANOTHER STUTN? THAT’S GREAT! AND WE VE YOU TO BRG WHAT YOU LEARNED AT YOUR PREV STUTN WH YOU. HOWEVER, WE STILL ENURAGE YOU TO ATTEND A SAFE ZONE TRAG HERE AT HOPKS. BY ATTENDG ONE OF OUR SSNS YOU’LL BE BETTER NNECTED TO JHU-SPECIFIC ROURC, AND LEARN ABOUT ISSU AND SUATNS SPECIFIC TO THIS STUTN. LOOKG FOR SOMETHG ELSE?

Myth: Lbian, gay and bisexual people n be intified by certa mannerisms or physil characteristics. People who are lbian, gay or bisexual e as many different shap, lors and siz as do people who are heterosexual.

Many lbian, gay and bisexual people have early heterosexual experienc, but are still lbian, gay or bisexual; many avowed heterosexuals have had sexual ntact wh members of their own sex, but are still heterosexual. Many lbian, gay and bisexual people know that they are attracted to members of their own sex at an early age, sometim as young as 6 or 7 years old.

'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

Myth: Lbian, gay and bisexual people are "flntg" their sexualy when they talk about their partner, hold hands or kiss one another public.

Due to homophobic reactns, some lbian, gay and bisexual people are actually forced to hi their sexualy public, not flnt . Myth: People who are lbian, gay and bisexual work and live only certa typ of suatns. In surveys of lbian, gay and bisexual people, 52-87% have been verbally harassed, 21-27% have been pelted wh objects, 13-38% have been chased or followed and 9-24% have been physilly asslted.

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