Johns Hopks Rearch: No Evince People Are Born Gay or Transgenr – PJ Media

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• GENR & SEXUALY ROURC EXPAND IN THIS SECTN... GENR & SEXUALY ROURC HOPKS ROURC BALTIMORE AND BEYOND PROGRAMS & EVENTS BALTIMORE PRI PARA TRANS STUDI CONFERENCE LAVENR CELEBRATN EDUTN INTRODUCTN TO TRANSGENR INTI LGBTQ GLOSSARY LGBTQ HISTORY AT JHU LGBTQ LKS THE MASCULY PROJECT SAFE ZONE PROGRAM SIGN UP FOR SAFE ZONE WORKSHOPS ALLY DIRECTORY SUPPORTG CHOSEN NAM AND PRONOUNS SZ FOUNDATNS GROUPS & COMMUNI GENR AFFIRMG ROURC ALL-GENR RTROOMS GENR AFFIRMG CLOSET NAME CHANGE AND PRIVACY JHU COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRANSN-RELATED HEALTH COVERAGE TRANSGENR AFFIRMATIVE REARCH THE OUTLIST OUTLIST MEMBERS JO THE OUTLIST! CONTACT GSR GENR & SEXUALY ROURC EDUTN GENR AFFIRMG ROURC SIGN UP FOR SAFE ZONE WORKSHOPS SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER LOTE AN ALL-GENR RTROOM JO AN INTY-SPECIFIC MEETUP GENR & SEXUALY ROURC WELE TO GENR & SEXUALY ROURC (GSR)! CONNECT WH VIA EMAIL, PHONE (410) 516-2452, INSTAGRAM, AND OUR LGBTQ AT JHU DISRD. OR, JO OUR MAILG LIST. GSR IS THE PARTMENT WH THE CENTER FOR DIVERSY AND INCLN AT JOHNS HOPKS WORKG TO BUILD AN EQUABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOPKS MUNY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATNS AND GENR INTI. YOU’RE VED TO EXPLORE OUR SE OR EMAIL TO ASK ANY QUTNS. MISSN GSR IS THE PARTMENT WH THE CENTER FOR DIVERSY AND INCLN AT JOHNS HOPKS WORKG TO BUILD AN EQUABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOPKS MUNY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATNS AND GENR INTI. WHAT WE DO WE WORK TOWARDS OUR MISSN THROUGH -CURRICULAR TN, ACCS AND RETENTN IATIV, AND MUNY-BUILDG THAT CENTER THE NEEDS AND EXPERIENC OF LGBTQ+ MUNI AT HOPKS. VALU WE WORK TOWARDS BUILDG SOLIDARY ACROSS MUNI WH DIFFERG INTI AND LIVED EXPERIENC SO THAT WE N NTUE TO GROW OUR UNRSTANDG OF THE WAYS OUR STGGL AND EXPERIENC ARE BOTH UNIQUE AND OVERLAPPG. WHEN WE CENTER THOSE OUR MUNI WHO ARE MOST MARGALIZED, WE ARE ALL UPLIFTED AND ABLE TO THRIVE. WE REGNIZE THAT SEXUAL, GENR, AND ROMANTIC INTI DO NOT EXIST ISOLATN. RATHER, OUR EXPERIENC OF THE INTI ARE RMED BY THE OTHER SOCIAL INTI WE HOLD. AS AUDRE LOR WROTE, “THERE IS NO SUCH THG AS A SGLE-ISSUE STGGLE BEE WE DO NOT LIVE SGLE-ISSUE LIV.” WHEN WE CENTER THOSE OUR MUNI WHO ARE MOST MARGALIZED, WE ARE ALL UPLIFTED AND ABLE TO THRIVE. CONTACT US GENR & SEXUALY ROURC3003 N CHARL STHOMEWOOD APARTMENTSSUE 100BALTIMORE, MD HOURSMONDAY–THURSDAY : 9 A.M.–7 P.M.FRIDAY–FRIDAY : 9 A.M.–5 P.M. MAP INSTAGRAM NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS HUB A GREAT F FOR HOPKS MUNY HOMEWOOD'S NEW GENR AFFIRMG CLOSET OFFERS EE CLOTHG, ACCSORI, MAKP, AND ROURC TO SUPPORT GENR INTY EXPRSN AND EXPLORATN READ "A GREAT F FOR HOPKS MUNY"... HUB ALL JOHNS HOPKS SURANCE PLANS WILL BE UPDATED AND ALIGNED TO OFFER A BROAD RANGE OF RE, AND ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO ALLOW DIVIDUALS TO E CHOSEN NAM READ ""... HUB DPE DISTANCE, LGBTQ LIFE HELPS STUNTS STAY CLOSE DISPTN TO SEMTER AND EFFECTS OF SOCIAL DISTANCG MAKE THE OFFICE'S SERVIC AND EVENTS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, SAYS LGBTQ LIFE DIRECTOR DEMERE WOOLWAY READ "DPE DISTANCE, LGBTQ LIFE HELPS STUNTS STAY CLOSE"... HUB LIBRARI ACQUIRE RARE PY OF SEMAL 19TH-CENTURY SAY 'A PROBLEM GREEK ETHICS' BY POET JOHN ADDGTON SYMONDS HELPED SET THE STAGE FOR THE MORN GAY-RIGHTS MOVEMENT READ "LIBRARI ACQUIRE RARE PY OF SEMAL 19TH-CENTURY SAY"... HUB BALLROOM GLZ PERFORMERS BATTLED, TWALKED, AND VOGUED AT THE GEE PEABODY LIBRARY, A GRAND VENUE FOR AN EVENT THAT HONORED THE NEARLY CENTURY-OLD TRADN OF THE BALLROOM MUNY READ "BALLROOM GLZ"... HUB HOPKS MARCHERS SHOW THEIR PRI HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF THE HOPKS MUNY ATTEND BALTIMORE PRI, SATURDAY READ "HOPKS MARCHERS SHOW THEIR PRI "... RELATED LKS HOMEWOOD COUNSELG CENTER MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS RELIG & SPIRUAL LIFE LOOKG FOR SOMETHG ELSE?
• GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
• IS JOHN HOPKS GAY?
• IS JOHN HOPKS THE UK ACTOR GAY?
• JOHNS HOPKS REARCH: NO EVINCE PEOPLE ARE BORN GAY OR TRANSGENR
• 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?
• NO SCIENTIFIC EVINCE THAT PEOPLE ARE BORN GAY OR TRANSGENR, JOHNS HOPKS REARCHERS SAY

GENR & SEXUALY ROURC EXPAND IN THIS SECTN... GENR & SEXUALY ROURC HOPKS ROURC BALTIMORE AND BEYOND PROGRAMS & EVENTS BALTIMORE PRI PARA TRANS STUDI CONFERENCE LAVENR CELEBRATN EDUTN INTRODUCTN TO TRANSGENR INTI LGBTQ GLOSSARY LGBTQ HISTORY AT JHU LGBTQ LKS THE MASCULY PROJECT SAFE ZONE PROGRAM SIGN UP FOR SAFE ZONE WORKSHOPS ALLY DIRECTORY SUPPORTG CHOSEN NAM AND PRONOUNS SZ FOUNDATNS GROUPS & COMMUNI GENR AFFIRMG ROURC ALL-GENR RTROOMS GENR AFFIRMG CLOSET NAME CHANGE AND PRIVACY JHU COMPUTER SYSTEMS TRANSN-RELATED HEALTH COVERAGE TRANSGENR AFFIRMATIVE REARCH THE OUTLIST OUTLIST MEMBERS JO THE OUTLIST! CONTACT GSR GENR & SEXUALY ROURC EDUTN GENR AFFIRMG ROURC SIGN UP FOR SAFE ZONE WORKSHOPS SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER LOTE AN ALL-GENR RTROOM JO AN INTY-SPECIFIC MEETUP GENR & SEXUALY ROURC WELE TO GENR & SEXUALY ROURC (GSR)! CONNECT WH VIA EMAIL, PHONE (410) 516-2452, INSTAGRAM, AND OUR LGBTQ AT JHU DISRD. OR, JO OUR MAILG LIST. GSR IS THE PARTMENT WH THE CENTER FOR DIVERSY AND INCLN AT JOHNS HOPKS WORKG TO BUILD AN EQUABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOPKS MUNY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATNS AND GENR INTI. YOU’RE VED TO EXPLORE OUR SE OR EMAIL TO ASK ANY QUTNS. MISSN GSR IS THE PARTMENT WH THE CENTER FOR DIVERSY AND INCLN AT JOHNS HOPKS WORKG TO BUILD AN EQUABLE AND SUPPORTIVE HOPKS MUNY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATNS AND GENR INTI. WHAT WE DO WE WORK TOWARDS OUR MISSN THROUGH -CURRICULAR TN, ACCS AND RETENTN IATIV, AND MUNY-BUILDG THAT CENTER THE NEEDS AND EXPERIENC OF LGBTQ+ MUNI AT HOPKS. VALU WE WORK TOWARDS BUILDG SOLIDARY ACROSS MUNI WH DIFFERG INTI AND LIVED EXPERIENC SO THAT WE N NTUE TO GROW OUR UNRSTANDG OF THE WAYS OUR STGGL AND EXPERIENC ARE BOTH UNIQUE AND OVERLAPPG. WHEN WE CENTER THOSE OUR MUNI WHO ARE MOST MARGALIZED, WE ARE ALL UPLIFTED AND ABLE TO THRIVE. WE REGNIZE THAT SEXUAL, GENR, AND ROMANTIC INTI DO NOT EXIST ISOLATN. RATHER, OUR EXPERIENC OF THE INTI ARE RMED BY THE OTHER SOCIAL INTI WE HOLD. AS AUDRE LOR WROTE, “THERE IS NO SUCH THG AS A SGLE-ISSUE STGGLE BEE WE DO NOT LIVE SGLE-ISSUE LIV.” WHEN WE CENTER THOSE OUR MUNI WHO ARE MOST MARGALIZED, WE ARE ALL UPLIFTED AND ABLE TO THRIVE. CONTACT US GENR & SEXUALY ROURC3003 N CHARL STHOMEWOOD APARTMENTSSUE 100BALTIMORE, MD HOURSMONDAY–THURSDAY : 9 A.M.–7 P.M.FRIDAY–FRIDAY : 9 A.M.–5 P.M. MAP INSTAGRAM NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS HUB A GREAT F FOR HOPKS MUNY HOMEWOOD'S NEW GENR AFFIRMG CLOSET OFFERS EE CLOTHG, ACCSORI, MAKP, AND ROURC TO SUPPORT GENR INTY EXPRSN AND EXPLORATN READ "A GREAT F FOR HOPKS MUNY"... HUB ALL JOHNS HOPKS SURANCE PLANS WILL BE UPDATED AND ALIGNED TO OFFER A BROAD RANGE OF RE, AND ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO ALLOW DIVIDUALS TO E CHOSEN NAM READ ""... HUB DPE DISTANCE, LGBTQ LIFE HELPS STUNTS STAY CLOSE DISPTN TO SEMTER AND EFFECTS OF SOCIAL DISTANCG MAKE THE OFFICE'S SERVIC AND EVENTS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, SAYS LGBTQ LIFE DIRECTOR DEMERE WOOLWAY READ "DPE DISTANCE, LGBTQ LIFE HELPS STUNTS STAY CLOSE"... HUB LIBRARI ACQUIRE RARE PY OF SEMAL 19TH-CENTURY SAY 'A PROBLEM GREEK ETHICS' BY POET JOHN ADDGTON SYMONDS HELPED SET THE STAGE FOR THE MORN GAY-RIGHTS MOVEMENT READ "LIBRARI ACQUIRE RARE PY OF SEMAL 19TH-CENTURY SAY"... HUB BALLROOM GLZ PERFORMERS BATTLED, TWALKED, AND VOGUED AT THE GEE PEABODY LIBRARY, A GRAND VENUE FOR AN EVENT THAT HONORED THE NEARLY CENTURY-OLD TRADN OF THE BALLROOM MUNY READ "BALLROOM GLZ"... HUB HOPKS MARCHERS SHOW THEIR PRI HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF THE HOPKS MUNY ATTEND BALTIMORE PRI, SATURDAY READ "HOPKS MARCHERS SHOW THEIR PRI "... RELATED LKS HOMEWOOD COUNSELG CENTER MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS RELIG & SPIRUAL LIFE LOOKG FOR SOMETHG ELSE?

Gay and Bisexual Men's Health Issu. Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. While ’s te that most timate partner vlence rourc are for women, specific assistance is available for gay and bisexual men.

Bee of strs and discrimatn, gay and bisexual men are more likely to e tobac and alhol than the general populatn.

Several tobac and alhol pani specifilly target gay and bisexual men their ad mpaigns. Among gay men, certa dgs — pecially crystal meth, also known as “Ta” — have bee wily ed.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

Gay and bisexual men have higher rat of body dysmorphia and eatg disorrs.

IS JOHN HOPKS GAY?

There are a few optns for gay men and bisexual men same-sex relatnships who aspire to have children, cludg surrogacy, where sperm is ed to fertilize a donated egg, which is then rried to term by a surrogate mother. Nowadays, there is no answer to the issue -John Hopks is gay?

While folks still say John Hopks is gay, their ments hold no nsistency or accuracy of any kd.

IS JOHN HOPKS THE UK ACTOR GAY?

Although John Hopks has never admted to beg gay, the media always nsirs the likelihood of one day reportg on the other. Although John Hopks has never said to be homosexual, beg a famo artist and homosexual is somethg unrstood as normal by the society.

This is an opponent of transgenr rights who ma a name for himself by clarg homosexualy a choice, lendg his expertise to legal efforts to block same-sex marriage California. ”To the relig right wg of Amerin polics, and particular s lears the anti-gay and anti-transgenr movement, the report is seen as “groundbreakg.

Scholars at the teemed Johns Hopks Universy studied the origs of homosexualy and found there is sufficient evince to say gay, lbian, or transgenr people are born this way (sexual orientatn or genr inty).

JOHNS HOPKS REARCH: NO EVINCE PEOPLE ARE BORN GAY OR TRANSGENR

They believe Homosexualy is ed by a variety of factors, cludg childhood sexual moltatn and social prsur. Many Amerins believe people are born gay or transgenr and others believe dividuals choose that type of liftyle.

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?

It’s a hot topic and people on the left, pecially LGBTs, follow the dictum that gays and transgenrs are born that way. The two scholars, Lawrence Mayer, and Pl McHugh examed whether homosexualy is an hered tra, and nclud that people are not simply “born that way.

They also looked at the of the poor mental health associated wh gay and transgenr people, ncludg that social strs do not expla all of .

NO SCIENTIFIC EVINCE THAT PEOPLE ARE BORN GAY OR TRANSGENR, JOHNS HOPKS REARCHERS SAY

“Studi of the bras of homosexuals and heterosexuals have found some differenc, but have not monstrated that the differenc are born rather than the rult of environmental factors that fluenced both psychologil and nroblogil tras, ” the report reads. “There are probably some people that intify as heterosexual that then, later on, intify as homosexual, so go both ways. The three-part, 143-page report, which appeared the Fall 2016 edn of The New Atlantis, also challeng the ia that discrimatn and social stigma are the only reasons gays and transgenrs suffer higher rat of mental health problems an suicis.

This is Gay Pri month and there are paras, flags wavg, monuments, but if people do choose this as a liftyle and are not born this way, what do mean for the movement?