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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
• THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS
• JOHNS HOPKS REARCH: NO EVINCE PEOPLE ARE BORN GAY OR TRANSGENR
• JOHNS HOPKS STUDY NCLUS THERE IS NO GAY GENE
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) PUBLIC HEALTH CERTIFITE PROGRAM
• NO ‘GAY GENE’: MASSIVE STUDY HOM ON GEIC BASIS OF HUMAN SEXUALY
• 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?

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. 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.

GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU

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 have higher rat of body dysmorphia and eatg disorrs.

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. There is no sgle gene rponsible for a person beg gay or a lbian.

THERE IS NO ‘GAY GENE.’ THERE IS NO ‘STRAIGHT GENE.’ SEXUALY IS JT PLEX, STUDY NFIRMS

The study of nearly a half ln people clos the door on the bate around the existence of a so-lled “gay gene. In s stead, the report fds that human DNA nnot predict who is gay or heterosexual.

It is worth keepg md that this study only vers some typ of sexualy — gay, lbian and cis-straight — but don’t offer many sights to genr inty. Humans have tried to unrstand human sexualy for centuri — and geics rearchers joed the ay the early 1990s after a seri of studi on tws suggted homosexualy ran fai. “As a teenager tryg to unrstand myself and unrstand my sexualy, I looked at the ter for “the gay gene” and obvly me across Xq28, ” said Fah Sathirapongsasuti, a study -thor and senr scientist at 23andMe, which he joked once led him to believe he hered his gayns om his mother.

“We worried a lot about volunteer bias, ” said Bailey, whose rearch clus a wily publicized study on Xq28 and gay brothers om 2018.

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

Sanrs llaborated wh Bailey on those earlier studi and said their work had always admted that there was no sgle “gay gene. The rearchers had members of the same-sex muny review the study’s sign and language, and they adm that their termology and fns for gay, lbian and heterosexual do not reflect the full nature of the sexualy ntuum.

JOHNS HOPKS STUDY NCLUS THERE IS NO GAY GENE

In other words, tri to judge if a person leans gay, straight or bisexual. “[Our study] unrsr an important role for the environment shapg human sexual behavr and perhaps most importantly there is no sgle gay gene but rather the ntributn of many small geic effects sttered across the genome, ” Neale said.

Scholars at Johns Hopks Universy released a new report on Monday which argu that there is not sufficient evince to suggt that lbian, gay, or transgenr people are born wh this sexual orientatn or genr inty. “There are probably some people that intify as hetrosexual [sic] that then later on intified as homosexual, so go both ways. The three-part, 143-page report, which appeared the Fall 2016 edn of The New Atlantis, also vtigated other monly accepted ias about homosexualy and transgenrism.

Mayer and his -thor Pl McHugh, a profsor of psychiatry and behavral scienc at Johns Hopks, challenged the claim that discrimatn and social stigma are the only reasons why homosexual and transgenr people suffer higher rat of mental health problems and are more likely to m suici. The study breaks down three parts: First, Mayer and McHugh examed whether homosexualy is an hered tra, and nclud that people are not simply “born that way.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER (LGBTQ) PUBLIC HEALTH CERTIFITE PROGRAM

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

NO ‘GAY GENE’: MASSIVE STUDY HOM ON GEIC BASIS OF HUMAN SEXUALY

“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 explaed. For women, both tws had at least one homosexual partner 22 percent of intil tws and 17 percent of aternal tws.

“So the qutn ‘Are gay people born that way?

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

There is virtually no evince that anyone, gay or straight, is ‘born that way’ if means that their sexual orientatn was geilly termed, ” the report explaed (emphasis add).