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Lgbtq life

Paula Neira, program director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Diversity+Inclusion

A path to authenticity

Published Nov 15, 2023

Paula Neira, the program director of LGBTQ+ Equity and Education at Johns Hopkins Medicine, shares her journey from a dream job in the Navy to a life of service, purpose, and impact beyond

Diversity+Inclusion

A great fit for Hopkins community

Published March 30, 2023

Homewood's new Gender Affirming Closet offers free clothing, accessories, makeup, and resources to support gender identity expression and exploration

A small transgender flag in a cup of other LGBTQ+ flags

Diversity+Inclusion

Johns Hopkins expands gender-affirming care benefits and support

Published July 1, 2022

All Johns Hopkins insurance plans will be updated and aligned to offer a broad range of care, and enterprise systems have been updated to allow individuals to use chosen names

Student life

Despite distance, LGBTQ Life helps students stay close

Published May 19, 2020

Disruption to semester and effects of social distancing make the office's services and events more important than ever, says LGBTQ Life Director Demere Woolway

Classics

Libraries acquire rare copy of seminal 19th-century essay

Published Dec 5, 2019

'A Problem in Greek Ethics' by poet John Addington Symonds helped set the stage for the modern gay-rights movement

Ballroom performer in book costume struts on the catwalk

Arts+Culture

Ballroom glitz

Published Oct 14, 2019

Performers battled, catwalked, and vogued at the George Peabody Library, a grand venue for an event that honored the nearly century-old tradition of the ballroom community