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2017 LGBT RPCV Pride Shirts

CLICK HERE to purchase your 2017 LGBT RPCV Pride Shirts right now Campaign live until May 11th with expected deliveries by June 1st. Funds collected from this campaign will be utilized to cover annual...

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Freedom To Marry Movie

The Freedom To Marry is the behind-the-scenes story of the architects of this historic civil rights movement and the brilliant, nerve-wracking campaign to win same sex marriage throughout the United...

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Peace Corps Week 2017

Peace Corps Week commemorates President Kennedy’s establishment of the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. During this annual event, the Peace Corps community celebrates all the ways that Peace Corps makes a...

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The Rainbow History of Peace Corps

LGBT RPCV is proud to once again present a session at the National Peace Corps Association’s annual gathering, Peace Corps Connect. This year, our presentation is titled “The Rainbow History of Peace...

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The Power of Video Stories

In September 2010, Dan Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, uploaded the very first It Gets Better video to YouTube. Within months, one video would grow to over 50,000, converting Dan and Terry’s...

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AsylumConnect Launches New Resource Catalog for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers in the U.S.

By: Katie Sgarro *Article originally published on 2/18/16 in The Huffington Post (HuffPost Impact):...

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Social Justice in Today’s Social Environment

Prepared by Byron Williams Sankofa, Peace Corps’ Black/African-American employee affinity group, felt the need to compose a panel based on the conversations many members have had with other people of...

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Join LGBT RPCV via the National Peace Corps Association today!

Happy Peace Corps Week! On behalf of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, I want to invite you to formally affiliate with our network via the National Peace Corps...

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Diversity’s hidden dimension : gays and lesbians in the Peace Corps

The following is the introduction from Jim Kelly’s thesis on gays and lesbians in the Peace Corps, “Diversity’s hidden dimension : gays and lesbians in the Peace Corps.” I was born on June 29, 1947 in...

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LGBT RPCV National Coordinator on the “Listening Tour”

by Manuel Colón,  In my new role as National Coordinator for LGBT RPCV, I decided to make it a point to reach out to each of the continuing Steering Committee members and have a chat. I’ve dubbed this...

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Why gay marriage matters

by Philip Rodenbough Originally posted on Peace Through Chemistry: (Mis)Adventures in Guinea and Burkina Faso (philgoestoguinea.blogspot.com)  on  Friday, April 29, 2011 “Give me your tired, your poor,...

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Survey of LGBT RPCV Followers

To take the pulse of what LGBT RPCV followers think about our mostly virtual organization, a survey was announced through our listserv as well as via Facebook and Twitter. Seventy-seven (77) people...

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Serving as the First: A Same-Sex Couple Perspective

By Jessica and Khayla My partner and I knew that we always wanted to join Peace Corps. Like all those who have come before us, it was a dream. We didn’t want to become another person in their aging...

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The Being LGBT in West Africa Project

By Philip Rodenbough, doctoral candidate in chemistry at Columbia University.  Twitter:@prodenbough Note: This article is reproduced with permission from RightsViews. The Virtual Student Foreign...

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Challenges to Sexual or Gender Minorities Populations

By Suzanne Marks, RPCV Togo, LGBT RCPV Steering Committee According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) as of December 2014, homosexuality is known to be criminalized in 76 countries, including...

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Serving as an LGBT Peace Corps Volunteer in Mongolia

- Krista M. Mastel, RPCV 2011-14 I thought serving as an LGBT volunteer in Mongolia would be difficult. Sure there were challenges, but it turns out serving in Mongolia was one of the best things that...

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Atlanta Area RPCVs March at Atlanta Pride

Fifty-five AARPCV members and guests showed their pride by marching with Peace Corps host country flags for the annual Atlanta Pride Parade on October 12, 2014. An estimated 300,000 people lined up on...

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Exploring the Arco Iris: The LGBT Experience in the Americas

WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, September 26th Peace Corps staff, RPCVs, and community members celebrated Hispanic Heritage month with the event “Exploring the Arco Iris: The LGBT Experience in the...

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LGBT Peace Corps Alum Wins 2014 Franklin H. Williams Award

For Manuel Colón, Peace Corps service was about more than gaining skills and helping others overseas – it was about sharing his experience with people back home and inspiring others to consider making...

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Peace Corps Pride from Coast to Coast

- Manuel Colón, RPCV, Paraguay 2014 has been amazing year for the LGBT community here in the United States. From sweeping same-sex marriage bans being struck down (nearly every week) to trans actress...

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