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		<title>LGBT Peace Corps Alumni Applaud Peace Corps on Placement of Same-Sex Couples</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Hale Sargent, of the LGBT RPCV Steering Committee: lgbtrpcv@gmail.com LGBT Peace Corps Alumni Applaud Peace Corps on Placement of Same-Sex Couples SAN FRANCISCO /May 21, 2013/ &#8212; LGBT Returned Peace Corps Volunteers applaud the Peace Corps for its announcement today that the agency will now accept applications from same-sex domestic partners who [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=925&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LGBT RPCVs in Cooperation with ORAM</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Mike Learned, Group Leader and Kevin Lo, ORAM’s Advocacy Director Recently I met with Kevin Lo, Director of Advocacy and Legal Services for ORAM &#8211; Organization for Refuge, Asylum &#38; Migration. ORAM is the leading advocate for refugees fleeing persecution based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. ORAM works closely with governments, inter-governmental agencies, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=904&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Experience in Morocco as a Lesbian PCV</title>
		<link>http://lgbrpcv.org/2013/04/14/my-experience-in-morocco-as-a-lesbian-pcv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- A Peace Corps Volunteer For me, being gay in Morocco is difficult but not unmanageable. Though many people in my small town in the Little Sahara consider themselves more laid-back and open-minded than the Moroccan standard, I would never out myself to anyone here. I don’t find being in the closet here all that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=902&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Secrets – Serving Queer in Paraguay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Compiled and Edited by Manuel Colón and Fiona Martin, RPCVs Have you ever heard the Hans Christian Anderson tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes”? It’s a story about a vain Emperor who cares for nothing. He hires two swindlers that promise him the finest, best suit of clothes from a fabric invisible to anyone who [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=900&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Financial Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 was a quiet year financially. Our web master did not ask for a reimbursement for web hosting expenses. We did not make any grants this year, but have enough on hand to make one in 2013. Beginning Balance: $2638.45 Income: Dues from NPCA:  $915.00 Expenses: NPCA Reaffiliation: $90.00 PO Box: $120.00 Income Minus Expenses:  [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=896&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In the Closet in Morocco and Some Poor Decisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[– A Volunteer To be absolutely honest, upon receiving my assignment to serve as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco, I was so super excited to a point that words can’t explain it all. It was especially welcome since I had been waiting so long to hear the good news from PC’s placement office. I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=887&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lesbians Non-Existent in Tonga?</title>
		<link>http://lgbrpcv.org/2013/01/15/lesbians-non-existent-in-tonga-a-current-peace-corps-volunteer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Peace Corps Volunteer To start, I want to comment on how much I appreciated LGBT RPCVs and Brian Favorite’s three articles on Fakaletis (men who live and dress as women) in Tonga. The fact that the LGBT community is embraced by the Peace Corps and that a forum exists gave me much-needed support before [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=877&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 in Review at lgbrpcv.org</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 21,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 5 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report. Filed under: [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=874&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LGBT Ally Training in Paraguay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Manuel Colon, former PCV On Friday, November 2, 2012, Peace Corps &#8211; Paraguay hosted its first ever LGBT ally training with 16 participants, volunteers and staff, in attendance. The training comes as a response to the 2011 all volunteer survey (AVS) that stated roughly 25% of the incidents of harassment received by volunteers as [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=868&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guarding My Sexuality in Botswana</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- A Peace Corps Volunteer The other day a fellow PCV invited me to an LGBT pool party coming up in Gaborone, the capital. This was strange to me to begin with because I don’t know any locals who are members of the LGBT community. My village is very small and very remote. And considering [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lgbrpcv.org&#038;blog=11770649&#038;post=861&#038;subd=lgbrpcv&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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