Articles by Topic

Alumni Stories

• LGBT Peace Corps Conversation for StoryCorps - Nov '09
• A New Strachey Mystery: The 38 Million Dollar Smile - Aug '09
• Luck and Fame: My Chance Meeting with Norman Rockwell in Colombia - Feb '09
• From Ghana to Afghanistan: Tevas™ to Combat Boots - Nov '08
• Reunited with Korea - Nov '08
• Gardening and Senegal May'07
• Peace Corps to Spirituality and AIDS Activism - Nov '05
• Five Years Out - Nov '05
• An RPCV in Public Service
• Reunion of Silence - May '04

Applicants to Peace Corps

• First Known Transgender Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaks Out- Aug '09
• Should Peace Corps Volunteers Be Assigned to Work with LGBT Projects? - May '09
• Managing a Long Distance Peace Corps Relationship - May '09
• Diversity’s Hidden Dimension: Gays and Lesbians in the Peace Corps - May '08
• Gay Guide Romania, Information for New Peace Corps Volunteers - Feb '08
• So You’re Thinking About Joining the Peace Corps………? - Feb '08
• Human Rights Needed for LGBT People in Africa - Nov '07
• The Importance of Diversity for Peace Corps Recruiting - Aug '07
• A Commonsense Approach to Issues Facing LGBT PCVs - Nov '06
• Living as a Queer Peace Corps Volunteer in a World with HIV - Aug '06
• VSO an Alternative for Queer Couples Who Want to Serve Overseas? -Aug '05
• FAQ of a Former Peace Corps Recruiter - Nov '02
• Double Life of a Gay Volunteer in Kenya - Nov '02
• Security for LGBT Peace Corps Volunteers - May '04
• The Mysterious Fiancée Halfway across the World - Feb '03
• She's Finally Gone Over the Edge - Feb '03
• Is She a Girl or is She a Woman? - Nov '02
• Muslim and Gay - Nov '02
• HIV Status and Application to the Peace Corps- May '02
• Thoughts on Gay, Lesbian and Bi Issues for PCVs and Staff Overseas - Nov '99
• Gays, Lesbians and the Peace Corps:
  Should I or Shouldn?t I? - Aug '99
• Peace Corps Service and HIV Disease: Practices, Risks, and Benefits - Nov '98
• Welcome to Peace Corps! Welcome to Training - Nov '97
• Suggestion of Things to Take – Ujeni
• See also:
  • "Couples Serving in the Peace Corps"
  • Country Specific Articles

Country Support Groups

• Safe Zone: Making Peace Corps Havens for LGBT PCV/Ts Worldwide - Workshop Materials Available! - Feb '10
• In-Country Support Groups for LGBT Peace Corps Volunteers - May '08
• PCV GLBT Interest Group Forming in Ecuador - Feb '07
• Cuates is Alive and Well- Nov '03
• Mulim and Gay - Nov '02
• Cuates Lives on in Guatemala - Nov '96
• Cuates: "Good Friends" in Guatemala - May '96

Couples Serving in the Peace Corps

• VSO an Alternative for Queer Couples Who Want to Serve Overseas? -Aug '05
• Peace Corps Sends Mixed Messages - Aug '04
• Out and About in Panama - Nov '03
• Some Perspective for Gay Couples - May '98
• Same-Sex Couples and Peace Corps - May '97
• A Letter from Australia for Couples Considering Volunteer Service - May '98

Editorials

• Should Peace Corps Volunteers Be Assigned to Work with LGBT Projects? - May '09
• Reading for PCVs Going to the Islamic World
  - Feb '07
• Peace Corps and NGOs: Time for a Review? - Feb '07
• Impact of DOMA on US Government Workers - May '06
• A Tsunami and the Fragility of Life - Feb '05
• Peace Corps: Priority to People or the State? - Aug '03
• Where Do We Go From Queer? Peace Corps and the Gay TV Agenda - Feb '04
• Peace Corps After Iraq - May '03
• The Future of Peace Corps - Feb '02

Get Involved!

• Safe Zone: Making Peace Corps Havens for LGBT PCV/Ts Worldwide - Workshop Materials Available! - Feb '10
• Seizing the Carpet: Equality Weekend - Nov '09
• Washington DC LGBT RPCV Group Back on Track - Nov '09
• Marching with Peace Corps at the Inaugural Parade Feb 09
• Gardening and Senegal May'07
• New York Group Organizing - Nov '06
• Volunteering after Katrina: Monitoring for Disease and Injuries - Feb '06
• Volunteering after Katrina: Evaluating Damage to Drinking Water System - Feb '06
• Bob Findlay Runs for NPCA Board - May '05
• Seeking Support for LGBT Training for Social Service Professionals in Romania - Feb '05
• Seeking Support for Healthy Schools in Guatemala - Feb '05
• Friends of Thailand Provide Tsunami Relief - Feb '05
• Disaster Relief: Finding Resilience - Feb '05
• Volunteer Power in Pennsylvania -Nov '04
• Watching Peace Corps and Gay Issues Evolve - Feb '04
• NPCA Advocacy Network - Aug '03
• LGBT International Development Network - Aug '03
• Crisis Corps Opportunities - Nov -02
• Crisis Corps - May '00

HIV in the World

• HIV Positive and Serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer - Nov '09
• Peace Corps Updates and Clarifies HIV Policies - Aug 'o8
• Creating a Peace Corps Panel for AIDS Quilt
• Human Rights Needed for LGBT People in Africa - Nov '07
• Cultivating Health for People with HIV/AIDS - Nov '06
• The Killing Disease - Nov '06
• Living as a Queer Peace Corps Volunteer in a World with HIV - Aug '06
• Peace Corps to Spirituality and AIDS Activism - Nov '05
• Peace Corps Reaffirms HIV Applicant Policy - Nov '05
• The Reality of AIDS - Aug '04
• HIV/AIDS Makes Toughest Job Tougher - May '02
• HIV Status and Application to the Peace Corps- May '02
• Peace Corps Takes on HIV - Aug '00
• HIV Fund Sponsors Project in Moldova - May '00
• Peace Corps Service and HIV Disease: Practices, Risks, and Benefits - Nov '98
• See also "AIDS Quilt"

Homophobia

• Handling Host Country Homophobia - Nov '05
• Muslim and Gay - Nov '02
• Homophobia Among RPCVs - Aug '01

Immigration

• Dilemmas and Solutions for Bi-national Same Sex Couples - May '06
• Immigration Barriers for Same Sex Partners - Aug '05

LGBT Peace Corps Alumni News

• Annual Report for 2009 - Activities and Achievements - Feb '10
• Financial Report for 2009 - Feb '10
• Washington DC LGBT RPCV Group Back on Track - Nov '09
• Pride Activities at Peace Corps Summer 2009 - Aug '09
• LGBT RPCV Annual Report for 2008 - Feb '09
• LGBT RPCV Financial Report for 2008 - Feb '09
• NPCA and Peace Corps Events in San Francisco - Nov '08
• A New Strachey Mystery: Death Vows- Aug '08
• 2008 Grants Awarded - Nov '08
• 2007 Financial Report - Feb '08
• Changes for LGBT RPCVs- Feb '08

  Newsletter Goes All Electronic - Nov '07
• Peace Corps at Pride - Summer 2007- Aug '07
• Local LGBT RPCV Groups - May '07
• Financial Report for 2006 - Feb '07
• Donations for 2006 - Feb '07
• Donation for 2006 - Nov '06
• Strachey Back in Print - Nov '06
• Steering Committee Update - Nov '06
• New York Group Organizing - Nov '06
• McColly’s "The After Death Room..." is Published - Aug '06
• Security Issues for Authors of LGB RPCV Newsletter Articles - May -06
• 2005 Financail Report - Feb -06
• 2004 Annual Financial Report - Feb '05
• Supporting Two Good Projects - Nov '04
• LGB RPCVs Now National Affiliate - Nov '02
• Five Years of Stories - Aug '99

Mentor Program

• We Are All Mentors: Our Mentor Program Changes With the Times - May '08
• Why Being a Mentor is Important - May '99

Peace Corps News

• Training Peace Corps Medical Officers (PCMOs) on LGBT Peace Corps Volunteer Issues - Nov '09
• Peace Corps Celebrates Gay Pride - June '09
• NPCA and Peace Corps Events in San Francisco - Nov '08
• Gay and Lesbian Pride Month - June '08
• Peace Corps at Gay Pride Events Summer 2008 - '08
• Peace Corps Updates and Clarifies HIV Policies - Aug 'o8
• NPCA Regional Meetings - May '05
• Country Director in Tanzania Gets Shaft
  - Aug '07
• PC Director Vasquez Commemorates Gay Pride Month - Aug '06
• Peace Corps and Pride - Summer 2006 - Aug '06
• Peace Corp Recruiting Catalog Features Gay Testimonial - May '06
• Peace Corps Director Nominated for New Job - May '06
• Legislation Removes PC-Military Recruiting Link - Feb '06
• Is the Military Looking at Peace Corps? - Aug '05
• Peace Corps and Pride 2005 - Aug '05
• Recent Peace Corps Involvement in LGBT Community - Aug '04
• LGBT Presence at NPCA Conference: Chicago - Aug '04
• Peace Corps Sends Mixed Messages - Aug '04
• Peace Corps GLOBE Meets with Director Vasquez - May '05
• Gaddi Vasquez Unresigns - Feb '04
• Museum of the Peace Corps Experience - Nov '03
• Gay Pride Events at Peace Corps - Aug '03
• NPCA Conference: Portland, Oregon - Aug '03
• Expanding, Diversifying and Making Peace Corps Safe - Aug '02
• Vasquez's Nomination as Peace Corps Director approved by Senate Committee - Nov 2001
• Election Fallout at Peace Corps - Feb '01
• Peace Corps GLOBE - Nov '00
• Gay/Lesbian Employee Group Forming at PC - Nov '99
• Big Changes at Peace Corps and NPCA - Aug '99
• Peace Corps' Gay Inclusive EEO Policy

Returning to their Countries of Service

• Reunited with Korea - Nov '08
• Looking Back at Liberia after 22 Years - Feb '08
• Fighting Invisibility - Nov '03
• Korea: The Time Has Come to Talk - Feb '03

September 11, 2001

• From Ghana to Afghanistan: Tevas™ to Combat Boots - Nov '08
• Security for LGBT Peace Corps Volunteers -May '04
• Sudden Departure from Kyrgyzstan - Nov '01
• September 11 - The View From Africa - Nov '01
• Getting News in Ecuador - Nov '01
• September 11th in New York City - Nov '01
• A Needed Journey - Nov '01

Service Stories

• Xakao to Pride in Cape Town
  - May '07
• Peace Corps Reunion - Aug '06
• Parza: Writing His Name - May '05
• The Unexpected in Mauritania - Aug '04
• Asexual Route in Ukraine - Nov '03
• Stirring it Up in Mali - May '03
• She's Finally Gone Over the Edge - Feb '03
• PostPartum Conversations with P____ - Feb '03
• Pride in Belize - Feb '02
• Come for Two Years, Stay for Four - Feb '02
• Peace Corps Service with Pride - Feb '01
• Thoughts on Gay, Lesbian and Bi Issues for PCVs and Staff Overseas - Nov '99
• My Esteemed Friend and Compadre - Aug '08

Transgender Volunteers

• First Known Transgender Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaks Out - Aug '09
• Peace Corps from a Transgender Volunteer’s Perspective - Feb '09
• (Trans)Gender Bending Your Ear! - May '04

Articles by Country

Albania

• LGBT Advocacy in Albania - Aug '09
• New GLBT PCV Support Group in Albania - June '08

Belize

• Pride in Belize - Feb '02

Benin

• Is There Gay Life in Benin? - May '06

Bolivia

• The Climate in Bolivia - May '97

Botswana

• Botswana: Closets Filled with Hope - May '09
• GLOW: Where the Light Shines Through - Feb '09
• Botswana in the Closet - Sept '08

Bulgaria

• Cracking the Closet Door in Bulgaria - Feb '00

Burkina Faso

• Parza: Writing His Name - May '05
• PostPartum Conversations with P____ - Feb '03

Burma

• Peace Corps for Burma? Not Yet! - Nov '07

Caribbean

• Advocacy in the Eastern Caribbean: GrenCHAP and its President - Nov '09
• Carnival and Coming to Know St. Vincent - Nov '09
• You Can Take the Boy Out of the Caribbean…- Aug '08
• Life on Hold in the Eastern Caribbean
  May '07
• Alone on an Island - Aug '01

Costa Rica

• Reflections on Costa Rica - Nov '07

Dominica

• Laughing and Learning in Dominica
  - Aug '07

Ecuador

• PCV GLBT Interest Group Forming in Ecuador - Feb '07
• Gender Roles in an Andean Society - May '02

Ghana

• Finding Acceptance in Ghana - Nov '09
• From Ghana to Afghanistan: Tevas™ to Combat Boots - Nov '08
• She's Finally Gone Over the Edge - Feb '03
• Come for Two Years, Stay for Four - Feb '02
• Friends of Dorothy: A letter from Ghana - Feb '98
• Has Cher Come Out with Anything New? - Aug '95

Guatemala

• Safe Zone: Making Peace Corps Havens for LGBT PCV/Ts Worldwide - Workshop Materials Available! - Feb '10
• LGBT in Guatemala PCV Land - Oct '08
• Seeking Support for Healthy Schools in Guatemala - Feb '05
• Cuates is Alive and Well- Nov '03
• Cuates Lives on in Guatemala - Nov '96
• Cuates: "Good Friends" in Guatemala - May '96

Honduras

• Serving with Risks in Honduras - Aug '08
• Rainbow Flag in Honduras - Feb '97

Jamacia

• Jamaica Peace Corps Service Leads to Gay Activism - May '05

Kazakhstan

• The Gay Scene in Russia and Kazakhstan - Feb '04

Kenya

• Handling Host Country Homophobia - Nov '05
• Double Life of a Gay Volunteer in Kenya - Nov '02
• LGB Support in Peace Corps Kenya - May '03

Korea

• Reunited with Korea - Nov '08
• Korea: The Time Has Come to Talk - Feb '03

Kyrgyzstan

• Coming Out In Kyrgyzstan - Feb '07
• Bookkeeper's Daughter - Feb '01

Liberia

• Looking Back at Liberia after 22 Years - Feb '08

Lesotho

• HIV Positive and Serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer - Nov '09
• LGBT Advocacy in Lesotho - May '09

Madagascar

• The Mysterious Fiancée Halfway across the World - Feb '03

Mali

• Stirring It Up in Mali - May '03

Malawi

• Is She a Girl or is She a Woman? - Nov '02
• Questioning Malawi - Aug '02
• Back to the Warm Heart of Africa - Feb '98

Mauritania

• An LGBT PCV Retreat in West Africa - Aug '08
• The Unexpected in Mauritania - Aug '04

Micronesia

• Hero for a Lifetime - Feb '07

Moldova

• Moldova: Lesbian Health Project Update - May '05
• Out, Loud and Proud in Moldova - Nov '04

Mongolia

• Best Little Drag Show in Outer Mongolia - May '02

Morocco

• Queer Volunteer? What to Expect in Morocco - Feb '10
• And I've Been to Morocco - May '09

Mozambique

• Ukraine to Mozambique – a World of Difference - Oct '08
• Ola from Mozambique - May '08

Namibia

• A Crisis Corps Assignment in Namibia -May '05

Niger

• Sexuality and Gender Roles in Niger May '07

Panama

• Tales from Panama – a Life Enriched - May '09
• Out and About in Panama - Nov '03
• A Visit to Panama and My Friend Carlos - May '00

Paraguay

• My Esteemed Friend and Compadre - Aug '98

Peru

• A Special Daughter in Peru - Nov '07

Romania

• Coming Out At Site: Romania - Feb '10
• PFLAG in Romania - Aug '09
• An Update on 2008 Grants - Nov '08
• Struggle of the Pink in Romania - May '08
• Gay Guide Romania, Information for New Peace Corps Volunteers - Feb '08
• Romania LGBT Sensitivity Workshop a Success - Feb '06
• Seeking Support for LGBT Training for Social Service Professionals in Romania - Feb '05

Russia

• The Gay Scene in Russia and Kazakhstan - Feb '04
• The Russian Far East - Where are the Lesbians? - May '00

Senegal

• An LGBT PCV Retreat in West Africa - Aug '08
• Cultivating Health for People with HIV/AIDS - Nov '06
• Gardening and Senegal May'07

Swaziland

• The Killing Disease - Nov '06

Tanzania

• Country Director in Tanzania Gets Shaft
  - Aug '07
• Diversity Training for PC Staff in Tanzania - May '06

Thailand

• Crisis Corps Adventure in Thailand - Feb '06

The Gambia

• An LGBT PCV Retreat in West Africa - Aug '08
• The Reality of AIDS - Aug '04

Tonga

• An Update on 2008 Grants - Nov '08
• Documentary on the Fakaleitis of Tonga - May 08
• My Friends, the Fakaleitis of Tonga - Nov '06

Uganda

• Being Gay in Uganda - Aug '06
• Uganda with Former Child Soldiers - Nov '05

Ukraine

• Waiting 30 Years for Peace Corps and Ukraine - Feb '10
• Ukraine to Mozambique – a World of Difference - Oct '08
• Gay and Jewish: Two Closet Doors Slammed Shut in Ukraine- Feb '08
• Asexual Route in Ukraine - Nov '03

Uzbekistan

• The Uzbekistan Closet Carries On
  - Aug '07

Zambia

• HIV Positive and Serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer - Nov '09

Zimbabwe

• What I Learned in Zimbabwe - May '01

See also:

• See Peace Corps Wiki for more country-specific information for LGBT volunteers.
• Peace Corps Online : news, stories, op-ed's, press releases, and articles by Returned Volunteers or about the Peace Corps.
• Peace Corps Crossroads : News and links about the Peace Corps.
• Peace Corps Writers : The writings of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), all their novels, short stories, essays and poetry are a positive way of educating Americans about the world, an essential Third Goal activity.
• Peace Corps on WikiUniverse :