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Peace Corps

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Type: Organization

Name: Peace Corps

Web Address: http://www.rpcv.org/index.cfm

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Peace Corps to Allow Gay Couples to Serve Together

Those looking to embark on a volunteering journey around the world can now do so -- with their partners alongside.While the Defense of Marriage Act still defines marriage as the union between a man and a woman for federal purposes, the Peace Corps announced ... [Published Edge Miami - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Peace Corps, Gay, NBC News Channel, Affidavit

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 3 reports

Peace Corps Recognizes, Respects Same-Sex Couples

Current Issue A Reason for Pride: Gay Parents Are Changing the WorldYouth TIMELINE: The Boy Scouts' Very Slow EvolutionPolitics Schumer: The Reason We Excluded Gays Offers 'Little Comfort'Commentary Op-ed: My Life as a Gay Boy Scout In a historic policy ... [Published Advocate.com - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Peace Corps, Homosexuality, LGBT, Gay

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Service Opportunity for Same-Sex Couples

Brittany Marcoux commented 39 minutes agoLearn in Lgbt, Culture and LivingAnother milestone in the battle for equality in the USA."Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet today announced that the agency will begin accepting applications from ... [Published Good Magazine - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Peace Corps, Homosexuality, LGBT, Equality

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Peace Corps: Same-sex couples can serve together overseas

The Peace Corps will begin taking applications from same-sex couples who want to serve together in assignments overseas.Heterosexual couples have worked together since the Peace Corps was conceived and created under President Kennedy more than half-a-century ... [Published seattlepi.com - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Peace Corps, Homosexuality, AIDS Prevention, Samoa, Heterosexuality

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Frank R Lautenberg

Bill would fix inequity for Peace Corps volunteers

Peace Corps volunteers should have the same benefits as other individuals serving our country overseas.Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., has introduced the Peace Corps Equity Act. This legislation would fix a current inequality by amending the Peace Corps ... [Published Asbury Park Press - May 22 2013]

Entities: Peace Corps, Frank R Lautenberg, Incest, Inequality, Abortion

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Peace Corps will accept same-sex couples

Married couples have served together since the organization was founded in 1961.EnlargeThe US Peace Corps said it will start accepting same-sex couples. This images show Peace Corps volunteers in Ghana in May 2011. (Peace Corps Archives/Courtesy)The United ... [Published GlobalPost - May 22 2013]

Entities: Peace Corps, Homosexuality, VANESSA KERRY, John F Kennedy, Affidavit

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 3 reports

Peace Corps says same-sex couples can apply to serve together

Same-sex couples who want to serve together will be required to sign an affidavit verifying their relationship.The Peace Corps said on Tuesday it will start accepting applications next month from same-sex couples who want to volunteer together as part ... [Published MSN News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Peace Corps, Homosexuality, Tornado, Oklahoma (United States)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Peace Corps Announces New Service Opportunity for Same-Sex Couples

Earlier today, Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet announced that, starting June 3, the agency will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.“Service in the Peace Corps ... [Published The White House - May 21 2013]

Entities: Peace Corps, Homosexuality, launches new product

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Peace Corps opens up to same-sex couples

The Peace Corps will now start taking applications from same-sex partners who want to serve together overseas.Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet said Tuesday opening up to same-sex domestic partners will diversify the pool of applicants ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Peace Corps, Homosexuality, John F Kennedy, Heterosexuality, Affidavit

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Peace Corps to allow gay couples to volunteer together

Do-gooders, rejoice: the Peace Corps announced on Tuesday that it would allow gay couples to serve together as overseas volunteers beginning in June. The volunteer program previously only allowed straight married couples to apply for joint service, but ... [Published Salon - May 21 2013]

Entities: Peace Corps, Gay, Abortion, Rape

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Peace Corps To Accept Same-Sex Couples

)--The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.The change will diversify the pool of applicants who want to help improve the quality of education, health care ... [Published KWTX - May 21 2013]

Entities: Peace Corps, Homosexuality, Affidavit, Education

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

American Gets 12 Months for Cannabis Trafficking

[Times of Zambia]AN American Peace Corps volunteer has been sentenced to 12 months simple imprisonment for trafficking in cannabis which was found on her at a lodge in Chipata last week.READ FULL STORYThe post appeared first on Zambian News . ... [Published Zambian - May 21 2013]

Entities: Cannabis, Smuggling, Chipata (Zambia), Peace Corps

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AGA Awards Federal Government Agencies for Excellence in Fiscal Accountability Reporting [Published Business Wire - 7 hours ago]

...they 'support' marriage equality, but didn’t have any LGBTQ couples on their websites," says Deragon, who founded Weddings to the People in 2011. "I searched far and wide to find the right wedding photographer who wouldn't find it necessary to ask me which one of us was the bride or why we decided to honor certain traditions and discard others. LGBTQ couples are celebrated at Weddings to the People because love is love and we all deserve the right to marry our beloved."

PHOTOS: Real Weddings, Real People [Published Advocate.com - 8 hours ago]

"Facing life after surgery, and with two babies and a husband with crazy work hours, was really humbling. Cara became a wonderful friend to me" Rosenberg says

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