Peace Corps To Allow Same-Sex Couples To Serve Together

On Tuesday, Peace Corps announced that it would be accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to volunteer together overseas.

7 percent of Peace Corps assignments are filled by married volunteers; heterosexual married couples have been serving together since it was founded in 1961.

Carrie Hessler-Radelet, the Deputy Director of Peace Corps, is happy about the change.

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