Episode 2: Bill Sweigart (RPCV Liberia)

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Volunqueers

LGBTQI RPCV

10 episodes

6 days ago

Volunqueers is a monthly podcast brought to you by the LGBTQI+ RPCV affiliate group. Each episode we will interview an LGBTQI+ RPCV to learn about their Peace Corps service, what it was like to live abroad as a queer person, and how Peace Corps has impacted them. We hope you will enjoy our content and join our growing community at www.lgbtqirpcv.org

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Episode 2: Bill Sweigart (RPCV Liberia)

Volunqueers

1 hour 4 minutes 1 second

11 months ago

Episode 2: Bill Sweigart (RPCV Liberia)

In this episode we are joined by RPCV Bill Sweigart to learn about what service was like in the early days of Peace Corps. Bill is a fabulous storyteller who mixes his love for service with harrowing tales of life as a closeted gay man in Liberia. We talk about the ideas of secrecy in the 1970s, mustaches, bombshell letters, and Peace Corps' future in this wonderful episode.

If you enjoy Bill's stories you can listen to his interview as part of the RPCV Oral History Project here. If you would like to read more of Bill's writing, and support the Friends of Liberia please order their story anthology book "Never the Same Again".

A recording with transcript of this episode is available via Apple Podcasts. You can also download a written transcript from https://lgbtqirpcv.org/stories/.

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