text: I realize that this isn't the Peace Corps party line on approaching community norms, but about a year in, I frankly stopped caring what others, even counterparts, thought about such things.  I decided that since I didn't feel unsafe or that it would dramatically impact my service, I should come out in order to give everyone a gay that they knew, even if I am a foreigner. It's easy to bedevil a population when they feel far removed, but giving them a real person they know is what ultimately changes hearts and minds.