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Never through AFS spc*nt a year in Honduras during theless, this gay couple opened the dixirs of their high schcxil before coming out as a gay man. downtown Portland home to a half-dozen That experience, he says, taught him not only acceptance of other cultures hut also accep exchange students through the years. For most of those kids, having two dads was a non-issue. But tance of himself. when a straight student from Norway named W ith a mission to create a more just and peaceful world, AFS embraces core values of Alex joined them in 1999, the comfort zone took dignity, respect tor differences, harmony, sensi longer to establish. Despite Scandinavia’s reputation for accep tivity and tolerance. T he area chapter welcomes 50 students each year and sends the same num tance of sexual minorities, Alex hadn’t known ber abroad; the nearly century-old program any gay people. 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