Armenian Gay Rights Movement: Key Events

  • December 2008 - Armenia endorses historic UN statement against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
  • September 2008 - PINK Armenia launches Information Centre in Yerevan
  • May 2008 - Armenian gay women group, the Women-Oriented Women’s (WOW) Collective, was established
  • December 2007 - PINK Armenia, second LGBT related NGO, was registered in Armenia
  • July 2006 - WFCE (also known as Menq), first LGBT NGO in Armenia, was formally registered by the Ministry of Justice
  • June 2006 - First (reported) symbolic gay wedding in Echmiadzin, Armenia
  • October 2004 – AGLA France organised first ever picket in front of the Armenian embassy in Paris. Around 30 gay activists protested on 30 October against homophobic outbursts by political forces and media in Armenia. AGLA's open letter to then president Kocharyan was published in Haykakan Zhamanak daily.
  • November 2003 - GLAG, first ever gay and lesbian Armenian group, was formed in Yerevan. Later, it was transformed into Menq - WFCE NGO
  • December 2002 - Decriminalisation of gay male sex in Armenia
  • December 2001 - AGLA France was established (ceased to exist in October 2007)
  • 1998 - LA Gay and Lesbian Armenian Society (GALAS) was established. Subsequently, LGBT associations were established in Armenian Diaspora elsewhere

Tuesday, 30 December 2008

Figure skating school named after Yevgeny Plushchenko opens in Yerevan

As a big fan of figure skating, I was thrilled with the news of opening new figure skating school in Yerevan named after one of my favourite figure skaters Yevgeny Plushchenko. This new school will operate at the Yerevan Sports and Concert Complex after Karen Demirchyan. Plyushchenko himself was in Yerevan to attend the opening ceremony (27 December) which was marked by an amazing show. Famous Hungarian composer and violinist Edvin Marton was in attendance too.

During Eurovision 2008 song contest Plushchenko and Marton took part in Dima Bilan's on stage performance as part of the winning Russian song Believe.

Below are couple of clips from the Yerevan show (via Tert.am). Simply fabulous!



Yevgeny Plushchenko and Edvin Marton



Elena Berezhnaya & John Timberman and Edvin Marton
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