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

Friday, 9 January 2009

“Party & Paparazi” – new Yerevan club life / entertainment blog

Back in October I wrote about new blog Night People Yerevan which covers Yerevan club scene and entertainment life.

Here is another new blog I came across with recently. The author is Yerevan club scene photographer Arthur. He too covers Armenian capital’s night life and show-biz news. It’s called “Party & Paparazi”, in Armenian (translit) and accessible at:

http://party-paparazi.blogspot.com/

I got an impression that these are two rival blogs, but anyway.

Night People Yerevan magazine has just been shut down due to financial reasons. Hopefully its blog recently renamed as Kamoblog will continue postings.
Posted by artmika at 01:23
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