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

Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Women's Month in Armenia - 2009


It is soon Women's Day in Armenia and this year women are asking for more than flowers and chocolate, they are asking for equal rights, equal opportunities and a life without violence.

The Women's Resource Center in cooperation with other NGOs is launching the activites for the Month dedicated to women's issues in Armenia.

Events:

MARCH 7
Photo exhibition -- Armenian women; Yesterday, today, tomorrow / time :10am @ Sayat Nova 4
FILM -- "Finding Zabel Yesayan" / time: 2 and 5pm @ Sayat Nova 4 (by invitations)

MARCH 8
"Burying the Red Apple" Ceremony @ 3pm from Zarubyan 34

MARCH 12
FILM and DISCUSSION on lesbian women @ 5pm - Zarubyan 34

MARCH 20
CLean up of Armenian women writers' tombstones at the Pantheon @ 11am

APRIL 2 - APRIL 12
ART EXHIBITION -- "ALL and NOW" / ART 4 - ARVARSTAN
curator: Eva Khachatryan

APRIL 6
Round Table discussion on "Abortion in Armenia"

5 comments:

BSW said...

While it is silent here majority of Russian speaking users of LiveJournal reacted to this news. 99% negatiely. Moreover they even have gone so far to get togather at the same place to iterfere.Last time they gave "soaps" to Vanyan. I wonder if they can give anything to Black Gago in May.

artmika said...

International Women’s Day in Armenia: small women’s march, riot police van, private burial of “Red Apple”, business as usual

and

Burying the Red Apple

artmika said...

BSW, they won't have enough guts to do so. They only put 'brave faces' in front of women or other people who despise violence and hate. Unless it is absolutely necessary, I tend to ignore them.

artmika said...

Clean up at the Pantheon / remembering our Armenian foremothers

artmika said...

Women march and burial of the Red Apple in Yerevan, Armenia (video)