Unzipped: Gay Armenia

* "Use of condoms is the best method to prevent AIDS and other STDs" - reads this educational message in one of downtown Yerev...

UPDATE 23 October 2013 : Amnesty Granted to Brothers Accused of Bombing Gay-Friendly Bar DIY  (+ comments section below) *** Here we are...

Some thirty guests came together on May 23rd at the home of Veken Gueyekian and Hrag Vartanian in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to celebrate Armeni...

Manbar was recently launched in place of former CXR on 79 Charing Cross Road, Soho, London. The artwork inside the venue, with wall murals...

Please, help re-build the best, the most creative, alternative, free-spirited bar in Yerevan - DIY!! An oasis of freedom in Armenia, badly...

For background: HATE CRIME: DIY bar in Armenia capital Yerevan under neo-nazi arson attack

PICTURES, VIDEO, REPORTS FROM HATE CRIME SCENE On 8 May 2012 when countries in Europe, former Soviet Union and elsewhere started mark...

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I was wondering why this was dubbed “the world’s first gay ice cream bar”. Well, now I know. It relates more to the special gay-themed menu...

Instead of editorial First night I went to DIY, and immediately it felt like I am at home there. I have always wanted to have a regular ...

Absolutely loved the idea of 'no mirror' in the toilet. Instead, this statement: "You are beautiful". Blogging from ins...

Warm. Friendly. Cool. You feel at home there. Gay-friendly. With regular movie nights and occasional live music performances. DIY bar i...

You know you are in trouble when your pub made the front page of The Guardian , and became a headlining news in British media for all the wr...