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Showing posts with label church. Show all posts
Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Australian Armenian same-sex marriage supporter Gladys Berejiklian appointed Premier of Australia’s most populous state

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*picture - via FAIRFAX/ Huffington Post Australian Armenian Gladys Berejiklian was appointed Premier of Australia’s most populous New S...
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Pope Francis in Armenia presented with the “gift of the Armenian people” created by openly gay American-Armenian designer Michael Aram

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During Pope Francis visit to the country, Armenian social networks were full of praise and admiration of Pope. Thousands and thousands took ...
Sunday, 22 May 2016

Yerevan, Armenia, Warsaw, Poland - same-sex affection in unexpected places

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Sometimes you can find reflections and depictions of same-sex affection in unexpected places. *Abovyan street, Yerevan, Armenia ...
Sunday, 11 October 2015

Gay Armenian man from Boston: “What would happen if people of Yerevan knew I was gay?”

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On this “ National coming out day ” I would like to share the thoughts of one gay Armenian man from Boston who came to study in Yerevan and ...
Thursday, 24 July 2014

"Red Dress" LGBT-themed Georgian short film

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This film is produced by Identoba - Georgian LGBT rights group, based in Tbilisi. Via personal story it reflects events last year when h...
Sunday, 18 May 2014

Tbilisi: IDAHOT hijacked by Georgian orthodox church amid "shoe protest" action "on behalf of the Invisible & against Invisibility"

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The most hilarious news of the worldwide celebration of IDAHOT came from Tbilisi : "Mistakenly believing one of them to be gay, two hom...
Sunday, 2 March 2014

Tbilisi: "Combating Hate Crimes in Georgia" (LGBT advocacy video project)

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Combating Hate Crimes in Georgia from New Media Advocacy Project on Vimeo. "The history of LGBT human rights in the Caucasus is ...
Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Human Rights Watch: World Report 2014 on LGBT rights violations in Armenia and Georgia, silence re Azerbaijan

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Unfortunately, no similar section (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) is available within the country specific Human Rights Watch repo...
Sunday, 27 October 2013

Progress in Tbilisi: Presidential candidates in Georgia questioned on gay rights

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Impressed that presidential candidates in Georgia were questioned on their views re "sexual minority rights". This is in itself a...
Monday, 27 May 2013

Part IV: the aftermath of church-led homophobic attacks in Georgia. PM Ivanishvili delivers groundbreaking Independence Day speech

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Waking up with hangover and watching #Ivanishvili talking about homophobia in his Independence Day speech. I hope I'm not still drunk ...
Sunday, 19 May 2013

Part III: Criminal church: Georgian Orthodox Church incited and led anti-gay attacks in Tbilisi

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“The head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, has called for calm after violence that erupted after aggressive anti-gay pro...
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Saturday, 18 May 2013

Part II: LGBT activists under attack in Tbilisi: Georgian police and politicians

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“Police did a good job”, says Minister of Justice. The reality is they failed to protect the rights of citizens and gave in to the priest l...

Part I: Victory for homophobes. Defeat for Georgia

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The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, marked annually on 17 May, turned into a “National Day FOR Homophobia” in Georgia ...
Sunday, 7 October 2012

“Anti-fascist” Armenia deputy speaker Sharmazanov? Huh? I do not think so

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 When couple of months ago, I wrote about Armenian politicians and state officials supporting and encouraging anti-gay terrorism, Global Vo...
Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Gay rights is EU entry criterion, Brussels says to Armenia

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A very clear message to Armenia (and not only). *via EU Observer BRUSSELS  - The European Commission has said in a written note that res...
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Saturday, 9 June 2012

Human Rights House Network: 'Actions of extremist protestors in Yerevan constitute criminal behaviour and illegal under Armenia Constitution'

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"The actions of the extremist protestors in Yerevan constitute criminal behaviour, which is based on discrimination against sexual mino...