Unzipped: Gay Armenia

I am not against flags or being political at Eurovision. While first and foremost a music contest, the Eurovision was, is and always will be...

Remember 5 or so years ago, police in Armenia targeted emo teenagers? [ Degradation and stupidity. Police in Armenia hunts down perceived em...

Amnesty International released its annual 2013 country specific reports. Although the reports are brief and not comprehensive, they do point...

Time for a confession. One of my New Year resolutions was to devote enough time to reading books. Unfortunately, due to work, travel and cur...

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

September 12, 2012 The Board and members of the Armenian Gay and Lesbian Association of New York (AGLA NY) would like to officially state ...

This picture shows one of the ‘activists’ from the ultra-nationalist, neo-nazi crowd who attacked diversity march in Yerevan, few weeks ago...

Let me start from the very beginning of this story. A story that quickly turned into farce. Perhaps, one of the most spectacular yet tragic ...

Why on earth everyone ‘agrees’ that there are 2 alternatives for Armenia re Eurovision representation: either SOAD or Razmik Amyan?! Provide...

“In line with standard requirements that have to be fulfilled to host the Eurovision Song Contest, the government of Azerbaijan has been req...

I hope Armenia will go to Baku in 2012. We should stop - and this is a good occasion to start with - once and for all this complex of lose...

Great news: Armenian/Azeri gay love story Artush and Zaur to turn into the film. EXCLUSIVE: Ali Akbar's Artush and Zaur will be filmed...

I’ve been waiting for this since it has been published. Thanks to the info provided by Alekper Aliyev, the author of “Artush and Zaur”...

* source * source Street art is experiencing its resurgence in Yerevan. A special 'graffiti community' was set up by enthusiasts co...

I am simply astonished by this photo. A masterpiece by Ruben Mangasaryan. *Source: Analyticon (thanks to Tzitzernak2 for the link) Լուսանկ...

My favourites were France, Sweden, Moldova and Estonia. I am pretty OK with Norway's win, which was predictable. To be honest, for me Ic...

I defend homosexual romanticism over war romanticism. It is acceptable when two men kill each other, but is it a sin when they sleep togethe...

Few days ago, after I wrote about surge in numbers of gay Georgian blogs , the author of the mentioned blog - Tbilisi Gay Life , Alexander l...

Artush and Zaur novel by Alekper Aliyev about a gay love story between an Armenian and Azerbaijani against the backdrop of the emerging Kar...

Nigar Kocharli, owner of the Ali and Nino bookstore chain in Baku, the only one which sells Artush and Zaur - gay love story between Armeni...