Unzipped: Gay Armenia

Armenian activists continue challenging heteronormative, patriarchal, 'national security' stereotypes dominated in the country. In...

A year ago we witnessed  Armenian version of “Some People Are Gay. Get Over It!” in Yerevan to mark IDAHOT . Today this graffiti depicting...

While Armenian LGBT activists are not quite able yet to openly celebrate IDAHOT, they find creative ways to make sure that the event is mar...

Group of volunteers of the Armenian Progressive Youth (APY) NGO made this short video on LGBT rights. Here is the description of the video...

“Women are different” - this was the main slogan Armenia’s Feminist Platform group chose to mark International Women’s Day. The invitatio...

For my general commentary re constitutional referendum in Armenia and its aftermath, read: Defeated in Armenia *** This video (along w...

Photos coming from Azerbaijan capital Baku target visibility in a context of LGBT, Islam and secular society. The photo-session is ...

Armenian Feminist blog was created by a group of feminists to raise awareness about women’s rights, gender equality and gender identity. ...

This is an LGBT-related excerpt from a US Peace Corps book on Armenia ["Armenia in Depth: A Peace Corps Publication", 18 September...

Via Gay.az , the aim of “We Are Among You” campaign by Azeri group Nefes LGBT (“Free LGBT”) is to send a message to the public in this large...

Very special first episode of season 2 by Lousine Shamamian, Armenian lesbian matchmaker to the straights:  “Dedicated to all people who hav...

This is hilarious. I am hooked. Look forward to more episodes. *Thanks to N.A. for the link

Today Armenia marks the short-lived independent First Republic Day. I’d suggest listening to the Radio Yerevan citybook by Armenian contem...

The Queering Yerevan Collective ’s Indiegogo fundraising campaign is nearing its end, with only 6 days left at the time of this posting. It...

Awesome. I did not know about this band until reading this article on Advocate : Meet Russia's Female-Fronted Protest Rock Sensation  [ ...

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G . ...and totally inspiring. TIME's cover story "chronicles how, thanks to a massive shift in public opinion, g...

Great to see visible Armenian presence during massive pro- marriage equality rally in Paris today. Both gay and straight Armenians, as well ...

Interesting way of "explaining" homosexuality and why gay people should be accepted as equals by society by prominent Russian psyc...

As I posted earlier , the Armenian Gay and Lesbian Association of New York has sponsored historic petition co-signed by 20+ leading Armenian...

A good selection of LGBT-themed films will be on a showcase at !f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival. The !f Istanbul Inter...