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Showing posts with label yerevan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yerevan. Show all posts
Monday, 27 December 2021

Creative gender neutral toilet - Barev Arev restaurant, Yerevan

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This toilet instantly caught my attention. Gender neutral. Creative design. And a note, with Gyumri dialect and humour: «Ինչ գուզես էղի` ձ...
Monday, 25 November 2019

New Armenia: Revolution in the minds as PM Nikol Pashinyan stands up for trans weightlifting champion and against censorship

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This was perhaps the most revolutionary speech that Armenia PM Nikol Pashinyan made so far. He stood up for human rights despite conservativ...
Sunday, 27 May 2018

Elton John, friend of Armenia president, vows support for country’s LGBT community while president Armen Sargsyan says he has ‘no relations with that community'

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Elton John arrived in Yerevan as part of charitable project by Starkey hearing aids company. It was great to see he is accompanied by husban...
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Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Armenia LGBT activists mark anniversary of anti-gay pogrom in Chechnya

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LGBT activists in Yerevan marked the anniversary of anti-gay pogrom in Chechnya with a candlelight vigil on 6 April. Pretty emblematic tha...
Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Help PINK Armenia to open LGBT centres outside capital Yerevan - in Vanadzor and Gyumri

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Great cause for new year donation to support establishing LGBT community centres in 2 major cities outside Armenia capital Yerevan - Vanadz...
Monday, 10 July 2017

Censorship in Armenia: Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Yerevan marred by censorship of Armenian LGBT-themed films

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This was going to be a very different, positive post, about screening of two Armenian LGBT-themed films at the Golden Apricot International ...
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Friday, 26 May 2017

History in making: first LGBT-themed scrolling billboards in Armenia capital Yerevan

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UPDATE 2 7 May 2017 : Yerevan city hall, i.e. ruling Republican party mayor, ordered removal of LGBT-themed posters from scroller billboard...
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Saturday, 20 May 2017

Meanwhile in Yerevan…

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Rainbow Pace flag (Italian for peace) in Yerevan. So casual. So epic considering the circumstances. Pace da tutti i balconi ("peace f...
Thursday, 18 May 2017

British embassy in Yerevan raised rainbow flag to mark IDAHOT + more news from South Caucasus

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For the first time ever, British embassy in Yerevan raised the rainbow flag to mark IDAHOT - the International Day Against Homophobia and ...
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Friday, 24 March 2017

US embassy in Yerevan reaffirms its commitment to support rights of LGBT Armenians

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Great seeing continuous public support for LGBT rights by the US embassy in Yerevan and personally by US ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills...
Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Apricot Groves film: Iranian Armenian trans man returns to Armenia...

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I want to see this film. At least based on trailer and reading about the film here and there, seems worth watching. And it's being showc...
Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Embassy of Sweden in Yerevan delivers Valentine’s note featuring gay couple

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Perfect Valentine’s note from the embassy of Sweden in Yerevan featuring gay couple holding hands. Good to see they posted this both on...
Monday, 26 December 2016

Personal: growing up with George Michael

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I woke up this morning hoping that the immense sadness and tears on my face last night were some kind of a bad-bad dream. If only… During ...
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 ...
Saturday, 18 June 2016

Armenia and Orlando

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Armenia president Serj Sargsyan strongly condemns “horrendous manifestation of intolerance” and “any expression of hatred”. At least, this ...
Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Yerevan, Baku, Tbilisi: in solidarity with Orlando

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Y erevan, 13 June 2016, in front of the US embassy *via @pinkarmenia *via US embassy in Yerevan FB page : PINK Armenia, friends, ...
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