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Monday, 28 March 2016

Armenian Progressive Youth NGO: “LOVE means LOVE | Սերը՝ սեր է”

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Group of volunteers of the Armenian Progressive Youth (APY) NGO made this short video on LGBT rights. Here is the description of the video...
Tuesday, 8 March 2016

“Women are different”: Celebration of LGBT-inclusive diversity as Armenia’s Feminist Platform marks International Women’s Day in Yerevan

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“Women are different” - this was the main slogan Armenia’s Feminist Platform group chose to mark International Women’s Day. The invitatio...
Sunday, 28 February 2016

Prominent Armenia LGBT activist perfectly shuts down homophobic journalist by coming out… again

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Journalist (from hraparak.am ): "If an anti-discrimination law is passed [in Armenia] and gays are allowed to come and go freely and b...
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Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Armenian parents who support their LGBT children after coming out

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I wish one day we will have similar to Istanbul’s LISTAG (Families of LGBT in Istanbul) organisation in Armenia and Diaspora, and we will s...
Saturday, 20 February 2016

Police in Karabakh target trendy haircuts to ‘prevent teenagers from turning gay’

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

Hate crime in Yerevan: targeted in homophobic attack, then mocked by medical staff

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*picture - via A1+ 2 staff members of PINK Armenia were among 5 LGBT activists who were attacked in downtown Yerevan by 3 young men on 1...

My LGBT heroes: People at PINK Armenia (The Guardian)

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I'd like to start my first post of 2016 with a positive note. When The Guardian asked via Twitter to nominate LGBT heroes [ "Wh...
Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Armenia ruling Republican party rep to constitutional referendum observer: "Go back to Holland to gay and lesbian parties"

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For my general commentary re constitutional referendum in Armenia and its aftermath, read: Defeated in Armenia *** This video (along w...
Friday, 4 December 2015

Why ARF Dashnaktsutyun in Armenia suck big time

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There are many reasons why Dashnaks in Armenia suck. Here is just one of the reasons. Prominent party member, MP Artsvik Minasyan endorsed i...
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Thursday, 5 November 2015

US Ambassador and UN office in Armenia in solidarity with LGBT activists amid homophobic hysteria and threats following groundbreaking Rainbow forum

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A group of homophobic Putin fans in Armenia announced their plan to stage a protest action on 6 November against US Ambassador’s statement i...

Bayer Healthcare distances itself from homophobic head of the Armenian Association of Young Doctors, avoids making public statement

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Following my blog post President of the Armenian Association of Young Doctors calls for anti-gay violence , quite a few activists and concer...
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Wednesday, 28 October 2015

President of the Armenian Association of Young Doctors calls for anti-gay violence

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Here we are. Gevorg Grigoryan, doctor, urologist, president of the Armenian Association of Young Doctors, and… advocate of anti-gay violence...
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Sunday, 25 October 2015

Lesbian Azeri activists in Baku stage photo-session in front of mosque : “We exist!”

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Photos coming from Azerbaijan capital Baku target visibility in a context of LGBT, Islam and secular society. The photo-session is ...
Sunday, 11 October 2015

Tangerine: transgender revenge story, intertwined with Armenian storyline

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Tangerine was premiered this week in London as part of the London Film Festival. Transgender revenge story, raw, realistic, filled with el...

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 ...
Saturday, 10 October 2015

#RidewithPride - take a ride on DLR trains in London wrapped in rainbow

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So great to have a ride on DLR trains in London tastefully wrapped in rainbow colours, with the indication #RidewithPride . Great example of...
Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Aram + Ashot, Hovul + Ruben - from Armenian grammar book to inscriptions on Berlin wall

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Couple of days ago I saw on Twitter this extract from the Armenian grammar book that teaches an example of combining two male names to crea...

The Stonewall Inn... Place, where Pride began

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The Stonewall Inn, NYC. Always fills me up with emotions. Always takes me back to the time when I was not born yet. Time which would have...
Thursday, 23 July 2015

New draft of Armenia Constitution effectively bans same-sex marriage

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Armenia’s (current) Constitution in many aspects (not all) is pretty progressive. Of course, having the Constitution full with progressive i...
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015

Armenia president’s administration, ministries respond to LGBT rights letter

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While replies from both president’s administration and ministries are vague and do not suggest any commitment by the authorities for tackli...