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Monday, 20 August 2018

Open Letter: Over 100 Armenian organizations, prominent persons call for legal reforms to address LGBT community discrimination in Armenia

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/for Armenian version - see Unzipped / Press release (see full text of the Open letter with signatories - below press release) A...
Saturday, 4 August 2018

Hate crime: chasing, beating, stoning, insulting - LGBT activists attacked in Shurnukh village, Syunik region, Armenia

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Last night, a mob of around 30 or so people surrounded the private house in Shurnukh village (Syunik region, Armenia) where 9 LGBT activ...
Thursday, 2 August 2018

“Թող միշտ պանծա Հայաստան” - Mamikon Hovsepyan of PINK Armenia recipient of Soul of Stonewall award at CSD Pride event in Berlin and Changemaker award by LA based Diaspora Armenian LGBT group GALAS

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Stephan Cooper of Queer Amnesty group within the Amnesty International in Germany presented the award during a ceremony at famous Christ...
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...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Armenian Haunting - Armenian Genocide themed film featuring LGBTQ character (interview with writer/director Art Arutyunyan)

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Writer and director Art Arutyunyan, known to readers of this blog for his gay-themed animated film Adamantine , have written and directed a ...
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...
Thursday, 5 October 2017

Celebrating Armenian activist: Armenia champion of LGBT rights Mamikon Hovsepyan - recipient of Bob Hepple Equality Award 2017 in London

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This year’s Award aimed at recognising “someone who has made a unique contribution to promoting equality at their local or national level...
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Saturday, 9 September 2017

Adamantine - gay-themed animated film set in Uzbekistan, directed by Art Arutyunyan

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The animation itself is not outstanding, but it’s fun to watch. What caught my attention was the setting and background behind it: Gay-the...
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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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Monday, 26 June 2017

Armenians march at Toronto Pride

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Of course, you can spot Armenians at Gay Pride marches, rallies and parades in any country. But more formal presence so far was noted in LA,...
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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