No Worries if Not by Soph Galustian
Published in 2023, No Worries if Not: A Funny(ish) Story of Growing Working Class and Queer is a coming of age memoir by comedian Soph Galustian. Through short stories, spoken word, and…
Body Politics curated by Anahid Yahjian and Anahid and Ara Oshagan
Presented in 2018, Body Politics was a groundbreaking exhibition featuring contemporary visual art and archival selections that traced how the body, in its individual and collective forms, serves as a catalyst, canvas…
Disco Witches of Fire Island by Blair Fell
Published in 2025, Disco Witches of Fire Island is the first [*] novel featuring a gay Armenian-American leading character as written by a gay Armenian-American. In the novel, it’s 1989, and Joe…
#Jivjiv Language by Hrayr Varaz
Published in 2024, #Jivjiv Language is Hrayr Varaz’s follow-up to his innovative poetry collection #jivjiv. It is the second volume of bilingual poetry written by queer Armenian poet and linguist Varaz, with…
I Am Queer Because I Am Armenian by Nelli Sargsyan
Published in 2021, “I Am Queer Because I Am Armenian”: On the Queerness of Racially Ambiguous Diasporic Belonging by Nelli Sargsyan is a research article published in Transforming Anthropology (vol 29, issue…
Survival of a Perverse Nation: Morality and Queer Possibility in Armenia by Tamar S. Shirinian
Published in 2024, Survival of a Perverse Nation: Morality and Queer Possibility in Armenia is an academic exploration of how the Republic of Armenia explores its existential crises through narratives of the…
Armenian Homonationalism: A Reflection by Aram Amirbekian
Published in 2024, Armenian Homonationalism: A Reflection is a personal essay analyzing the complicated relationship between Armenian queerness and Armenian nationalism. The essay is part of a growing body of work of…
The Cataclysmic Khachkars of LGBTQ Armenia: Hate Projection of Genocidal Trauma and Pride by Michael Boyajian, Edited by Sal J Calise
Published in 2023, The Cataclysmic Khachkars of LGBTQ Armenia: Hate Projection of Genocidal Trauma and Pride is a non-fiction book that starts with a survey of LGBTQI+ Khachkars and Ancient Armenia and…
The Reality Of Gay Armenians And Our Collective Shame by Kyle Khandikian
Published in 2014, The Reality Of Gay Armenians And Our Collective Shame was an article written for KAOS GL Magazine. The article is notable for being an early example of young Armenian…