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Swimming to Chicago book cover
Fiction, Gay

Swimming to Chicago by David-Matthew Barnes

Published in 2011, Swimming to Chicago by David-Matthew Barnes is the first [*] YA novel featuring a gay Armenian-American protagonist, Alex Bainbridge.
David-Matthew Barnes (“Wren”) is an author, playwright, poet, and screenwriter.

J.P. Der Boghossian on September 24, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-09-24T11:34:21-05:00
Sergio Y Book Cover
Fiction, Transgender

Sergio Y. by Alexandre Vidal Porto

Published in 2016, Sergio Y. by Alexandre Vidal Porto is the first [*] novel featuring a transgender Armenian-Brazilian woman as a titular character.
Vidal Porto is a writer, diplomat, and social activist.

J.P. Der Boghossian on September 17, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-09-17T14:45:26-05:00
Right Side NGO logo
Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Queer Organizations, Transgender

Right Side NGO

Right Side NGO’s mission is to ensure well-being, protection and equality of the trans community and sex workers in Armenia by achieving social-cultural and legal changes through cooperation with state bodies, civil society and with international organizations.

J.P. Der Boghossian on September 15, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-09-15T10:52:37-05:00
Men on Men Three book cover
Fiction, Gay

In My Father’s Car by George Stambolian

Published in 1990, In My Father’s Car by George Stambolian is one of the first, if not the first [*], short stories written about and by a gay Armenian-American.
Stambolian published the story in his Men on Men: Best New Fiction series.

J.P. Der Boghossian on September 13, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-09-13T20:23:19-05:00
Me as her again book cover
Bisexual, Memoir, Nonfiction

Me as Her Again by Nancy Agabian

Published in 2008, Me as Her Again: True Stories of an Armenian Daughter by Nancy Agabian is the first [*] memoir written by a bisexual Armenian-American.
It was a finalist for a LAMDA literary award in the LGBT nonfiction

J.P. Der Boghossian on September 6, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-09-06T15:28:54-05:00
Sacred Wrath Book Cover
Gay, Poetry

Vahan Tekeyan – Your Name

Vahan Tekeyan (1878-1945) was an Armenian poet, and to some he is known as the “Prince of Armenian Poetry.” He founded the magazine Shirak in 1905. His poetry collections include Hoger (1901),

J.P. Der Boghossian on August 31, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-08-31T14:50:25-05:00
Mommyland Boo Cover
Fiction, Gay

Mommyland:Flag by Armen of Armenia

Published in 2016, Mommyland:Flag by Armen of Armenia is the first [*] novel by a Queer Armenian who is native to the Republic of Armenia.
Armen of Armenia (Armen Ohanyan) is a fiction writer and essayist.

J.P. Der Boghossian on August 5, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-08-05T19:48:03-05:00
Apricot Groves film poster
Film

Apricot Groves Directed by Pouria Heidary Oureh

Released in the United States in 2017, Apricot Groves by Pouria Heidary Oureh is, according to IMDB, the most internationally appeared film in the history of Armenian cinema with more than 90 international film festival selections.

J.P. Der Boghossian on August 4, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-08-04T04:40:42-05:00
One Many Guy book cover
Fiction, Gay

One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva

Published in 2014, One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva is the first [*] young adult novel featuring a gay Armenian-American character that was written by an Armenian-American.
One Man Guy was named to the Rainbow List, Equality Family Council Reading List.

J.P. Der Boghossian on August 3, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-08-03T19:43:10-05:00
Our World Your Place Anthology Book Cover
Fiction, Gay

About Strange Lands and People by James Najarian

Published in 2018, About Strange Lands and People by James Najarian was featured in the anthology Worlds Together, Worlds Apart.
The short story was a finalist in the 2018 Cunningham Short Story Competition.

J.P. Der Boghossian on August 2, 2020
J.P. Der Boghossian 2020-08-02T10:27:55-05:00

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