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Why a Queer Armenian Library?
As far as we know, there is no library dedicated exclusively to literature by, about, and for Queer Armenians. This library is an attempt to bring together as many of the essays, memoirs, novels, poetry, and films that were made by Queer Armenians and made about Queer Armenians.

What’s new

We updated the website on 10 February 2021!

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Superheroes Die in the Summer by Christian Batikian

Unzipped: Gay Armenia by Mika Artyan

Published in 2007 and continuing through 2020, Unzipped: Gay Armenia by Mika Artyan is the most prolific and phenomenal blog about the lives, literature, arts, news, and public policies of Queer Armenians.

This library would not exist if it weren’t for Unzipped, which has reviewed books and films for the past thirteen years.

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The Stitching Hour—Weaving by Levon Kafafian

The Stitching Hour—Weaving is a performance piece by Levon Kafafian. Levon Kafafian is a multidisciplinary weaver, writer, poet, and performance artist based in Detroit, Michigan. They are the co-founder of the Fringe…

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postcards from the end of the world by Enaree Kirkorian

Postcards from the end of the world is a comic zine by Enaree Kirkorian. Enaree Kirkorian is a multimedia artist from Queens, NY. Through their creative studio Superpose Press, they practice art…

Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni

Published in 2024, Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni is the second [*] rom-com novel written by an Armenian-American writer. In the novel, sparks fly between two women pitted against each…

Leap by Brent Love

Published in 2024, Leap by Brent Love is a memoir that details his experiences when he came out to his American family and then three days later began a two-year Peace Corp…

Tea Leaves by Jacob Budenz

Published in 2023, Tea Leaves by Jacob Budenz is a short story collection exalting and lampooning the queer experience while examining the sometimes surreal obstacles of marginalization. Jacob Budenz is a queer writer,…

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The Fear of Large and Small Nations by Nancy Agabian

Published in 2023, The Fear of Large and Small Nations by Nancy Agabian is her debut novel. Written in gripping short stories interspersed with intimate journal entries and blog posts, the fragmented…

The Palace of Forty Pillars by Armen Davoudian

Published in 2024, The Palace of Forty Pillars by Armen Davoudian is his debut poetry collection. In it he shares his story, of a self estranged from the world around him as…

Reparations of the Heart: Toward a SWANA Futurity by Kristin Anahit Cass

Published in 2024, Reparations of the Heart: Toward a SWANA Futurity by Kristin Anahit Cass is a book of essays, stories, poems, quotes and images. In it, Cass poses the questions: What…

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The Institute for Other Intelligences by Mashinka Firunts Hakopian

Published in 2022, The Institute for Other Intelligences by Mashinka Firunts Hakopian is a work of speculative fiction and media theory about an imagined future where machine intelligences convene annually for curriculum…

We Are All Armenian edited by Aram Mrjoian

Published in 2023, We Are All Armenian: Voices From The Diaspora edited by Aram Mrjoian brings together established and emerging Armenian authors to reflect on the complications of Armenian ethnic identity today.…