Published in 2017, A Poet in Washington Heights by Christopher Atamian is one of the first [*] poetry collections by a gay Italian-Armenian.
Atamian is a translator, writer, and director.
Transition by Chaz Bono
Published in 2012, Transition: Becoming Who I was Always Meant to Be by Chaz Bono is the first [*] memoir by a transgender man of Armenian-American descent.
Bono is an American character actor and activist.
Balls: It Takes Some to Get Some by Chris Edwards
Published in 2016, Balls: It Takes Some to Get Some by Chris Edward is the second [*] memoir published by a transgender man of Armenian-American descent.
Chris made his advertising debut in 1993 as a copywriter at Arnold Worldwide,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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),
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.