In The Dream House with Nancy Agabian and Carmen Maria Machado
This Queer Book Saved My Life is a podcast hosted by J.P. Der Boghossian. On it, guests from across the rainbow share the queer books that had life-saving features for them. They…
Queernissage Profiles by MIASEEN
Produced in 2022, Queernissage Profiles is a mini-doc series featuring Armenian LGBTQ+ artists and the stories behind their craft. Watch the series below! The series is made by MIASEEN who is a…
Literary Lights featuring Taleen Voskuni
On February 7, 2023, the International Armenian Literary Alliance launched the Literary Lights series. The first event featured Taleen Voskuni, author of Sorry, Bro. Voskuni was in conversation with J.P. Der Boghossian,…
Queering Form: A Virtual Reading
Watch the video of this even below! On June 11, 2023, the International Armenian Literary Alliance presented this event featuring: Nancy Agabian, the author of the recently published novel The Fear of…
Homosexuality and Armenian Genocide Advocacy by Raffi Joe Wartanian
Published on April 24, 2015, I Didn’t Have to Procreate to Carry on my Armenian-American Family Legacy is a op-ed published in The Washington Post by Haig Chahinian.
Chahinian is a writer and guidance counselor, which he describes as helping
Comedian James Adomian
Here I Come by Andrei Fenochka is a web television series. Produced in Moscow, it is the first Russian LGBTQ+ series featuring an Armenian protagonist.
Fenochka directs and Liza Simbirskaya serves as both writer and producer.
Queer Fish by Sarah Giragosian
Published in 2017, Queer Fish by Sarah Giragosian won the American Poetry Journal Book Prize. Sarah Giragosian is a poet and critic living in Schenectady, NY. She is the author of the…
Comedian Movses Shakarian
Here I Come by Andrei Fenochka is a web television series. Produced in Moscow, it is the first Russian LGBTQ+ series featuring an Armenian protagonist.
Fenochka directs and Liza Simbirskaya serves as both writer and producer.
Artush and Zaur by Ali Akbar
Published in 2009, Artush and Zaur by Ali Akbar (alias of Alakbar Aliyev) is a novel about the relationship between Artush Saroyan and Zaur Jalilov, an Armenian and Azeri respectively. Akbar is…
Queer Armenian Literature: A Reading
In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, the International Armenian Literary Alliance, with Hye-Phen Magazine and the Queer Armenian Library, hosted the first gloabl reading of Queer Armenian writers. Watch the video below!…