Published in 2020, Gray Dawn: A Tale of Abolition and Union by Nyri A. Bakkalian is the first [*] novel by an Armenian-American who identifies as Lesbian.
Nyri A. Bakkalian, Ph.D. is a queer Armenian-American by birth, a military historian by training, and is proud to have called the American and Japanese northeasts her home.
Published in 2019, Hold My Hand by Michael Barakiva is the sequel to his first novel One Man Guy. This is the third [*] young adult novel featuring a Gay Armenian-American protagonist.
Barakiva is a writer, director, and producer. He is the founding Artistic Director of The Upstart Creatures, a not-for-profit theatre company based in New York City.
In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, the International Armenian Literary Alliance, with Hye-Phen Magazine and the Queer Armenian Library, will host Aracheener, or “Firsts,” on June 12th at 1 pm Eastern. It…
The Hye-Phen Magazine was founded in 2014 as an online magazine and global collective to connect queer-minded Armenian artists, scholars, writers, and amplify our under-spoken stories, issues, ideas, and visions of the future.
Published in 2011, My Gay Dream by Alex Ikke-Tuppel is one of the first [*] novels featuring a gay main character by an author who is a native of Yerevan, Armenia.
Ikke-Tuppel is in sales for a manufacturer of semiconductors.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
