Armenian Wives by Neli Rubenovna
Neli Rubenovna is a digital artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles. Neli offers freelance illustration work and graphic design. Below is a piece called Armenian Wives. You can connect to them…
The Feels by Jenée LaMarque
Released in 2017, The Feels by Jenée LaMarque is a Rom-Com featuring the character Kárin, a queer Armenian woman and musical artist. The character is played by Syrian-Armenian musician and actress Káryyn Tatoyan. The…
Eastsiders by Kit Williamson
Eastsiders by Kit Williamson is a television series that first aired on YouTube and is now available on Netflix. The series features a gay Armenian character (4 episodes) played by Aram Kirakosian, who also goes by the stage name Adam Ramzi.
Anamot Press
Anamot Press was set up in March 2020. Through the Poetry Streaming project, over 40 invited poets, publishers and writers shared queer experiences across borders and other stories on migration, ancestral grief, displacement, love and loss.
Equality Armenia
Equality Armenia was a vital resource in creating this library. Please read the excellent articles they publish regularly. From Equality Armenia’s website: Equality Armenia is dedicated to achieving marriage equality in Armenia.
Queering Armenian Studies edited by Tamar Shirinian and Carina Karapetian Giorgi
Published in 2018 by the Armenian Review (Volume 56. No. 1-2 Spring-Summer 2018), Queering Armenian Studies may be the first [*] collection of articles, book reviews, essays/conversations, and stories about Queer Armenians published by an academic press.
The Anglo-American Alliance by Gregory Casparian
Published in 1906, The Anglo-American Alliance: A Serio-Comic Romance and Forecast of the Future by Gregory Casparian is considered to be the first [*] science fiction novel featuring two heroines who are Lesbian. The novel features the relationship in a positive light and also features a case of gender reassignment.
Forgotten Bread edited by David Kherdian
Published in 2007, Forgotten Bread: First Generation Armenian American Writers, edited by David Kherdian, is a notable anthology in that it includes a selection from Arlene Voski Avakian’s memoir Lion Woman’s Legacy. Avakian is a Lesbian Armenian-American writer.
Bavakan
Beginning in 2013, Bavakan has been publishing their poetry through their eponymous blog Bavakan. Bavakan is a queer feminist activist living in Armenia.
You can read Bavakan’s poetry collection here.
A Life of Otherness by Rosie Vartyter Aroush
Published in 2018 on escholarship.org, A Life of Otherness: Identity Negotiation, Family Relations, and Community Experiences among LGBQ Armenians in Los Angeles by Rosie Vartyter Aroush is a first of its kind dissertation that researches, “the struggles endured and strategies employed by Los Angeles