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.
Rising Like a Phoenix from Country of Dust
Country of Dust is a narrative podcast whose mission is to tell, "the stories of life in a changing Armenia. We are Armenia’s first narrative podcast." Rising Like a Phoenix is an…
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,…
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.…
The Sun Isn’t Out Long Enough edited by Tatevik Sargsyan
Published in 2021, The Sun Isn't Out Long Enough edited by Tatevik Sargsyan is an anthology about queer experiences across borders and other stories told with no shame. Tatevik Sargsyan is the…
Ordinary People: Portraits from LGBTQ Armenia, Georgia, and Russia by Ksenia Kuleshova
Published in 2023, Ordinary People: Portraits from LGBTQ Armenia, Georgia, and Russia by Ksenia Kuleshova is a series of color portraits, accompanied by short interviews, of LGBTQ Armenians, Georgians, and Russians. Ksenia…
#jivjiv by Hrayr Varaz
Published in 2022, #jivjiv by Hrayr Varaz is a collection of twitter poems written by queer Armenian poet n linguist Hrayr Varaz (instagram: hrayr_huh_died). Cover and illustrations by Amy Kazandjian (instagram: amykazn).…
The Future of Armenian Publishing is Queer
Watch the video of this event below! The International Armenian Literary Alliance hosted The Future of Armenian Publishing is Queer, a reading and panel discussion in honor of Pride Month, on Tuesday, June…
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
Lousine: Lesbian Matchmaker to the Straights
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.