In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, the International Armenian Literary Alliance, with Hye-Phen Magazine and the Queer Armenian Library, will host a reading of Queer Armenian writers. On June 5th at 1…
Straight to Gay by Audrey Kouyoumdjian
Published in 2018, Straight to Gay: Coming Out Saved My Life Creating Joy and Health by Audrey Kouyoumdjian is the second [*] memoir written by an Armenian-American who identifies as a Lesbian. Kouyoumdjian…
The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt by Jon-Jon Goulian
Published in 2011, The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt by Jon-Jon Goulian is the first [*] memoir by an Armenian-American who describes himself as an “androgynous neurotic.”
Goulian was born in 1968 and grew up in La Jolla, California.
Aracheener or “Firsts”
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…
Queered: What’s To Be Done With Xcentric Art
Published in 2011, Queered: What’s To Be Done With Xcentric Art by the Queering Yerevan (QY) collective is their first publication and one of the first [*] collections of queer art, photography, experimental writing, critical texts, and email correspondences.
Princess Freak by Nancy Agabian
Published in 2000, Princess Freak by Nancy Agabian is the first [*] collection of poems and performance texts by a bisexual Armenian-American.
Agabian is the author of the memoir Me as Her Again: True Stories of an Armenian Daughter, which was a finalist
Dancing Man by Bob Avian
ublished in 2020, Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer’s Journey by Bob Avian, with Tom Santopietro, is the first [*] memoir by a Gay Armenian-American. Avian is an American choreographer, theatrical producer, and stage director. Early in his career
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,
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