Nonfiction Archives - The Queer Armenian Library

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Survival of a Perverse Nation: Morality and Queer Possibility in Armenia by Tamar S. Shirinian

Published in 2024, Survival of a Perverse Nation: Morality and Queer Possibility in Armenia is an academic exploration of how the Republic of Armenia explores its existential crises through narratives of the…

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The Cataclysmic Khachkars of LGBTQ Armenia: Hate Projection of Genocidal Trauma and Pride by Michael Boyajian, Edited by Sal J Calise

Published in 2023, The Cataclysmic Khachkars of LGBTQ Armenia: Hate Projection of Genocidal Trauma and Pride is a non-fiction book that starts with a survey of LGBTQI+ Khachkars and Ancient Armenia and…

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.…

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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…

Azad Archives

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.

Solidarity and Equality

From 2015-2017, The Heinrich Böll Foundation South Caucasus Regional Office, with financial support of the EU, initiated the implementation and overall supervision of a three-year action Solidarity Network for LGBTI in Armenia…

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…

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…

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!…