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.
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.
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.
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
A Guide to Heartbreak by a Queer Minnesotan
Published in 2019, a guide to heartbreak: advice and tips on navigating through the initial painful phase of the end, or significant transition, of a relationship is by a non-binary trans person of Armenian descent, who uses the nom de plume: A Queer Minnesotan. As such, it is a first [*] of its kind.
Listen to Me by Pink Armenia
Released in 2016, Listen to Me, produced by Pink Armenia, is the first [*] documentary film about Queer Armenians living in Armenia.
The film features 10 Queer folx who took on the risk to discuss their lives in Armenia on-camera.
Queer Roots for the Diaspora by Jarrod Hayes
Published in 2016, Queer Roots for the Diaspora: Ghosts in the Family Tree by Jarrod Hayes is nonfiction academic book, a “comparative study in Queer diaspora studies.”
Jarrod Hayes received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York in 1996.
The Armenians of Pittsburgh by Nyri A. Bakkalian
Published in 2008, The Armenians of Pittsburgh by Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian is an essay featured in Queer Around the World: A LGBTQ+ True Stories Anthology.
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.
Aracheener or “Firsts”
In honor of LGBTQ Pride Month, the International Armenian Literary Alliance, with Hye-Phen Magazine and the Queer Armenian Library, hosted Aracheener, or “Firsts,” on June 12, 2021. Watch the recording below! It…
The Hye-Phen Magazine
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.