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!
On June 5, 2021 the reading of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and experimental literature included Nyri A. Bakkalian, Armen Davoudian, Hrayr Khanjian, Lillian Avedian, Mashinka Firunts, Christopher Atamian, Milena Tadukhepa, Audrey Kouyoumdjian, and Deanna Cachoian-Schanz. The reading was followed by a soorj & conversation hour for those who wish to stay and chat. You can read more about our featured writers here.
The Hye-Phen was first launched in 2014 as an online magazine and global collective. Since then, our mission continues to connect and build community among queer Armenian artists, scholars, and writers, and amplify what’s been under-spoken for so long: our stories, challenges, ideas, dreams, and visions for the future. We proudly operate today as a fully independent, queer, Armenian-run digital media platform and publishing collective, carving out a space that celebrates free expression, sharing histories, imagining utopia, and dismantling dystopia in and beyond the Armenian community.
Launched in 2020, The Queer Armenian Library is exclusively dedicated to literature by, about, and for Queer Armenians. The library collects and showcases essays, memoirs, novels, poetry, films, TV series, and art installations from the early 20th century through today.
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