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.
Anamot Press
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.
Equality Armenia
Equality Armenia was a vital resource in creating this library. Please read the excellent articles they publish regularly. From Equality Armenia’s website: Equality Armenia is dedicated to achieving marriage equality in Armenia.
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
The Color of Pomegranates by Sergei Parajanov
Released in 1969, The Color of Pomegranates by Sergei Parajanov is his best known masterpiece. Commenting on the film, Martin Scorsese said, “I didn’t know any more about Sayat-Nova at the end of the picture than I knew at the beginning, but instead what Parajanov did was he opened a door into a timeless cinematic experience.”
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.
Pink Armenia
From the PINK Armenia website: “Pink” human rights defender non-governmental organization was founded in 2007. The organization is known to its beneficiaries and the public as Pink Armenia. Pink is a community-based…
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.
Unzipped: Gay Armenia by Mika Artyan
Published in 2007 and continuing through 2020, Unzipped: Gay Armenia by Mika Artyan is the most prolific and phenomenal blog about the lives, literature, arts, news, and public policies of Queer Armenians.
This library would not exist if it weren’t for Unzipped, which has reviewed books and films for the past thirteen years.
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