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.
Fleeting City by Hovhannes Tekgyozyan
Published in 2017, Fleeting City by Hovhannes Tekgyozyan is a novel that is part of a new generation of writers in Armenia writing about queer characters and themes. Tekgyozyan graduated from the…
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.
Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin
Published in 1992, Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin features a gay Armenian-American character, Jeff Kassabian. Maupin’s inspiration for the character was George Stambolian. Stambolian was an American educator, writer, and editor of Armenian descent.
Hyperallergic founded by Veken Gueyikian and Hrag Vartanian
Hyperallergic is an online publication that describes itself as, “a leading voice in contemporary perspectives on art, culture.” It was founded in 2009 by the husband-and-husband team, Veken Gueyikian and Hrag Vartanian. Gueyikian serves as publisher and Vartanian as Editor-in-Chief.
My Armenian-American Family Legacy by Haig Chahinian
Published on April 24, 2015, I Didn’t Have to Procreate to Carry on my Armenian-American Family Legacy is a op-ed published in The Washington Post by Haig Chahinian.
Chahinian is a writer and guidance counselor, which he describes as helping
Adamantine directed by Art Arutyunyan
Released in 2017, Adamantine is a short film by Art Arutyunyan, a gay Armenian writer, director, animator and producer.
Arutyunyan was born and raised in Uzbekistan, and is now based in Los Angeles. He trained as a fashion designer, before transitioning to film production.
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 Return of Kikos by Armen of Armenia
Published in 2013, The Return of Kikos by Armen of Armenia (Armen Ohanyan) is the first [*] short story collection by a Queer Armenian writer.
Armen of Armenia (Armen Ohanyan) is a fiction writer and essayist. He is the President of PEN Armenia Center since 2017.