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.
The Queer Photography of Maryam Şahinyan
Born in 1911, Maryam Şahinyan (Մարիամ Շահինեան) was a photographer and considered to be the first female studio photographer in Turkey. Şahinyan focused on portraits, which included queer subjects and folx from…
Queer Motherhood is Speculative Fiction by Kamee Abrahamian
Published in 2020, Queer Motherhood is Speculative Fiction by Kamee Abrahamian is featured in Mizna: Queer + Trans Voices. Kamee Abrahamian was born in Scarborough, Canada to an Armenian family by way of Beirut; arrives in the world today as a queer woman and a multidisciplinary producer / artist / facilitator / storyteller.
Frayed by Sevan Mujukian
Frayed by Sevan Mujukian is a series of interactive audiovisual landscapes about diaspora, longing, memory, and carpets.
Mujukian identifies as non-binary and is a new media designer & artist, educator, and beat-maker.
Delicious Fruit directed by Melissa Boyajian
Released in 2010, Delicious Fruit by Melissa Boyajian is a short experimental film utilizing recontextualized footage of Sergei Parajanov’s archetypal film The Color of Pomegranates.
Melissa Boyajian is an actor and director, known for Sooner, Oklahoma (2009)
The City of Dove Women by Arpi Adamyan
Debuting in 2019, City of Dove Women by Arpi Adamyan is an art installation which Adamyan describes as a “hybridization of multiple contradictions.”
Arpi Adamyan is a multimedia artist based in New York and Yerevan. After receiving her first MFA from Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts in 2007
All is Found (Short Film 2014)
Released in 2014, All is Found is a short film by Kamee Abrahamian and Katelyn Partlow.
Kamee Abrahamian was born in Scarborough, Canada to an Armenian family by way of Beirut; arrives in the world today as a queer woman and a multidisciplinary producer / artist / facilitator / storyteller. She has a BFA/BA in film & political science, an MA in art therapy,
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.
Dear Armen (2015 short film)
Released in 2015, Dear Armen is a short film by Kamee Abrahamian and lee williams boudakian.
Kamee Abrahamian was born into an Armenian family displaced from the SWANA (Southwest Asian, North African) region, and grew up in an immigrant suburb of Toronto.
Transmission (2018 Short Film)
Published in 2018, Transmission is a 13-minute short film created, written, and produced by Kamee Abrahamian, lee williams boudakian, Emily Mkrtichian, and Anahid Yahjian.
Kamee Abrahamian was born into an Armenian family displaced from the SWANA (Southwest Asian, North African) region, and grew up in an immigrant suburb of Toronto.