Father Vazgen Movsesyan, a clergyman of the Western Diocese of Armenian Church, has become a member of the board of the LGBT human rights defender organization, Equality Armenia, reports Asbarez. Father Movsesyan speaks of the importance of homosexuals’ human rights protection for… Read More
The Ministry of Culture has rejected the application of Pink Armenia to recognize the three LGBT advertisements as social ads. “Do you want everyone to be happy? Then wish us happiness”, “LGBT people are not invisible. You meet them every day”, and “Trans Persons are Part of Our Society” videos… Read More
The Organization for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has published the annual report on hate crimes on 16 November. The hate crimes committed in Armenia during 2016 are all on the grounds of sexual orientation… Read More
“Foreign emissaries are working with Armenian youth to propagate perversion under the pretext of the law against domestic violence,” says the president of “Pan Armenian Parental Committee” Arman Boshyan. It must be noted, that by saying perversion he means LGBT people. The opponents of the law against domestic violence are… Read More
In September 2017, PINK has organized sets of capacity building trainings and working groups for LGBT community members and allies in Armenia. The first training course aimed at raising the capacity of participants on how to develop and implement projects, how to fundraise and how to organize initiatives and engage… Read More
On October 4, in London, Pink Armenia’s founder and CEO received the Bob Hepple Equality Award that is granted by the British “Equal Rights Trust”. The award is conferred to those who fight against discrimination and promote equality in the world. Below we present… Read More
The annual “Rainbow” LGBT 3rd forum was held in Aghveran on July 14-16. During the forum, LGBT community representatives and supporters discussed LGBT issues and ways to combat them, issues of LGBT people in the provinces, LGBT persons’ family issues… Read More
2016 began with the assault of LGBT activists but the perpetrators were neither identified nor brought to justice. Although tangible positive changes were noticeable throughout the year, no action has been taken at the state level to ensure that LGBT people feel protected. Among the positive developments for 2016 were… Read More
You often hear about “love at first sight.” But what is that experience like for people who can’t see? An enlightening new Reddit thread asks blind, gay users to share how they discovered their sexualities. Several answers collected… Read More
