Ivan Nikitchuk from above, Nikolay Arefev from below The Russian State Duma Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building has declined to endorse a controversial draft bill that would introduce fines and arrests for people who publicly express their homosexuality, the… Read More
On January 13-16, PINK Armenia held its annual retreat. Several matters related to the organization and its activities were discussed, including PINK Armenia’s strategic plan between 2014-2016, as well as upcoming plans for 2016. An integrated security workshop also took place for staff members, where internal and external issues of… Read More
Download the report December 14, 2015 marked the 8 year anniversary of the founding of “Public Information and Need of Knowledge” NGO. Due to the dedicated work of the organization’s interdisciplinary team of professional staff we have succeeded to grow from a young and newly… Read More
The first Armenian LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) forum, called “Rainbow”, which was organized by PINK Armenia, took place in Lori region on October 17-18. The aim of the forum was to build LGBT movement in Armenia, discuss problems of LGBT people and together develop a strategy and steps to… Read More
On October 1st the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women observed a National Day to Combat Domestic Violence in Yerevan’s Republic Square. The participants of the event paid tribude to the women who died in a result of domestic violence. During the event there was an exhibition of the… Read More
Suren Parajanov the son of movie maker Sergey Parajanov does not exclude that his father had relationships with men, he discussed this with the Ukrainian online magazine GORDON. “It could happen due to an agreement. Many women and men, who want to star in great director’s films, are ready… Read More
photo: CBSNEWS “There should not be any criminal prosecution or any other prosecution of sexual minorities,” said President Vladimir Putin in the interview for CBS. He condemned the laws prohibiting non-traditional sexual orientation in four states of America (Texas, Montana, Oklahoma and Kansas) and blamed external forces for deliberately… Read More
Armen Gondarchyan (Armenchik) used the hashtag of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) human rights’ online campaign while referring about him being granted the title of Armenia’s Honored Artist at his official Facebook page. He thanked… Read More
photo: Syda Productions / Shutterstock.com Homophobic attitudes may say a lot about the person who holds them, new research suggests. People who have strongly negative views of gay people also have higher levels of psychoticism (the tendency of purchasing a psychotic disorder which includes recklessness, disregard of the environment and… Read More
