{"id":1776,"date":"2015-10-20T13:50:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T09:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/news-events\/the-first-lgbt-forum-in-armenia\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T18:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:29:41","slug":"rainbowforum2015","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/en\/news-events\/rainbowforum2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The first LGBT forum in Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"image-shape \">\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-shape__spacer\" style=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"row image-shape__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-shape__shape-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-shape__shape\" style=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: #FF006E; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-image: url(https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_83241.jpg); \t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-shape__oval-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-shape__oval\" style=\"\n\t\t\t\t\tbackground: #ff006e; \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Armenian LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) forum, called &#8220;Rainbow&#8221;, which was organized by PINK Armenia, took place in Lori region on October 17-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 fight against homophobia in Armenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of participants expressed their feeling that the forum gave them hope towards Armenian LGBT movement,&nbsp;especially they liked the fact that new people are joining the movement and that many of them are ready to come out publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 40 people from LGBT community and from supporters of LGBT people took part in the event from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Armenian LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) forum, called &#8220;Rainbow&#8221;, 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 fight against homophobia in Armenia. 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