{"id":1806,"date":"2016-06-20T08:38:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T08:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/news-events\/men-kiss-to-show-solidarity-with-victims-of-orlando-massacre-and-diy-bar-the-heavy-shepherd-song\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T07:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T07:50:34","slug":"men-kiss-to-show-solidarity-with-victims-of-orlando-massacre-and-diy-bar-the-heavy-shepherd-song","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/en\/news-events\/men-kiss-to-show-solidarity-with-victims-of-orlando-massacre-and-diy-bar-the-heavy-shepherd-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Men kiss to show solidarity with victims of Orlando massacre and DIY bar: the Heavy Shepherd song"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2830\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2830 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/10389090_446875002188111_5666261973866523520_n-300x111.png\" alt=\"10389090_446875002188111_5666261973866523520_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Heavy Shepherd&#8217;s Facebook page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The LA based Armenian band Heavy Shepherd released a song dedicated to the victims of the massacre that took place on June 12 in Orlando\u2019s &#8220;Pulse&#8221; gay club, as well as the DIY bar in Yerevan that was set on fire in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The description of the song states:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIn solidarity with the victims of Orlando\u2019s gay club massacre and their families, as well as against the propaganda of the Armenian state that supported the nationalist attack on DIY bar in Yerevan 4 years ago.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the video clip of the song entitled \u201cEvolution\u201d, two men kiss while the Armenian flag and state emblem are on the background. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lNxHu8WWE1A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LA based Armenian band Heavy Shepherd released a song dedicated to the victims of the massacre that took place on June 12 in Orlando\u2019s &#8220;Pulse&#8221; gay club, as well as the DIY bar in Yerevan that was set on fire in 2012. 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