{"id":1829,"date":"2017-05-02T14:15:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T14:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/news-events\/after-the-screening-of-listen-to-me-in-geneva-the-diaspora-must-participate-in-the-struggle-of-lgbt-people-in-armenia\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T07:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T07:50:37","slug":"after-the-screening-of-listen-to-me-in-geneva-the-diaspora-must-participate-in-the-struggle-of-lgbt-people-in-armenia","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/en\/news-events\/after-the-screening-of-listen-to-me-in-geneva-the-diaspora-must-participate-in-the-struggle-of-lgbt-people-in-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"After the screening of Listen to Me in Geneva. \u201cThe diaspora must participate in the struggle of LGBT people in Armenia\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cListen To Me: Untold Stories Beyond Hatred,\u201d PINK Armenia\u2019s documentary film about the lives of 10 LGBT people in Armenia, was screened in Geneva, Switzerland by <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hyestart.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HyeStart<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dialogai.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dialogai<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight&lt;\/span&gt;: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexis Grigoryan of HyeStart spoke about the 2012 bombing of DIY, an LGBT-friendly pub in Yerevan, and presented Armenia\u2019s history and overall issues before to the screening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the screening, HyeStart president Alain Navassartian, speaking about the situation for LGBT people in Armenia, said it is necessary that the Diaspora becomes involved in the struggle for LGBT people\u2019s human rights in the country. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkish sociologist and human rights activist P<\/span><b>\u0131<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nar Selek, who was invited to the event as a guest speaker, said that like Armenia, Turkey does not have legislation that protects LGBT people from discrimination. Selek spoke about uniting the struggle for human rights protection between the two neighboring countries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">About 50 people attended the film screening, including representatives from Amnesty International and the United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the screening, guests were treated to Armenian wine, which, according to Alexis Grigoryan, they enjoyed. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3379 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hyestart-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Left to right: Alain Navassartian,\u00a0<strong>P\u0131nar Selek,\u00a0Alexis Grigoryan<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">photo from Hyestart&#8217; Facebook page<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cListen To Me: Untold Stories Beyond Hatred,\u201d PINK Armenia\u2019s documentary film about the lives of 10 LGBT people in Armenia, was screened in Geneva, Switzerland by HyeStart and Dialogai. 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