{"id":1968,"date":"2019-06-03T09:09:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T09:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/news-events\/mural-in-glendale-central-library-and-the-pink-map\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T07:50:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T07:50:50","slug":"mural-in-glendale-central-library-and-the-pink-map","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/en\/news-events\/mural-in-glendale-central-library-and-the-pink-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Mural in Glendale Central Library and the pink map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sophia Gasparian, an artist in Los Angeles made this breathtaking mural in Reflect Space, which is a gallery located in City of Glendale\u2019s Central Library.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was commissioned to install a mural on Armenian history. I chose images of Goddess Anahid, Ottoman gendarmes slaughtering Armenian toddlers, an Armenian Genocide survivor orphan wearing traditional taraz, Soviet Armenian children and current diaspora teenagers.&#8221; &#8211; Sophia told us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I decided to paint the 6.7 meter wide gallery wall in three shades of red. For design purposes, for blood shed &amp; for the map of Armenia, I chose a shade of pink to represent our Armenian queers who are currently struggling with basic human rights in their own homeland.<\/p>\n<p>I am outraged at the atrocities constantly committed against the LGBTQ humans due to lack of queer education\u00a0 in Armenia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sophia dedicate this mural to Pink Armenia &amp; Equality Armenia, sister organizations in Yerevan and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I stand with you in solidarity and I know that education is the only solution to establish equal rights.<br \/>\n&#8211; Sophia Gasparian<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are thankful to talented artist Sophia for her support and solidarity, and for raising the visibility of LGBTQ issues in Armenian Diaspora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophia Gasparian, an artist in Los Angeles made this breathtaking mural in Reflect Space, which is a gallery located in City of Glendale\u2019s Central Library. &#8220;I was commissioned to install a mural on Armenian history. I chose images of Goddess Anahid, Ottoman gendarmes slaughtering Armenian toddlers, an Armenian Genocide survivor orphan wearing traditional taraz, Soviet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1969,"template":"","categories":[121],"tags":[],"news_events-categories":[122],"class_list":["post-1968","news_events","type-news_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","news_events-categories-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mural in Glendale Central Library and the pink map | Pink Armenia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mural in Glendale Central Library and the pink map Pink Armenia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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