Refworld | It's Hard To Be Gay Armenia

Contents:

• GAY YEREVAN, ARMENIA | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• GAY AND LBIAN ARMENIANS
• IT'S HARD TO BE GAY ARMENIA
• UNZIPPED: GAY ARMENIA BY MIKA ARTYAN
• THE REALY OF GAY ARMENIANS AND OUR LLECTIVE SHAME
• ON LIVG AND DYG AS A GAY PERSON THE ARMENIAN CHURCH
• ON LIVING AND DYING AS A GAY PERSON IN THE ARMENIAN CHURCH
• BEG GAY AND ARMENIAN: THE STIGMA
• IT'S HARD TO BE GAY ARMENIA

GAY YEREVAN, ARMENIA | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!

Now, he intifi as queer: a self-affirmg term ed by many people who are gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and non-heterosexual. Homosexualy is still heavily stigmatized wh the Armenian muny, he said, and he experienced ternalized shame and guilt. Two of Armenia’s most celebrated poets the early 20th century, Vahan Tekeyan and Yeghishe Charents, were gay or bisexual.

Dpe this, Yerevan isn’t even close to beg a gay-iendly cy. Bee of the untry’s strongly tablished homophobia and social nservatism, Armenians who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr suffer a difficult life. Although homosexualy was crimalized Armenia 2003, the untry’s stat for LGBT persons has not improved.

GAY AND LBIAN ARMENIANS

It is extremely difficult for homosexual people to socialize sce there are very few public areas where they n be certa they will not be abed, and there are no openly gay venu.

IT'S HARD TO BE GAY ARMENIA

Visors intifyg as homosexual or lbian will have a fantastic time this betiful cy if they exercise much utn.

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UNZIPPED: GAY ARMENIA BY MIKA ARTYAN

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Explorg the queer nightlife scene a new cy n be one of the most exhilaratg experienc while travelg, and Gay Yerevan is certaly no exceptn. Whether you prefer to nnect wh other queer folks person at a gay bar or club or through a hook up app, Gay Yerevan has plenty of optns to explore. So, venture out to experience the vibrant and diverse queer nightlife Gay Yerevan, but always prrize your safety and well-beg.

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THE REALY OF GAY ARMENIANS AND OUR LLECTIVE SHAME

When to explorg Gay Yerevan, there’s more to life than jt cktails and beers. One aspect of the gay scene that many of queens love is checkg out the lol gay snas and cisg clubs.

Gay snas, sex clubs, and cisg have long been popular ways for queer men to meet and engage sexual activy, particularly untri where same-sex activy is not wily accepted or may even be illegal. In the plac, gay snas and cisg clubs provi a safe and discreet environment for queer men to explore their sexualy and nnect wh like-md dividuals.

Dpe the rise of gay datg apps, many queer men still prefer the anonymy and physil nnectn that n be found the spac – so somewhat unter-tuively, you might have a hotter experience here than you would at home. Keep md that lol laws and ctoms regardg gay venu and sexual activy should be rpected at all tim. Wh a b of forethought and an open md, visg gay snas and cisg clubs n be a thrillg and steamy part of your gay Yerevan adventure.

ON LIVG AND DYG AS A GAY PERSON THE ARMENIAN CHURCH

As gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenred muni emerge the ntemporary Armenian world (both Armenia and the diaspora) more and more Armenians are makg public their personal sexual inti. Male homosexualy was crimalized unr the early Soviet perd and only banned durg the Stalist perd.

While gays and lbians Armenia still face many obstacl that prevent them om leadg open and equal liv, many diasporan Armenians are not hred by homophobia and the level of acceptance is more often related to the prevalent cultural attus of the greater non-Armenian muny. There are active Armenian gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenred associatns Los Angel, New York, Paris and elsewhere.

ON LIVING AND DYING AS A GAY PERSON IN THE ARMENIAN CHURCH

Famo Armenians who are believed to be eher gay, lbian or bisexual clu:. Life for LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) people Armenia, a socially nservative society where homophobia remas entrenched, is not difficulti are multiplied for those livg outsi the pal, where society is even ls tolerant towards LGBT people.

Socialisg is particularly difficult, wh no LGBT-iendly venu and few public plac where gay people n be sure they will not be subject to (not his real name), 25, said that there were no public entertament spac Gyumri or Vanadzor, the untry´s send and third largt ci rpectively, where LGBT people uld feel safe. “Yerevan also do not have a particularly iendly attu towards gays, but this is the only place Armenia where you n feel relatively ee, ” he Gabrielyan, head of the New Generatn NGO, believ that such tolerant attus towards LGBT people more remote plac of the untry has ed ternal migratn.

BEG GAY AND ARMENIAN: THE STIGMA

Outsi the pal, is extremely difficult to live a gay liftyle, ” Gabrielyan said, whose anisatn works to protect the rights of LGBT people across Armenia. 8 per cent of the 1, 017 people terviewed said they did not want to see gay upl holdg hands the street and 97. Among the hundreds of rtrants, pubs and ffee shops Yerevan, not a sgle public entertament venue ters to the members of the LGBT 2012, the DIY Club Yerevan - known as a gay hangout – was firebombed and s owner harassed.

(See also Gay Rights Unr Attack Armenia) then, no one has dared to open a public entertament venue for LGBT people Armenia. There is a private social club for gay men and transgenr women Yerevan, which is open daily to members and their (not her real name) the club’s 32-year-old director, is origally om Vanadzor. When she moved to the pal to jo her brother, she found out that he was gay.

IT'S HARD TO BE GAY ARMENIA

Sometim I jt say that this is a gay club, and people will go away. It proved that the muny needs such events, ” Sarkis Ishkhanyan, edor--chief of Inknagir Lerary Magaze, has wrten about LGBT issu for a long first article on gay men was published 2002, when homosexualy was still officially illegal Armenia.

When I published my first article, after readg , one of the lol edors said wh fear that he wouldn't like his son to read this article, ” Iskhanyan followg year Armenia joed the Council of Europe and homosexualy was crimalised.