The ath of a young gay uple by suici Yerevan on Thursday has shocked Armenia and Armenian diaspora muni around the world, refocg attentn on Armenia’s eply entrenched homophobia and the stigma of seekg mental health servic the untry.
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- DEATH OF YOUNG GAY UPLE REFOC ATTENTN ON HOMOPHOBIA ARMENIA
- ANY YEREVAN REMENDATNS FOR GAY TRAVELERS? - YEREVAN FOM
- SUICI OF GAY COUPLE ROCKS ARMENIA
- ORD TO ANYWHERESTOP WONRG, START WANRG.INFO: A GAY GUY'S GUI TO ARMENIA
DEATH OF YOUNG GAY UPLE REFOC ATTENTN ON HOMOPHOBIA ARMENIA
The ath of a young gay uple by suici Yerevan on Thursday has shocked Armenia and Armenian diaspora muni around the world, refocg attentn on Armenia’s eply entrenched homophobia and the stigma of seekg mental health servic the untry. Homophobia remas wispread Armenia, and members of the LGBTQ muny the untry regularly face discrimatn, harassment, and vlence.
Re: Any Yerevan remendatns for gay travelers? As far as I know there are no gay clubs here.
Suici of Gay Couple Rocks Armenia. Armenia was rocked last week wh the suici of a young homosexual uple. Devastatg news #Armenia: this young gay uple posted their pictur & mted suici together by jumpg om Davashen bridge #Yerevan.
ANY YEREVAN REMENDATNS FOR GAY TRAVELERS? - YEREVAN FOM
Gay uple’s suici refoc attentn on homophobia. Homophobia remas wispread Armenia, and members of the LGBTQ+ muny the untry regularly face discrimatn, harassment, and vlence.
Pk Armenia, a proment LGBTQ+ rights group, said of the gay uple’s suici, “We nsir unacceptable to jtify the loss of human life. Tbilisi Pri, another queer rights anizatn Geia, tweeted a public msage of support towards the young gay uple.
SUICI OF GAY COUPLE ROCKS ARMENIA
Homophobia, hate & vlence have no place any society! In May 2017, a survey by the Pew Rearch Center Eastern European untri showed that nety-seven percent of Armenians believed that homosexualy should not be accepted by society.
Reflectg on the tragedy, Mika Artyan, thor of Gay Armenia and Unzipped blogs, wrote on his blog, “It’s not a ‘good time’—we hear or say to ourselv.
ORD TO ANYWHERESTOP WONRG, START WANRG.INFO: A GAY GUY'S GUI TO ARMENIA
Even though homosexualy has been legal Armenia sce 2003, many keep their inty a secret out of fear of beg socially outst by their iends and fai. Moreover, homosexualy ntu to rema a taboo topic. A French Armenian llg for the repeal of the anti-gay law 2002.
In a 2012 study, fifty-five percent of Armenians stated that they would cease their relatnship wh a iend or relative if they were to e out as gay. On July 3, 2017, the Mistry of Jtice stated that same-sex marriag by gay upl performed abroad would be regnized.