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"I was shocked to hear gay slurs ed regularly by Armenian boys. As I flipped through Armenian Amerin channels, I was dismayed when I saw TV personali nmng LGBTQ people as foreign vis ... how n such hate be so rampant this era?"

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Dyke is a tradnal slur that has recently been reclaimed by people opprsed at the tersectn of misogyny and homophobia, a diverse muny that clus lbians, trans women, trans men and genr non-nformg people. Erik Adamian reflects on his lifelong journey to takg pri his tersectnal inti as a gay Armenian-Iranian immigrant. When I first me out to myself and a few close iends about a ago, I went to some Pri celebratns, kissed a few boys and basked the glory of my gay rabow heart.

Even though I was mightily fightg to be okay wh my existence as a gay Armenian-Iranian immigrant, I didn’t fd the ncept of Pri, as seen on TV and Wt Hollywood, even remotely relatable. However, as a gay Armenian-Iranian immigrant, celebratg myself gets a b plited.

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And I obliged, until I uldn’t—not bee I didn’t want to, but bee I started intifyg as gay. Most importantly, Pri is acceptg and cherishg my heart and soul, that I have a place the world as the gay, the Armenian, the Iranian, the immigrant and everythg else, all together.

Through muny, empathy, kdns and aid, we regnize and slowly heal om the trma and pa of cultural rejectn, and we speak up agast homophobia and transphobia when we n. He explored the webs of queer Armenian anizatns like Equaly Armenia and PINK Armenia and onle platforms like the Gay Armenian Blogspot and the Hye-Phen Magaze.

PORTRA OF A YOUNG GAY ARMENIAN MAN

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“Kissg Ethan was like takg a rocket to outer space, floatg zero gravy, and marvelg at the prehensible bety of the creatns of the universe, ” Michael Barakiva wr Hold My Hand, the sequel to One Man Guy, the first young adult novel featurg a gay Armenian-Amerin character wrten by a queer Armenian-Amerin published 2014. Edor’s Note: An earlier versn of the article misstated that One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva is the first young adult novel featurg a gay Armenian-Amerin character.

GAY PRI CALENDAR

One Man Guy is the first young adult novel featurg a gay Armenian-Amerin character wrten by a queer Armenian-Amerin.

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I thought blatant homophobia was no longer a wily-accepted ncept our society, rather, a notn relegated to a bygone era of tolerance and rampant misrmatn. As I walked through school mp, I was shocked to hear gay slurs ed regularly by Armenian boys. How n we expose the btaly of Azerbaijani war crim while praisg thugs who throw Molotov cktails to gay clubs?

One nnot be a homophobe and a humanarian. I am a proud gay Armenian man, and this talk was long overdue.

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.

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Portra Of a Young Gay Armenian Man .

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