Unzipped: Gay Armenia by Mika Artyan - The Queer Armenian Library

Contents:

• JIRAIR RATEVOSIAN, GAY AND ARMENIAN, SHAK UP CONGRS RACE WH HUGE DONATN HL
• ON LIVG AND DYG AS A GAY PERSON THE ARMENIAN CHURCH
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• SUICI OF GAY COUPLE ROCKS ARMENIA
• HOW TO SAY GAY ARMENIAN
• GAY YEREVAN, ARMENIA | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!
• THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY
• GAY DICTNARY ARMENIAN
• IT'S HARD TO BE GAY ARMENIA
• UNZIPPED: GAY ARMENIA BY MIKA ARTYAN

JIRAIR RATEVOSIAN, GAY AND ARMENIAN, SHAK UP CONGRS RACE WH HUGE DONATN HL

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

ON LIVG AND DYG AS A GAY PERSON THE ARMENIAN CHURCH

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.

As an openly gay son of Armenian immigrants, he reprents both generatnal change and creased diversy for a district known for s sizable Armenian-Amerin muny. Edor’s Note: The tragic suici of a young gay uple Yerevan last month has reigned important nversatns surroundg homophobia Armenian society.

SUICI OF GAY COUPLE ROCKS ARMENIA

In 2022, is no longer a shock to rears of the Weekly that there are gay, queer and LGBT Armenians.

I thk to 10 years ago, when I was jt g to terms wh the fact that my attractn to men was never gog to go away, and when I had exactly one other gay Armenian iend. Ten years ago, the word “gay” was more often ed as a slur than a ntral adjective, and “gay marriage” (later re-labeled “same-sex marriage” and fally settlg as “marriage equaly”) was jt a quirky tra of certa European untri and a few US stat that was referenced, at bt, as a joke ss. I and many other gay Armenian adolcents felt very alone that time, but the odar world moved quickly while the Armenian muny stggled to tch up.

HOW TO SAY GAY ARMENIAN

I’m ually fe wh this — a posn which sometim nf and often enrag my non-Armenian gay iends.

It’s ually not an issue, and my life this regard is actually que uneventful, but every once a while, I am remd that none of my gay peers are the pews wh me. The Armenian homophob who mented on their Instagram post that their ath was a good thg, sound disgtgly siar to the Turks and Azeris who appld the mutilatns and patns of Armenian eedom fighters and civilians. Asi om the obv jtice that Armenian homophobia remas strong enough to lead to the unnecsary aths, I feel there is a poundg jtice that I nnot look past.

GAY YEREVAN, ARMENIA | THE ESSENTIAL LGBT TRAVEL GUI!

The stutn which plays a large (if not the largt) part the perpetuatn of homophobia Armenia, and therefore also is culpable this stance, is also the stutn which the majory of the Armenian world reli upon to procs grief and ath. What I’m sayg is, I do not know if the boys were allowed an Armenian funeral, firstly bee this was a suici, and sendly bee they were gay. Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others.

Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice. Devastatg news #Armenia: this young gay uple posted their pictur & mted suici together by jumpg om Davashen bridge #Yerevan. Homophobia remas wispread Armenia, and members of the LGBTQ+ muny the untry regularly face discrimatn, harassment, and vlence.

THE U.S. & JAMAI ARE FIGHTG OVER GAY RIGHTS

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. 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.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

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.

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

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. HomeAboutBlogContact UsLog InSign UpFollow UsOur AppsHome>Words that start wh G>gay>English to Armenian translatnCategori:.

We hope this will help you to unrstand Armenian is the translatn and the Armenian word for gay:գեյ. Gay all languagDictnary Entri near gaygntletgzegavelgaygazegazellegearCe this Entry"Gay Armenian. On Monday, there was another gay-bashg Armenia, this time agast a member of Right Si NGO, a trans activism anizatn.

Max Yarzhapetyan was walkg on the street Yerevan, the pal and largt cy, when three men started to follow him, swear at him, and hurl homophobic slurs.

GAY DICTNARY ARMENIAN

He said an vtigatg office told him, "Gays are not allowed or loved this untry, and that's why happened to you. "I reached out to the thori Armenia for ments about the cint but did not get an immediate and other human rights activists are not optimistic that there will be any lseng of the systematic and stutnalized homophobia Armenia. They shouted homophobic slurs and threats, mandg that Hakobyan and his guts leave the village.

Hakobyan and his iends fled the hoe and the crowd ran after them, htg and kickg them, throwg ston, and shoutg "get rid of those gays" and "tch them and beat them up. Followg the gay-bashg, Gev Petrosyan, an Armenian Parliament member wh the Prospero Armenia Party, ma this statement on his Facebook page: "I don't know who will crimate me and to what extent, but we should have already driven out (I'm statg this lightly) homosexuals, relig mori, and their protectors om our Holy land wh jot efforts. " The statement ntued, "Durg the last several days, there has been a wave of extremist and homophobic acts Armenia, targeted at the event.

"Homosexualy has been legal Armenia sce 2003, but there are no legal protectns for LGBTQ Armenians, and Armenia is ranked 49th out of 50 European untri when to LGBTQ rights, only beatg out Azerbaijan. SiegedSec, a self-scribed group of gay furry hackers, took s skills to state ernments late June, breachg agenci across five stat and releasg a wealth of data.The stat targeted on June 27 were Texas, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and South Carola. "We are also actually gay furri, I've seen untls people doubt that aspect of our group.".

IT'S HARD TO BE GAY ARMENIA

"Uwu gay furri pwn you~ We'll be back aga soon to ntue our chaos and stctn!"Some news outlets, such as Them, raised ncerns that the group's actns uld expose random people to harm, not jt the targeted ernments.

UNZIPPED: GAY ARMENIA BY MIKA ARTYAN

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.