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LGBT Students Not Safe in Armenian Educational Institutions, Survey Reveals
Many of the respondents noted that they have even been bullied or harassed by teachers and professors and that they are often the main contributors...Read More »
PINK Armenia Calls for Unprejudiced Investigation of Russian Man’s Death In Yerevan
To ensure that the investigation is executed properly, PINK Armenia urges media to be vigilant, to provide a comprehensive coverage, and to keep the case in the spotlight in...Read More »
The End of Progressive Neoliberalism
Until recently, however, the chief response to the crisis was social protest—dramatic and lively, to be sure, but largely ephemeral. Political systems, by contrast, seemed...Read More »
Adoption of Domestic Violence Law in Armenia Opposed by Pro-Russian Groups: Report
Thus, we can confidently claim that the groups spreading misinformation about the RA Bill on “Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence” and presenting it as a bill “imposed by Europe and America against morality” are... Read More »
Transgender People Face Highest Rates of Social Discrimination in Armenia, Activist Believes
It is widely believed in Armenia's society that transgender individuals mainly engage in prostitution, which Martirosyan does not deny, stressing that it's only a consequence of the public's hatred towards...Read More »
LGBT Activist Speaks Out on Homophobia in Armenia, Says Country Needs Anti-Discrimination Law (Video)
The lack of an Armenian law protecting members of the LGBT community and other minorities, Khandikyan added, also contributes to the problem; “Everybody's human rights, independent of their nationality...Read More »
LGBT Activist ‘Not Mistreated’ by Yerevan Hospital Staff, Health Ministry Insists
He added that officials were only trying to establish whether the activist had received “sufficient services” at the hospital and refused to look into the victim’s complaint of ill-treatment, citing lack of jurisdiction and insisting ...Read More »
Police Urged to Punish Yerevan Hate Attackers
A statement issued by the Center also condemned the medical staff of Heratsi hospital complex for conduct “non-corresponding to medical ethics or the law of Armenia...Read More »
Group of LGBT Activists Attacked in Yerevan, Mocked by Hospital Staff
The hospital also failed to conduct a proper medical examination: “They demanded money and refused to otherwise treat [the activists]. They carried out some external exams, drew up protocols, and discharged them,” Hovsepyan said...Read More »
Saudi Women’s Rights Activist, Turkish LGBT Rights Initiative Receive Hrant Dink Awards
Kaos GL received its award statue from Ali Bayramoğlu, the Chairman of the International Hrant Dink Award Committee. Having received the statue on behalf of Kaos GL, Ali Erol reminded that homosexuals lived their entire lives in the ‘‘disquiet’...Read More »