#armenian lgbtq

[lgbtq-archives]

Dear John, thank you for sharing your journey with us. Full Story on YouTube:

#lgbtq #older gay men #older gay #age gap relationship #older gay couple #older younger couple #old young gay #same sex relationship #loving relationship #true love #coping with grief #loss of partner #lgbtq community #real life stories #coming out #armenian lgbtq #Youtube

[yourdailyqueer]

Bob Avian (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 26 December 1937 

RIP: 21 January 2021

Ethnicity: White - Armenian

Nationality: American

Occupation: Choreographer, dancer, producer, director

#Bob Avian #lgbt history #lgbt #lgbtq #mlm #male #gay #1937 #rip #historical #white #armenian #dancer #Choreographer #producer #director

[imaginal-ai]

"Dzovag Sings" (0003)

(More of The Dzovag Series)

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#ai artwork #ai men #ai generated #ai art community #ai image #ai fashion #lgbtq #ai gay #gay ai art #armenian #longhairedguys #longhairmen #longhairedmen #long hair #men with beards #gray beard #guys with beards #older men are hot #older guys #oldermen #singer #male singer #fashion illustration #art direction #art director #alt men #positive masculinity

[artsyaprilmr]

Artsakh has been blocked for 2 weeks 100+ days already, 120.000 people are deprived of their human rights, many of them are children. Tomorrow is Christmas, and on this very special holiday consider supporting indigenous christian nation by donating to good causes.

After 9 months of total blockade and after heavy shelling by the fascist dictatorship of Azer/baijan, the population of around 120.000 indigenous armenians had to flee Artsakh. Armenia is a small country, its population numbers at just a little below 3 million people - to accomodate more than 100k people, who left everything behind and need to find new places to live and work at, is a heavy task. Consider donating to the charities listed here.

URGENT:

Solar Haghorti - provide hot water to the Haghorti village in Artsakh

Sunrise in Artsakh - solar water heaters for Artsakh (please read the page, donation button is in the text, it's easy to miss)

Greenhouse Project - building greenhouses to overcome the challenges faced by Artsakh’s loss of land after the war as well as the blockade

Greenhouses and Beekeeping for Artsakhi Armenians - help Artsakh families to rebuild their lives in Armenia and create food secure and climate resilient communities

Supplies for Syunik and Beyond - fundraising for the Border Villages in Syunik

Legal Defense Fund for Jerusalem Armenians - help the Armenian Community of the Old City of Jerusalem as it stands in defense of its survival and security

OTHER:

Armenian food bank - food, clothing, medicine

VIVA foundation - doctors and medicine (25% of what I get from my winter commissions will go here)

Frontline Therapists - provides mental health services to Armenian veterans and others experiencing war related trauma

All for Armenia - support vulnerable populations, displaced families and border communities in Armenia

Kooyrigs - aid for those living in areas highly targeted by azer\\baijan

MIASEEN - stability for families in need

LGBTQ+:

Pink Armenia - serves community's needs, protects LGBTQ+ people's rights and pushes for the change of public policy around LGBTQ+ issues

GALAS - supportive network for LGBTQ+ people, promotes their personal empowerment within their communities and helps to build bridges between the LGBTQ+ and Armenian communities

Right Side - community-based rights defender non-governmental organization for the protection of transgender people and sex workers in Armenia

#please boost this! #armenia #artsakh #christmas #i will add to the queue the original donation posts tomorrow #but here's a short compilation. a holiday special. #(early) merry christmas to those celebrating! i won't be online tomorrow so wishing it now #donations

[persianstuff]

To the non Iranians who support the protests in Iran - Thank you.

It warms my heart to see so many invested in what's happening in Iran. This time truly feels different. I’ve been sitting with my family watching the news and clips on YouTube every night as well as trying to frequently contact family members in Iran, trying to get a glimpse of what's going on and constantly worrying. The bravery of the young women and men, girls and boys, who put their lives in danger to make their voices heard make me speachless.

There’s something that I'm seeing however that is happening in the western countries that is worrying me. 

The people who use the situation in Iran as a way to promote their islamophobia are just the other side of the same coin as the Mullahs in Iran.

It’s about a woman’s right to choose. Hijabis are walking side by side with non-hijabis because ALL women no matter what they believe in, no matter religion, ethnicity, are oppressed by the government. And don’t get me started on the regime’s oppression towards minorities such as the kurds, balochi, afro-iranians, armenians as well as the LGBTQ community. 

The willful blindness of the west in the complexity of the matter is not shocking to most of us, as this is quite common when it comes to issues in the Middle East. Burning your scarf as a white woman in the west in solidarity with the women in Iran, removing adds that include hijabs or telling hijabs to “take their hijab off” to show support is beyond ignorant and proves that people are not educated in the matter. 

When an Iranian woman burns her scarf or takes it off, it's symbolic for what has oppressed not only them but also generations of women, it's cathartic. But when a white person in the west does it - where poc, muslims and hijabis are oppressed - it sends out the wrong symbol and fuels the islamophobia that is brewing in Europe and America. You can help in so many better ways! One is to contact your politicians and demand for the vocalization of support for the protests, demand the sanctions on people affiliated with the dictatorial regime who have billions of dollars off-shore - in western countries. You can do a lot by spreading the word on social media, joining the protests and donate. We appreciate the help that we can get, but do not let the hate

(And for the muslims who are fumed by the burning of the hijab in Iran or by Iranians, kurds and others outside of Iran - this is not your fight. It's once again not about the hijab - it's about the oppression of a regime that has enforced laws upon an entire country and tortures the ones who do not follow them).

Be omide azadi!

#zan zendegi azadi #mahsa amini #jina mahsa amini #iran protests #iran

[machineryangel]

In other news, the Constitution Committee of the Turkish Grand National Assembly just approved the legislative proposal that redefines "marriage" as "the union of a man and a woman" in order to preserve the family as "a sacred institution", in Pride Month no less.

(This is the official website of the Grand Assembly, said legislative proposal explained in detail. The highlighted part emphasizes that a marriage can only be between a man and a woman.)

This was Erdogan's first course of action after getting re-elected on May 28th. He's always been a far-right conservative president, but his homophobic campaigns have gotten so much worse over the last years & months leading up to the election. He's been calling LGBTQ+ people 'perverts' & weaponizing homophobia against his opposition & giving hate speeches all over the country in the name of "religion."

Why is this important? Aside from the obvious discrimination we're facing, Turkey is one of the 9 countries among 18 countries in the Middle East where the same-sex activity is legal. (In the rest of those countries it's either punishable by prison or death.) Erdogan is highly unlikely to stop here, with this one single law. His 2nd term is to last 5 years, and there's no guarantee that he won't propose another legislation criminalizing same-sex relationships all together. His government previously tried to ban Pride Parades several times, had students arrested over LGBTQ+ artworks and made many other unjust arrests, specifically aiming students & opposing journalists. Additionally, trans suicides and murders peaked during his administration.

This post is long over-due, because I had no energy to make it. I'm tired & we all are. Happy Pride to all my LGBTQ+ Turkish & Kurdish & Circassian & Armenian and other Middle Eastern followers, who have suffered under his regime, to out and closeted ones. I love you & please survive.

#pride month #current events #lgbtq #transphobia #homophobia

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Ali Winston at The Guardian:

As the University of California, Los Angeles is reeling from a late-night attack on a student protest encampment for Gaza last week, attention is turning to the disparate group of counter-protesters who had rallied against the encampment in the lead-up to the violence, including during chaotic dueling rallies two days before. Many witnesses to the 30 April melee observed that the small group of assailants – many of them masked – did not appear to be students. More than 30 people were injured, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair). Authorities are still working to identify the perpetrators, and have not made any arrests.

But researchers studying hate and anti-government groups have confirmed the presence at the counter-demonstrations of several far-right activists who have been involved in anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine protests across southern California over the past three years. Narek Palyan, an Armenian-American from Los Angeles’ Van Nuys neighborhood, was photographed on UCLA’s campus on 26 April amid a group of counter-protesters, and again on the evening of 30 April, hours before the assault on the protest camp. Palyan took part in several “Leave Our Kids Alone” demonstrations at school board meetings in southern California over the past year, where he was at times photographed making Nazi salutes. His social media history is rife with antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ posts. The Leave Our Kids Alone protests have cropped up at school board demonstrations, book readings and Pride celebrations throughout southern California, focusing anger from conservative parents on the recognition of LGBTQ+ identity and students in both curriculums and classrooms.

The demonstrations, part of a broader rightwing effort to sow unrest and undermine an alleged “liberal agenda” at US schools, have at times been marked by violence and drawn far-right participants from around the region, including people associated with local Proud Boy and Three Percenter militia chapters and fundamentalist Christian churches.

Manuk Grigorian, one of the organizers of some of the southern California “Leave Our Kids Alone” protests, was also present at the counter-protests at UCLA on 30 April. Grigorian frequently appeared on Fox News to discuss the school board demonstrations last summer, where he leveled false claims that certain public education districts were “grooming” children to develop LGBTQ+ identities. Michael Ancheta, a former mixed martial arts fighter who in the past associated with southern California Proud Boys and assaulted a journalist at a 2021 anti-vaccine protest in West Hollywood, was spotted among the pro-Israel crowd at UCLA on on 28 April, when pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters staged dueling rallies near the encampment, and again on 30 April. Ancheta, who until recently ran an Instagram account under the handle “Antifahunter”, has been a frequent participant in the Leave Our Kids Alone demonstrations.

[...] The reason these counter-demonstrators are drawn to protests over the war in the Middle East, he said, was that they see them through the prism of a broader rightwing view that “traditional” societies and families are under threat. “Their animosity towards the campus demonstrations are part of this Christian far-right perspective that LGBTQ folks are threats to Christianity, and so are Palestinians or Muslims,” Cravens said.

[...]

Beyond UCLA, a number of far-right actors, including a violent white supremacist charged in connection with January 6, the founder of the Proud Boys, and a former member of the streetfighting Neo-Fascist Rise Above Movement have stood alongside pro-Israel demonstrators confronting Gaza solidarity encampments at universities across the country.

Lindsay Schubiner, the program director at the Western States Center, has been tracking this trend. To her, the activist presence is part of a broader rightwing effort to sow chaos and undermine democratic institutions. “These white nationalists, religious extremists and anti-democracy actors are political actors who are opportunistic and strategic – they have a goal of ratcheting up the temperature and escalating tensions between groups, and when there’s so much attention on a situation like the current crisis in Gaza, they show up,” Schubiner said. “We’ve seen attempts to co-opt and reframe the debate about the current war by characterizing pro-Palestinian students and faculty as un-American, which is incredibly troubling.” Gene Block, UCLA’s chancellor, has condemned the attack by “instigators” on 30 April, and Karen Bass, the Los Angeles mayor, has called the assault “abhorrent and inexcusable”. Bass likened the 30 April assault to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

The assault came after days of tension between camped-out students and counter-protesters at the Westwood campus. For days, counter-protesters turned up to the campus to confront the student demonstrators, with shouting matches occasionally erupting into scuffles. Aside from the rightwing school protesters, other extremist elements were documented on UCLA’s campus. On the weekend before the raid, photos emerged of a flag featuring the symbol the Jewish Defense League, a virulent Jewish supremacist organization founded by Meir Kahane that has committed “countless terrorist attacks in the US and abroad”, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The JDL was formally delisted as a terrorist organization by Joe Biden in 2022, over protests from Palestinian groups.

Why are far-right groups disrupting campus protests for Palestine? To cause trouble and stoke their war on “liberal colleges.”

#Campus Protests #Ceasefire NOW Protests #Israel/Hamas War #Right Wing Extremism #UCLA #Leave Our Kids Alone #Anti Vaxxer Extremism #Anti LGBTQ+ Extremism #Narek Palyan #Gaza Genocide #Manuk Grigorian #Michael Ancheta #Gaza Solidarity Encampments #Jewish Defense League

[the-lion-guard-88]

Decided to make an introduction post so…Hello!

I am The Lion Guard 88, I am a 16 year old female (She/Her) who has a YouTube channel of the same name (5.7K+ subscribers)

Rules for my Tumblr:

Be respectful to everyone regardless of their gender, sexuality, religion, beliefs, etc; I will not tolerate any discrimination/harassment or any sort.

Do NOT discuss anything about politics or what’s going on in the world such as the Israel Palestine war (I’m neutral on it so don’t ask me what side I’m on, I only support the good citizens) or the upcoming election, I don’t want to hear it because it’s just super annoying to hear about it, this place isn’t for that stuff.

If you need to vent to me just DM me, don’t say it in the public chat, I will try my best to help out as much as I’m not that good at helping people in my opinion.

Do not ask me personal questions such as where I live or to reveal my face.

Anyways here’s a bit about me

I am Italian-Armenian-American

Favorite Food: Hamburgers

Favorite Drink: Diet Coke

I am Bisexual

I am Christian

Favorite Movie: The Lion King

Favorite TV Show: The Lion Guard

Favorite YouTuber: SMG4

Favorite SMG4 Character: SMG3

Simp list: SMG3, Ragatha, Rosalina, Mitzi May

Kin list: Kion, SMG3, Angel Dust, Mario (2023 Movie), Luz Noceda, Amity Blight, Stolas

Marital status: Single

Number of exes: 1

I have Asperger’s syndrome, ADHD, Factor V Leiden, Anxiety Disorder and I am an introvert (I may have depression but I’ve never been tested because I’m told I don’t need one but I lowkey think I am due to multiple different tests from HEALTH WEBSITES saying I am)

Birthday: July 12th (Cancer)

Favorite Season: Winter

Favorite colors: Neon green, Black, and blood red

What I want to be: Actress

Other things I like: Cats, Lions, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Lackadaisy, Glitch Productions, WALL-E, Amphibia, The Owl House, Nimona, Drawing, Cosplay, Roblox, Nintendo, Super Mario (Super Mario Galaxy is my favorite), Demon Slayer, Memes, YouTube, Acting, Theatre, Horror Movies, Scary things, Halloween (the holiday), Puss in Boots, Disney (Older movies), Pixar, Dreamworks, Illumination, bubble tea, LGBTQ, I support transgender, Indie animation, Chemistry and Chorus Class

Things I don’t like: Cheese (Not all), homophobes, transphobes, xenophobes, zoophiles, Roblox Slenders, Stranger Things, Bluey, socializing, betrayal, backstabbing, people talking over one another, being interrupted every 3 seconds, being distracted while trying to focus (it gives me anxiety attacks), politics, DNI’s, AI, AI Artists, AI Supporters, Content Farms, Content Farm Supporters, Genocide Supporters, R*pe supporters

DNI list: Proshippers, Pedophiles, NSFW artists, homophobes, transphobes, xenophobes, zoophiles, P*rn promoters, spammers, racists, sexists, ableists, whitewashers, blackwashers, people talking about what’s going on in the world such as elections, wars, etc (I don’t want to be reminded of what’s going on in the world because the internet is used as my escape to enough complications I already have), AI Artists, AI Supporters, Content Farmers, Content Farm Supporters, Genocide Supporters, R*pe supporters

Socials:

YouTube

Tumblr (You are here)

Deviantart

Wattpad

Roblox

Discord

Credit to @scrunkl3bunk1e for the SMG4 blinkies and blinkies.cafe for the other ones

You made it to the end, have a good day!

#youtube #introductory post #introduction #thelionguard88

[mueritos]

What are some good metal or rock bands to get into if u want to first start becoming a metal head? I heard that some are like bad people and I don’t wanna support that. I’m still new but u have really awesome taste in music !!

You're right, theres a lot of bad metal bands! Bands like Megadeth, Pantera, As I Lay Dying, and so many more are not good bands. As a note, I listen to a lot of Nu metal, which has the connotation of not being "real metal", but metalhead elitists are confined to their own weird boxes. Anyway, some good bands, however, are Gojira (pro indigenous rights, huge environmentalists), System of a Down* (Armenian genocide activists, indigenous activists, anti war, anti war on drugs, abolitionists, but* the drummer is unfortunately a trump supporter but his views dont impact the band's core values), Ghost (pro LGBTQ and satanism <3), theres other safe bands like Knocked Loose, Dying Wish, Loathe, Unto Others, Deftones, Turnstile, Slipknot, Against Me!, Korn, Dir En Grey, Suicidal Tendencies, Chevelle, Linkin Park, Sevendust, Kittie, and thats about all the ones I can think off the top of my head! hope u have fun with them :) if u want more obscure recomendations, u can always ask my twin @fatsmyname cuz music is his hobby lol

#muertoresponds

[lgbtq-archives]

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 & 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫

#silverdaddies #lgbtq #older gay men #older gay #gay community #older gay couple #mature gay men #gay over 60 #gay couple #mature gay #gay artist #coming out to parents #coming out to family #coming out to twin brother #gay twin brother #be true be you #my life story #armenian immigrants #lgbtq community #Youtube

[yourdailyqueer]

Irene Sharaff (deceased)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 23 January 1910  

RIP: 16 August 1993

Ethnicity: Armenian

Nationality: American

Occupation: Costume designer

Note: Her work earned her five Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Sharaff is universally recognized as one of the greatest costume designers of all time.

#Irene Sharaff #lesbian history #lgbt history #femme #lgbtq #female #lesbian #1910 #rip #historical #armenian #white #costume designer #fashion designer #popular #popular post

[stele3]

#destiel daily digest

[bookcub]

@princessofbookaholics is doing another romance readathon and im gonna try another line up like i did last year (and im gonna start now cause um why not lol)

here are the prompts and the book i plan to read to fill them (some fit more than one category!!

read a romance with your favorite trope:

queen move by kennedy ryan (i forgot this was on my list but i am a sucker for friends to lovers so this is a good addition)

read a romance you weren't able to get to last year:

accidental pinup by danielle jackson (this looks to be filled with body positivity which i love, so this one should be fun)

read a romance by a bipoc author: american royalty by tracey livesay (this is inspired by meghan marckle and prince harry and im curious to read a fictional interpretation rather than the real life gossip)

read a romance that's part of a series (it doesn't have to follow the same couple, companion novels/novellas will do!):

by the book by jasmine guillory (this is part of a series by different authors turning disney movies into romance novels. super fun and silly and the audiobook of this is better than without imo) (technically i finished this the last week of january)

read a romance that doesn't have an illustrated cover (challenging, I know!): hate to want you by alisha rai (this will be a reread and i might do the rest of the series as well depending on my enjoyment level)

read a romance with lgbtq+ rep:

sorry, bro by taleen voskuni (i am sooooo hyped about this book. my great great grandparents were from armenia and i have encountered zero books with armenian characters) (and the main character is BI!!) (i am ecstatic)

read a romance with any pastel color on the cover:

set on you by amy lea (peach background, its a very cute cover and i oddly like romance novels set in gyms!!)

#rr2023 #kennedy ryan #danielle jackson #tracey livesay #jasmine guillory #alisha rai #amy lea #taleen voskuni

[lgbtqreads]

Do you know of any books with LGBTQ Armenian or Armenian-American characters? Thanks!

Michael Barakiva's One Man Guy and its sequel are m/m YA with an Armenian-American MC, and I hesitate to mention my own because it's pretty light and I'm not Armenian, but the love interest in Out on Good Behavior is Armenian as well. The big author to watch on this is Taleen Voskuni, whose debut, Sorry, Bro (contemporary f/f romance), comes out in January, and I believe her followups will be centered on Armenian-American leads as well.

#LGBTQReads #Armenian

[harminuya]

Hey you can speak out against Armenian erasure without calling LGBTQ people "deranged". What the hell is wrong with you. You realize there are Armenian LGBTQ people that you just alienated (like myself). It's hard enough finding people who are Armenian online without having to also worry about being hated on by the same people who should be my community.

Pls find where i said "lgbtq people are deranged" in that post

#i'm bi but even if i wasn't you are looking for problems that are not there no lgbt armenian would leave such a comment #i didn't even insult the person who wrote it i myself wrote stupid comments previously it doesn't mean i can't callout peoppe for being #stupid online #i should have type 'disarraged' instead of 'deranged' i corrected it #but still i was talking about the colors of the glag

[festivalinhell]

Palestinians are not going to give peace and tranquility as a result of having entire family lines wiped out in the name of anti-terrorism.

The genocide in Gaza is one of many genocides happening worldwide being actively sponsored by major world powers.

The US sponsors the ongoing genocide of Palestinians, indigenous groups in South America, and at home LGBTQ+ individuals are under the current cross hairs while we ignore the ongoing genocide of American Native Nations.

Russia is perpetrating a second genocide on Ukrainians in the last century. They also sponsor the ongoing genocide of Armenians, all of the native populace of Siberia, and are deeply entrenched in several ongoing genocides in Africa including the prominent ongoing conflict in Darfur.

China is currently sending Uyghurs to concentration camps alongside Tibetans and any other outspoken religious minorities. Those who arent ethnically Chinese are being likewise sent to reeducation camps. They also sponsor the genocides of Muslim sects in neighboring nations to the south via military armament. Not to mention the attempt to erase Taiwan.

Find tangible ways to support real people subject to the horrors in these places. I have known a few personally who have benefitted from direct philanthropic action. The impact is profound.

#original