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This is the list of LGBT Armenians, which includes Armenians, who are part of the LGBT disamiguation and have either stated publicly or outed as homosexual, transgender, lesbian, bisexual or queer. Those of partial Armenian descent are also included.
Cultural figures
- Sergei Parajanov – Soviet movie director, bisexual[1]
- Chaz Bono – American writer, musician and actor, transgender
- Armen Ra – Iranian-Armenian artist, self-taught thereminist, gay
- Ray Aghayan – American fashion designer and costume designer for the United States film industry, gay
- Eve Beglerian – contemporary American composer, performer and audio producer of Armenian descent, lesbian
- Arthur Gourounlian – Armenian-born professional dancer and television personality, gay
- Yeghishe Charents – Armenian poet, writer and public activist, bisexual[2]
- Sarmad Kashani – Armenian sufi mystic[3]
- George Stambolian – key figure in the early gay literary movement, gay
- James Adomian – American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist, gay
- Julia Sedefdjian – French chef
Politicians, kings and activists
- Jirair Ratevosian – former acting chief of staff to the United States Global AIDS Coordinator from 2022 to 2023, gay
- Lilit Martirosyan – Armenian LGBTQ+ rights activist, transgender
- Karèn Shainyan – Russian journalist, LGBT activist, and YouTuber, gay
- King Pap – Pre-Christian king of Armenia[4]
- Grigor Aghtamartsi – catholicos of Armenia[5]
References
- ^ "Parajanov embraced by LGBTQI community in Georgia". chaikhana. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ Boghossian, J. P. Der (2020-10-02). "Yeghishe Charents: Poet of the Revolution". The Queer Armenian Library. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ Mugloo, Saqib (2023-07-10). "Rediscovering India's lost queer icons: a tour of Old Delhi's secret history". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "P'awstos Buzand's History of the Armenians. Notable Iranian military personnel come to Armenia and are defeated. Childhood of the future king Pap (367-ca. 374), his homosexuality. Folklore of snakes, serpents, shoulders. The Armenian lords (naxarars) begin to abandon king Arshak. Arshak is summoned to Iran by Shapur, and he is forced to go. Armenian History, Byzantine History, Byzantium, Iranian History, Arsacids". www.attalus.org. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Grigor Aghtamartsi - armeniapedia.org". armeniapedia.org. Retrieved 2024-10-20.