List of LGBT Armenians

This is a list of LGBT Armenians, which includes Armenians, who are part of the LGBT disambiguation and have either stated publicly or outed as homosexual, transgender, lesbian, bisexual or queer. Those of partial Armenian descent are also included.

Activists

Lilit Martirosyan – Armenian LGBTQ+ rights activist, transgender

Businesspeople

Francis Kurkdjian – perfumer

Cultural figures

James Adomian – American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist, gay
Nancy Agabian – American writer
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
Chaz Bono – American writer, musician and actor, transgender
Yeghishe Charents – Armenian poet, writer and public activist, bisexual^[1]
Anoush Ellah – drag queen
Arthur Gourounlian – Armenian-born professional dancer and television personality, gay
Alexandra Hedison – American actress
Sarmad Kashani – Armenian sufi mystic^[2]
Sergei Parajanov – Soviet movie director, bisexual^[3]
Armen Ra – Iranian-Armenian artist, self-taught thereminist, gay
Julia Sedefdjian – French chef
Karèn Shainyan – Russian journalist, LGBT activist, and YouTuber, gay
George Stambolian – key figure in the early gay literary movement, gay

Political figures

Grigor Aghtamartsi – catholicos of Armenia^[4]
King Pap – Pre-Christian king of Armenia^[5]
Jirair Ratevosian – former acting chief of staff to the United States Global AIDS Coordinator from 2022 to 2023, gay^[6]

References

^ 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.
^ "Parajanov embraced by LGBTQI community in Georgia". chaikhana. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
^ "Grigor Aghtamartsi". armeniapedia.org. 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.
^ Tim Murphy (May 13, 2024). "HIV as the Common Denominator". POZ. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

[1] Boghossian, J. P. Der (2020-10-02). "Yeghishe Charents: Poet of the Revolution". The Queer Armenian Library. Retrieved 2024-10-20.

[2] 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.

[3] "Parajanov embraced by LGBTQI community in Georgia". chaikhana. Retrieved 2024-10-20.

[4] "Grigor Aghtamartsi". armeniapedia.org. Retrieved 2024-10-20.

[5] "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.

[6] Tim Murphy (May 13, 2024). "HIV as the Common Denominator". POZ. Retrieved October 31, 2024.

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