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List of LGBTQ Armenians
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This is a list of LGBT Armenians, which includes Armenians, who are part of the LGBT disambiguation and have either stated publicly or been outed as homosexual, transgender, lesbian, bisexual or queer. Those of partial Armenian descent are also included.
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Activists
- Mamikon Hovsepyan – former executive director of Pink Armenia and Armenia liaison for GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society[1]
- Lilit Martirosyan – co-founder of Right Side NGO, transgender[2]
Art
Actors
- Raoul Aslan – Austrian actor, gay
- Chaz Bono – American writer, musician and actor, transgender
- Alexandra Hedison – American actress, lesbian
- Narbe Vartan – actor, transgender
Comedians
- James Adomian – American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist, gay[3]
Dancers
- Bob Avian – choreographer, theatrical producer and director, gay[4]
- Arthur Gourounlian – Armenian-born professional dancer and television personality, gay
Drag
- Anoush Ellah – drag queen
- Tabboo! – drag queen and multimedia artist[5]
Fashion
- Ray Aghayan – American fashion designer and costume designer for the United States film industry, gay
Filmmakers
- Sergei Parajanov – Soviet movie director, bisexual[6]
Musicians
- Eve Beglarian – contemporary American composer, performer and audio producer of Armenian descent, lesbian[7]
- Armen Ra – Iranian-Armenian artist, self-taught thereminist, gay[8]
Painters
Sculptors
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Businesspeople
- Francis Kurkdjian – perfumer, gay
Chefs
Politics
- Pap of Armenia – King of Armenia from 370 to 374[11]
- Ike Hajinazarian – former Regional Communications Director at the White House in 2021, gay[12][13]
- Jeff Marootian – former Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from 2022-2025, gay[14][15]
- Jirair Ratevosian – former acting chief of staff to the United States Global AIDS Coordinator from 2022 to 2023, gay[16]
Pornography
- Adam Ramzi – American porn star, gay
Religion
- Grigoris I (Grigor Aghtamartsi) – Catholicos of Aghtamar[17]
- Sarmad Kashani – Armenian sufi mystic[18]
Sports
- Mel Daluzyan – weightlifter, transgender
Writers
Literary and creative
- Nancy Agabian – American writer, bisexual[19]
- Christopher Atamian – literary critic, writer, translator, art curator and filmmaker, gay[20]
- Yeghishe Charents – Armenian poet, writer and public activist, bisexual[21]
- Armen Davoudian – poet, gay[22]
- George Stambolian – key figure in the early gay literary movement, gay[23]
- Vahan Tekeyan – poet[24][25]
- Hrag Vartanian – writer, art critic, and curator, gay[26]
Journalism
- Lillian Avedian – former Assistant Editor for The Armenian Weekly and current writer for Nashville Banner,[27] lesbian[28]
- Vic Gerami – journalist, gay[29]
- Karèn Shainyan – Russian journalist, LGBT activist, and YouTuber, gay[30]
See also
References
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