AGLA NY - Homophobia in Armenian (Extra Segment)

Extra Segment from talk on Homophobia in Armenia

Brutality of Homophobia in Armenia
Presented by Lala Aslikyan, Huys NGO
Friday Jan 16th, 8:30PM
LGBT Center (Room 104)
208 W 13th St (Btw 7th & 8th Aves)
New York, NY

Lala Aslikyan is a psychologist and a political scientist, human rights advocate. She is a member of Huys (Hope) NGO in Armenia, dealing with human rights protection and advocacy. Since 2004 she has initiated and organized several public forums, demonstrations, public actions aimed at the protection of human rights, free media and implementation of basic democratic principles in Armenia. Particularly, she was involved in the successful advocacy campaign related to a large number of murders in the Armenian army. She was actively engaged in the protests on March 1 and in following events, which put her in dangerous position while dealing with police and army forces used against people and journalists in Yerevan.

She works as Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in the community project, financed by USAID, Armenia.

Prior to her visit to NY Lala had several meetings in Armenia to prepare a brief presentation on LGBT rights violations in Armenia for the LGBT community in NY. During her 10 minute talk she will give a picture of the LGBT situation in Armenia, highlighting specific problems and the character of violence and harassment based on homophobia in Armenia. She will also bring concrete examples of cases of rape, chasing and murder based on homophobia widespread in the Armenian army.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• armenia
• armenian
• gay
• lesbian
• homophobia
• abuse
• rights
• agla

[nancykric]

a country's commitment to human rights can be measured by the way in which its lgbt citizens are treated...

[zograp8]

sranq virus en hasarakutyan mej, psikholog, togh iren arajine buji heto urishnerin khorhurd ta

[DJacqu8351]

LGBT or hetero, we're all the same! Love is love!

[chloeparfum]

its not just the homosexuals who are not protected but also women and children. a pedophile teacher raped many young girls for years while holding his post then years later even after 5 women spoke against him and told their stories, no one cared, they sentenced him to 1.5 years and he ended up serving only 8 months and came out on good behavior. wake up armenia!

[fufuguguful]

yeah Amenia is a HOMOPHOB COUNTRY, es gay chem , bajc masnagitutyunics elnelov shpvum em shateri het , u najev hamaseramolneri...mi ban hstaka inchqan xosan gay gay vortex gnum es et en xosum tv ov sax orn eta , ete txan 13-14 tarekanna u chgiti , inchumna txu hatkutyun@ dprocic chka serakan dastiarakutyun chka , uxutyun cujc tvoxner apa cankacac shexumner el normajic hnaravor en ...u karevor@ PR. lini vat arumov te vat inq@ ira gorc@ anuma...

[sigar2007]

good speach, homo or not human beeng !

[SHUTDAFU]

Sounds like every horses ass has its very own cause to drum up on YT. You like to munch carpet? go right ahead. No one gives a crap.

[armodyke]

1. Gay people can have children (and they do).

2. Being Christian means you love ALL people.

3. There ARE gay hayastancis. Lots. So get used to it.

In fact, we have been around for a very long time, you just didn't know about it.

AIO, menk hai enq, voch turq, u mer mamanern u babanern el en mez mecacrel vorpes HAI. Es senc ban chei spasum mer hai azkic... eli em asum, amot tses!

[zograp1]

We are a small nation and we need to have more babies, not homo's. We are christian nation and we are proud of it,

[zograp1]

fuck you, you dirty turk mongols

[zograp1]

es turq kapikn ov a vor hachum a, tox gna ira kextot triqot beran@ lvana,,turq mongol