Armenia: Homophobic Advert · Global Voices
Onnik Krikorian

Blogian posts a photograph of an advertisement for a rap party in Yerevan named after a historical Armenian site in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan. Hrag Vartanian says that the advert depicting an American girl in a Stars & Stripes bikini with the words “Homosexuals and Animals Not Welcome” would be funny if it weren't so disturbing and hateful. Unzipped: Gay Armenia recounts various online discussions about how to respond to such open displays of homophobia in Armenia. However, the blogger notes, there is no legislation to prohibit such discrimination.