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Armenia: Homophobic Values

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, North America, Armenia, U.S.A., Ethnicity & Race, Human Rights, LGBTQ+, Migration & Immigration

Unzipped: Gay Armenia comments on the recent suicide of a 22-year-old ethnic Armenian living in the United States. According to the blog, the young man killed himself after being forced into marriage by his family who were ashamed of his homosexuality. The blog says that the story represents the homophobic values in place in both Armenia and its Diaspora [1].