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Armenia-Azerbaijan: LGBT Cultural Icons

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Arts & Culture, Elections, LGBTQ+

Unzipped: Gay Armenia writes that most Armenians are not aware of the sexuality of two of the nation's greatest cultural icons [1], Sergei Parajanov and Yeghishe Charents. Meanwhile, as the Azerbaijani parliament votes to lift the restriction on the number of terms a president can be elected for, IN MUTATIONE FORTITUDO notes that this news has been overshadowed by the mutual recriminations between two of the country's People's Artists about their sexual orientation [2].