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Armenia Gay Guide

Dita Von Teese on her Armenian roots at a book signing event in London
I met Dita at Waterstone's bookstore in central London. She is a famous American burlesque artist, model and actress. She was in London for a book signing event for her newly published book Dita Stripteese. She looked stunning and elegant.I managed to have a very brief chat with her. As you may remember from one of my earlier

Police in Georgia targets Batumi-based newspaper journalist using KGB-style gay blackmail
Civil.ge reports: The Batumi-based weekly newspaper, Batumelebi, said law enforcement officers attempted to “blackmail” and “intimidate” its journalist, including through use of “stigma persisting in Georgia” towards homosexuality.It said in a statement on Thursday, that on November 25 head of the newspaper’s journalistic investigations unit, Tedo Jorbenadze, was summoned by Interior Ministry’s Special Operations Department’s (SOD) local division in Adjara Autonomous Republic to talk about “some personal matters” and “about his sexual partner.”Before going to the SOD’s Adjar

Yeghishe Charents cover of Marriott Armenia magazine (fall 2009 issue, Yerevan)
Love this Yeghishe Charents cover of Marriott Armenia magazine, via Ara Aslanyan.

PINK Armenia: Tolerance (video)
PINK Armenia uploaded this video to mark the International Day for Tolerance (16 November).Posters in this video say (as per PINK Armenia video description on YouTube):- I am a sex worker...- My mother is the best mother in the world- By denying me, you don't help me to leave drugs- Being infected with HIV, doesn't stop me being your friend- Being homosexual is not a choice- We all are equal, this world is for everybody

First ever gay Arabic book Bareed Mista3jil goes international
Change.org reports that the first ever gay Arabic book Bareed Mista3jil, published in Lebanon, will be touring California in December. "Members of MEEM [activist and support group for Lebanes