March 12, 2009
The Armenian Gay & Lesbian Association of NY posts a short video of a recent presentation on homophobia in Armenia. Unzipped: Gay Armenia comments on the video in a separate post which also includes an excerpt detailing a documented case of rape in the Armenian army....
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Onnik Krikorian
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March 09, 2009
I had a very busy but fabulous time in Armenia. The food, the people, the weather - it was all fabulous. I was really busy, they packed my schedule quite tightly with meetings and events, but they were all productive and some even fun. I love talking to students, and I got to do it three times! Yere...
MoldovAnn
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Ann
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March 01, 2009
I arrived in Armenia at 2:30 am local time. Yuck - the time I mean, not the place. Haven’t seen enough to form an opinion. First impresions: I hope the people on the plane are not indicative of the Armenians in general, as they were some of the most obnoxious travelers I’ve had the misfo...
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Ann
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February 21, 2009
oe1.ORF.at / Genugtuung über Ausweisung von Williamson Law should be amendedSo far, the denial of the Holocaust in Argentina has not been a crime. But that should change now. Whoeever in future denies the Holocaust, the genocide of the Amenians or the existance of state terrorism during Argentina's...
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Gillibrand
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December 20, 2008
"I have never been so upset by a poll in my life. Only 22% of Americans now believe 'the movie and television industries are pretty much run by Jews,' down from nearly 50% in 1964. The Anti-Defamation League, which released the poll results last month, sees in these numbers a victory against stereot...
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December 11, 2008
But my dear husband does -- he's back in Yerevan for 10 days on a short-term assignment. And here's the strange thing: I envy him. We didn't have an easy time in Yerevan. Lots of things went wrong and at times, it seemed as if the forces of the universe had conspired agains...
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ExpatMom
at 3:26 AM
December 07, 2008
An interesting new discovery in the genetics field: From the 15th century on, Spain's Jews were mostly expelled or forced to convert, but today some 20 percent of Spaniards have genes similar to Sephardic Jews, a study has found. A report in the American Journal of Human Genetics says almost a fifth...
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Avi Green
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May 17, 2008
Writing on its blog, The Armenian Gay & Lesbian Association of New York reports on a recent anti-homophobic event at a Glendale school and the ensuing battle of words that materialized in the local press between ethnic Armenians living in the United States....
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April 23, 2008
A teacher’s approach to teaching genocides in history included having the students study the conditions associated with mass murder....
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April 03, 2008
The Armenian Gay & Lesbian Association of New York (AGLA) responds to an email from a LGBT person in Armenia requesting information on immigration and asylum procedures in the U.S. The blog responds, but also offers its assistance in helping LGBT people in Armenia find others in order to feel l...
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