Join AGLA NY as we March in the 2010 NYC Pride March!

Posted on June 11, 2010 by AGLA NY

AGLA NY Pride March 2009

Join AGLA NY as we March in the 2010 NYC Pride March!

Last year AGLA NY had a great group of marchers and this year we hope to make it even better!

Please invite others who you think may be interested in joining us for the March to this Facebook Event. Supporters, friends and family are welcome to join us as well!

Exact meeting place will be announced closer to the event!

RSVP to the Facebook Event at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129568397071226
(or via our contact page)

The March began as an annual civil rights demonstration beginning the year after the Stonewall Riots in 1970. Over the years its purpose has broadened to include recognition of the fight against AIDS and to remember those we have lost to the illness, violence and neglect. It has also evolved to include being a celebration of our lives and our community. For more info on the March visit: http://www.nycpride.org/march.html

Donate to AGLA NY at: http://aglany.donortools.com/

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AGLA NY Meeting – Wed June 9 8PM

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Veken Gueyikian

Our next general meeting is scheduled for Wednesday June 9th, 2010 at 8PM the NYC LGTB Center in Room 110.

We’ll be planning our participation in this years Gay Pride Parade on June 27th! Please come and help us get organized for another amazing year participating in the March

Hope to see you there!

AGLA NY General Meeting
Wednesday, June 9th, 8:00PM

LGTB Center (Room 110)
208 W 13th St (Btw 7th & 8th Aves)
New York, NY
http://www.gaycenter.org/

Please RSVP to let us know if you can make via our Contact Page or on the Facebook Event Page

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Ianyan Magazine Explores the Stigma of being Gay & Armenian

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Veken Gueyikian

Ianyan magazine has posted the first article in a series about what it means to be LGBT and Armenian.

Written by Liana Aghajanian the first installment focuses on Stigma and explores issues of  homophobia, religion,  & HIV/AIDS in the Armenian diaspora as well as Armenia.

In the article, AGLA NY member Alex Sarkesian talks about his experience of Homophobia within the Armenian Church.

“I’ve been to events that were sponsored by the church where they talk about how homosexuality is wrong,” he said. “Even if you’re around, they’re ok with saying how horrible it is to be gay.”

Click here to read the entire article at ianyanmag.com

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GALAS Annual LGBT Conference

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Veken Gueyikian

GALAS is hosting their Annual LGBT Conference this weekend in West Hollywood, CA on May 15th.

This year’s theme is Breaking Through: Legally, Politically and Culturally

Guest Speakers include members of  Equality California and Lambda Legal

For more info visit http://www.galasla.org

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Join us for Pizza & Drinks on Sunday March 21st at Piola

Posted on March 3, 2010 by AGLA NY
Join us on Sunday March 21st, at 6:30 pm for pizza and drinks at Piola for all you can eat Pizza ($13.95) and Drinks!
48 East 12th St (btwn Broadway & University Pl)
New York, NY
http://www.yelp.com/biz/piola-new-york
Please RSVP and let us know if you are coming on our Facebook event page or by emailing via our contact page.
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We did it! AGLA NY Successfully Fundraises for WOW Collective Book

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Veken Gueyikian

Our Kickstarter Project to fund the publishing of “Two Years in Correspondence”, a new book by the Women-Oriented Women’s Collective in Armenia has been a huge success and has raised over $2,000.  The money raised for this project will be used to help create, design, publish, and distribute this book of letters and correspondence from the group.

The level of support for the project has been amazing and we are proud to have helped the WOW Collective raise the funding to make this project a reality.

Follow updates on this project and others at  Queering Yerevan.

Thank you everyone for helping us make this possible. We are happy to see there are soo many people willing to support projects for and/or by LGBT Armenians.

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AGLA NY Meeting – Thursday Jan 21 8PM

Posted on January 14, 2010 by AGLA NY

Our next general meeting is scheduled for Thursday Jan 21, 2009 at 8PM the NYC LGTB Center in Room 205 (the Keith Haring Room!)

Come find out what AGLA NY has planned for 2010, meet fellow LGBT Armenians, and get involved and help organize events for this upcoming year.

Hope to see you there!

AGLA NY General Meeting
Thursday Jan 21th, 8:00PM

LGTB Center (Room 205)
208 W 13th St (Btw 7th & 8th Aves)
New York, NY
http://www.gaycenter.org/

View the details & RSVP on the Facebook Event Page


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Join Us On Facebook

Posted on January 9, 2010 by AGLA NY

Our new facebook page is now even easier to find.

Visit us and become a fan at facebook.com/aglany.org

You can also follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/aglany

If you are not already on our email mailing list, please click here to subscribe here.

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Join Us for an LGBT Armenian Christmas

Posted on December 29, 2009 by AGLA NY

Come Celebrate the New Year and Armenian Christmas with AGLA NY at our Annual Armenian Christmas Party

Friday January 8th, 8PM – 12PM

104 Green Street, #2
(Greenpoint) Brooklyn, NY 11222
(view map)

Please bring what you would like to drink :)

Please RSVP on Facebook or email us at info@aglany.org to let us know if you’re coming!

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Inclusive Foundation Leader Released

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Veken Gueyikian

Via Pink Armenia we have learned that IGLA-Europe is reporting that Paata Sabelashvili, board member of ILGA-Europe’s Executive Board and a leader of the Inclusive Foundation in Georgia, has been released and is now recovering after nearly two weeks detention.

Martin K.I. Christensen, Co-Chairs of ILGA-Europe’s Executive Boards, said:

“There are a few questions still to be answered by the Georgian authorities. We are concerned that the raid on the office of the Inclusive Foundation which took place on 15 December 2009 was disproportionate and humiliating. We are very concerned with the way the police forces treated the staff of the Inclusive Foundation and with the damage they cause to the office. The other worry is that Georgian police still monitors the office and that other leaders of the Inclusive Foundation, Tinatin Japaridze and Eka Agdgomelashvili, continue to be under police surveillance. We call on the Georgian authorities to immediately end intimidation and any surveillance of the Inclusive Foundation office and its staff.”

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