List of LGBTQ Armenians

This is a list of LGBT Armenians, which includes Armenians, who are part of the LGBT disambiguation and have either stated publicly or been outed as homosexual, transgender, lesbian, bisexual or queer. Those of partial Armenian descent are also included.

Activists

• Mamikon Hovsepyan – former executive director of Pink Armenia and former Armenia liaison for GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society
• Lilit Martirosyan – co-founder of Right Side NGO, transgender

Art

Actors

• Raoul Aslan – Austrian actor, gay
• Chaz Bono – American writer, musician and actor, transgender
• Alexandra Hedison – American actress, lesbian
• Narbe Vartan – actor, transgender

Comedians

• James Adomian – American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist, gay

Dancers

• Bob Avian – choreographer, theatrical producer and director, gay
• Arthur Gourounlian – Armenian-born professional dancer and television personality, gay

Directors

• Alek Keshishian – film and commercial director

Drag

• Anoush Ellah – drag queen
• Tabboo! – drag queen and multimedia artist

Fashion

• Ray Aghayan – American fashion designer and costume designer for the United States film industry, gay

Filmmakers

• Sergei Parajanov – Soviet movie director, bisexual

Models

• Lauren Chan - Armenian/Chinese plus size model, lesbian.

Musicians

• Eve Beglarian – contemporary American composer, performer and audio producer of Armenian descent, lesbian
• Armen Ra – Iranian-Armenian artist, self-taught thereminist, gay

Painters

• Arman Grigoryan – painter who was one of the founders of the Third Floor () modern art group, gay

Sculptors

• Michael Aram – American sculptor, gay

Businesspeople

• Francis Kurkdjian – perfumer, gay

Chefs

• Julia Sedefdjian – French chef

Politics

• Pap of Armenia – King of Armenia from 370 to 374
• Ike Hajinazarian – former Regional Communications Director at the White House in 2021, gay
• Jeff Marootian – former Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from 2022 to 2025, gay
• Jirair Ratevosian – former acting chief of staff to the United States Global AIDS Coordinator from 2022 to 2023, gay

Pornography

• Adam Ramzi – American porn star, gay

Religion

• Sarmad Kashani – Armenian sufi mystic

Sports

• Mel Daluzyan – weightlifter, transgender

Writers

Literary and creative

• Nancy Agabian – American writer, bisexual
• Christopher Atamian – literary critic, writer, translator, art curator and filmmaker, gay
• Yeghishe Charents – Armenian poet, writer and public activist, bisexual
• Armen Davoudian – poet, gay
• George Stambolian – key figure in the early gay literary movement, gay
• Vahan Tekeyan – poet
• Hrag Vartanian – writer, art critic, and curator, gay

Journalism

• Lillian Avedian – former Assistant Editor for The Armenian Weekly and current writer for Nashville Banner, lesbian
• Vic Gerami – journalist, gay
• Karèn Shainyan – Russian journalist, LGBT activist, and YouTuber, gay

See also

• LGBTQ Rights in Armenia
• Same-sex marriage in Armenia

References