List of LGBTQ Armenians
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Activists
- Mamikon Hovsepyan – former executive director of Pink Armenia and former Armenia liaison for GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society[1]
- Lilit Martirosyan – co-founder of Right Side NGO, transgender[2]
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[3]
Dancers
- Bob Avian – choreographer, theatrical producer and director, gay[4]
- Arthur Gourounlian – Armenian-born professional dancer and television personality, gay
Drag
- Anoush Ellah – drag queen
- Tabboo! – drag queen and multimedia artist[5]
- VERA! – drag king and competitor on season 2 of King of Drag, non-binary and transgender[6]
Fashion
- Ray Aghayan – American fashion designer and costume designer for the United States film industry, gay
Filmmakers
- Alek Keshishian – film and commercial director[7]
Models
- Lauren Chan - Armenian/Chinese plus size model, lesbian. [8]
Musicians
- Eve Beglarian – contemporary American composer, performer and audio producer of Armenian descent, lesbian[9]
- Armen Ra – Iranian-Armenian artist, self-taught thereminist, gay[10]
Painters
Sculptors
Businesspeople
- Francis Kurkdjian – perfumer, gay[13]
Chefs
Politics
- Ike Hajinazarian – former Regional Communications Director at the White House (2021), gay[14][15]
- Jeff Marootian – former Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (2022–2025), gay[16][17]
- Jirair Ratevosian – former acting chief of staff to the United States Global AIDS Coordinator (2022–2023), gay[18]
- Amy Shuklian – District 3 member of Tulare County, California's Board of Supervisors (2016–present), and former city council member in Visalia, California (2007–2016), lesbian[19]
- Alek Bartrosouf – Member of the city council in Glendale, California (2026-present)[20][21]
Pornography
- Adam Ramzi – American porn star, gay[22]
Religion
- Sarmad Kashani – Armenian sufi mystic[23]
Sports
- Mel Daluzyan – weightlifter, transgender
Writers
Literary and creative
- Nancy Agabian – American writer, bisexual[24]
- Christopher Atamian – literary critic, writer, translator, art curator and filmmaker, gay[25]
- Armen Davoudian – poet, gay[26]
- George Stambolian – key figure in the early gay literary movement, gay[27]
- Hrag Vartanian – writer, art critic, and curator, gay[28]
Journalism
- Lillian Avedian – former Assistant Editor for The Armenian Weekly and current writer for Nashville Banner,[29] lesbian[30]
- Vic Gerami – journalist, gay[31]
- Karèn Shainyan – Russian journalist, LGBT activist, and YouTuber, gay[32]
