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Do you ever feel like the only one? The only queer Armenian… cousin. Caregiver. Colleague. Community activist. Generational cycle-breaker. The list continues…
Facilitated by author Haig Chahinian, in this workshop, we’ll reflect on our lived experiences of feeling like “the only one” through a series of writing prompts. Then we’ll be invited to share our work for some ad-hoc storytelling. What we build collectively could shed light on how together we really may be. Yet ultimately, this workshop is an opportunity to hold and love our own stories.
This workshop, brought to you by the International Armenian Literary Alliance’s Queer Armenian Literature Committee and cosponsored by Azad Archives, GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society, Pink Armenia, and The Queer Armenian Library, welcomes all queer Armenians – whether or not you identify as a writer.
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM PT | 1:00 PM ET | 9:00 PM AMT
Duration: 90 minutes, with an optional half-hour hangout afterwards
Materials needed: Zoom connection. Comfortable seating. Willingness to write. That’s pretty much it.
Free admission.
Haig Chahinian is an independent career counselor whose writing has been published in O The Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, and Los Angeles Review of Books. His solo show Best. Dad. NEVER. is running at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles this June. Stage and Cinema calls the piece “quietly revolutionary: a man rewriting the script for what fatherhood can look like today.” Keep an eye at BestDadNEVER.com for details and additional dates to come.
This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
