Lilit Martirosyan
From QueerBio.com
Country
Armenia
Birth - Death
1974 -
Occupation
Activist
Description
Transgender activist, and first member of her country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community to speak to the country's Parliament, speaking out against discrimination at a session of its committee on human rights (2019). The speech sparked a backlash in Armenia, where homosexuality has been decriminalised but discrimination against LGBTI people is rife. Founder of Right Side, the transgender activist organization (2016). First Armenian able to obtain a passport under a new name (2015). Film producer, the founding director of "Combinat Production" LLC, as well as the director of "Sharm Holding" LLC.
See Also
Further Reading/Research
- https://www.democracyendowment.eu/we-support/right-side-ngo/lilit-martirosyan-is-the-winner-from-armenia/
- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/apr/26/armenian-mps-call-for-trans-activist-to-be-burned-alive-after-historic-speech-lilit-martirosyan
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f73wO3rCuv4
