
A photoshoot for a new designer brand has caused a homophobic uproar in Armenia after a passerby posted photos from the shoot online.
Several of those sharing the photos with critical comments accused the authorities under Nikol Pashinyan of being to blame for ‘homosexual campaigns’ in the country since coming to power.
Others have warned that opponents of the government are whipping-up homophobic hatred in an attempt to damage their popularity.
One of the first to share the photos was Armenuhi ‘Ariana’ Hovsepyan, the founder of NewsPress.am and the Give Smile Charitable Foundation.
‘Those who speak of Nikol as the person who freed them from 20 years of slavery and g