According to a local LGBTQ organization, a young homosexual couple plunged to their deaths from a bridge in Armenia after exchanging a farewell kiss in a photograph. Last week, two males known only as Arsen and Tigran jumped from the 301-foot Davitashen Bridge in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, according to Pink Armenia.
Before committing themselves jointly on October 20, the couple sent a heartbreaking Instagram message, “Happy End. We made the decision together to share photos and take the next steps.”
The pair uploaded photographs of themselves receiving facials, kissing, and displaying what look to be wedding rings.
According to reports, one of the adolescents was 16 or 17 years old, while the other was a few years older.
According to local accounts, Tigran and Arsen’s parents disapproved of their relationship and had received death threats before to their murders.
“The young men still had many years of life ahead of them, but because of intolerance towards them, they took such a tragic step,” Pink Armenia wrote. “LGBT people are very familiar with the feeling of isolation and misunderstanding of family and society.”
“This tragic incident proves once again that LGBT people in Armenia are not safe and not protected by society or the state.”
Armenia’s homosexual rights group also stated that their page has been swamped with homophobic remarks since the couple’s Instagram image went viral. Homosexuality was decriminalized in Armenia in 2003, but many members of the LGBTQ community in the former Soviet state still choose to conceal their same-sex relationships owing to pervasive hostility.