Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has commented on the government’s funding of Mel, a film documenting the life of retired Armenian weightlifter Meline Daluzyan, a female-to-male transgender athlete. The prime minister said the government is funding only the part of the film which refers to Daluzyan’s championship.
Meline Daluzyan was a member of the Armenian National Women’s Weightlifting Team until 2012. After retiring from sports and after a female-to-male transition, she changed her name to Mel and identifies herself as male. Daluzyan had denounced Armenian citizenship and was granted asylum in Netherlands.
“The person whom you are talking about is a two-time European champion thanks to whom Armenia’s flag was raised and the anthem was played three times,” the PM told protesters demonstrating in demand of Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Arayi...
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