The first novel of Mommyland trilogy is written in a mix of styles including prose, play and script. Using national symbols, the author attempts to present the current Armenian political and social realities and the life of LGBT communities within a traditional society where, being a homosexual is opposed to being a patriot, free life is opposed to morality and the majority of the population is not ready to openly accept LGBT as equal members of the society.
The main characters of «Mommyland: Flag» are three close friends: Nar, a transvestite, who was expelled from his home by his family and now is a singer at a night club, the other two are a couple: Sam, a graffiti artist and the oldest among the three, Ando, bank worker. Nar is going to be drafted to the army, but he knows what kind of problems he will have in the army. So he is trying to prove that he is gay, but nobody believes him so he is showing up at the military commissariat wearing a woman’s dress. After making him miserable for what he is, and to finally release him from the military service, they make him bring a medical notice about being ill, in other words being gay. At the same time Sam is being drafted to the army and gets killed soon after that. Ando, who has serviced his two years of obligatory service quite a long time ago, now decides to return to the army as a professional officer and by serving to his motherland is trying to overcome the loss of his hidden love – Sam.
