Nazariya

Nazariya was formed in October 2014 by a group of queer feminist activists. Located in Delhi/NCR with a South Asian presence, Nazariya was started to sensitize the work and culture of groups and individuals that are working on issues of gender based violence, livelihoods, education and health from a LBT perspective through research & evaluations, capacity building and advocacy. We believe that a queer perspective with a focus on LBT issues will help build linkages between issues of people margnalised the basis of gender and sexuality with the existing work on violence, livelihoods, education, health etc. and thereby impact the discourse on pleasure, desire, rights and entitlements.

Why LBT? Nazariya works with a special focus on issues and concerns of Lesbian Bisexual Women and Trans* (LBT) people assigned female at birth. Lesbian Bisexual and trans* people assigned female at birth (LBTFAB) face double marginalization because of their sexual orientation and their gender assigned to them at birth which is female.

For Nazariya, gender is beyond the binary of man and woman. It recognizes gender as a structure, which has different norms for people assigned female and male at birth. Nazariya consciously challenges the binary framework in its work, vision and agenda. Nazariya will ensure that this understanding of gender permeates into organisations working on gender in different capacities. Its understanding on sexuality also moves beyond violence and identities. For Nazariya, sexuality is a lens, which will help analyse institutions, issues and structures and thereby address issues of margnalisation and inclusivity in a holistic manner.