Rituparna Borah

Rituparna Borah is originally from Assam. She holds a BA in Political Science from Miranda House (Delhi University). She had completed her graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is the founder and director of Nazariya, a Delhi-based queer feminist resource organization. Rituparna is a teacher, researcher, peer counselor, document maker, and remarkable feminist with more than 15 years of experience in the field. With all this, she has been a fellow of Outright Action International, an LGBTQIA rights organization. That active in Beijing for over 25 years. Dr. Nivedita Menon moderated her article on freedom of expression and censorship in a democracy. In an interview, she said what she thinks about "intersection," a commonly used word. Everyone uses the term intersection without understanding what it means. For many, intersection unites many identities, and then they focus only on the negatives. To me, it shows who you are; you express your thoughts and your rights.

I am a native, disabled, cis, queer, English-speaking woman. She is from a small village and now lives in Delhi. She is a second-generation learner and sexual abuse survivor. The Supreme Court ruled on Article 377 in 2009, and the media opened up about it. Her parents and neighbors saw her for the first time. Rituparna raises the funds to build the program, organizational development, and implementation as she is a board member of Nazariya QFRG. She examines the issues of gender and sexuality. She spreads sex education with organizations, groups, rural communities, sex educators, specialist lawyers, students, and government officials. Also, She joined Nirantar in 2007, She has also contributed to the Adolescent Education Program, a curriculum published by the National Education, Research, and Education Council (NCERT), and wrote a chapter for IGNOU. Rituparna is actively joining groups like Delhi Queer Pride and Voices Against 377.