Hi, I’m Nat Arias (they/them/theirs). I am a Black queer genderfluid researcher, speaker, educator and LGBT+ advocacy specialist.

I received my PhD in International Development from the University of Sussex in 2023. Before my PhD, I was a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Consultant (MEL) specialising in Gender in Social and Public Health programming. My life and projects are embedded in postcolonial, transfeminist and intersectional feminist ethics.

In 2024, I was commissioned by EL*C, a lesbian human rights network, to conduct the first international study focusing on racism and lesbophobia in Europe. I led the team exploring how Black and racialised lesbians* are affected by discrimination in accessing political participation, employment, housing and healthcare in Europe.

This project was co-led with the founders of Romnja Feminist Library and Central Asian migrant lesbian activists.

In 2025, I co-authored the human rights report, “On the Lived Experiences of Roma, Central Asian, and Racialized Lesbians in Europe”, for EL*C in 2025.

I freelance as a researcher, learning consultant, sensitivity reader and proofreader.

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I am an interdisciplinary scholar, often drawing on:

• Transfeminism
• Intersectionality
• Postcolonial Studies
• Queer Resistance to Anti-gender Politics in Europe
• Black Histories in Europe
• Critical Migration Studies
• Participatory & Visual Methods for Research
• Queer Disability Justice

I am highly skilled with the following Data Languages: 

• Adobe Express
• Canva
• Indesign
• Adobe Illustrator
• NVIVO
• MAXQDA
• Atlas.ti
• Jotform