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Caring for my plants has become a way to care for myself
  • first person
  • 03 Apr

Caring for my plants has become a way to care for myself

  • Niellah Arboine
Over the last year in lockdown, smell and nostalgia are more connected than ever
  • life
  • 10 Apr

Over the last year in lockdown, smell and nostalgia are more connected than ever

  • Eilidh Akilade
Laura Kirwan-Ashman on writing horror for black queer communities
  • culture
  • 10 Apr

Laura Kirwan-Ashman on writing horror for black queer communities

  • Tobi Kyeremateng
How to talk to family about the vaccine after their worst fears have been confirmed
  • life
  • 10 Apr

How to talk to family about the vaccine after their worst fears have been confirmed

  • Niellah Arboine
Five On It: the music industry must do better on mental health
  • five on it
  • music
  • 09 Apr

Five On It: the music industry must do better on mental health

  • Kayleigh Watson
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After Richard Okorogheye’s death, we must stop making missing people a comparative sport
  • politics
  • 09 Apr

After Richard Okorogheye’s death, we must stop making missing people a comparative sport

  • Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff
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‘When you love yourself first, it’s easy to be in love all the time’: serpentwithfeet interviewed
  • music
  • 09 Apr

‘When you love yourself first, it’s easy to be in love all the time’: serpentwithfeet interviewed

  • Timi Sotire

An award winning media company committed to sharing the perspectives of people of colour from marginalised genders

gal-dem horoscopes: Pisces season sees silver linings peek through the clouds

“As much as we may sit in paddling pools of our own tears at times, it’s still with an assurance that progress is being made. We are moving forward even if our environments remain static.”

Marissa Malik

Laura Kirwan-Ashman on writing horror for black queer communities
  • culture
  • 10 Apr

Laura Kirwan-Ashman on writing horror for black queer communities

  • Tobi Kyeremateng
The colonisation of TikTok dances makes Bring it On look like a documentary
  • culture
  • 09 Apr

The colonisation of TikTok dances makes Bring it On look like a documentary

  • Olivia Hopley
Seven books to get you in your feelings since we’re all a bit numb
  • culture
  • 30 Mar

Seven books to get you in your feelings since we’re all a bit numb

  • Amy Baxter
This horror rejects Black trauma and makes fetishists the victims instead
  • culture
  • shorties
  • 26 Mar

This horror rejects Black trauma and makes fetishists the victims instead

  • Kemi Alemoru
After Richard Okorogheye’s death, we must stop making missing people a comparative sport
  • politics
  • 09 Apr

After Richard Okorogheye’s death, we must stop making missing people a comparative sport

  • Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff
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Migrant survivors of abuse face deportation if they go to the police. Could a new law protect them?
  • politics
  • 01 Apr

Migrant survivors of abuse face deportation if they go to the police. Could a new law protect them?

  • Evie Muir
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Black and brown women need protection from abuse. Here’s where to start
  • politics
  • 25 Mar

Black and brown women need protection from abuse. Here’s where to start

  • Seyi Falodun-Liburd
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Fifty years have passed since the Bengali genocide. We cannot let its memory disappear from the diaspora
  • politics
  • 25 Mar

Fifty years have passed since the Bengali genocide. We cannot let its memory disappear from the diaspora

  • Mishti Ali
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‘If they sound like a man, hang up’ – how transphobia became rife in the gender-based violence sector

Many trans women survivors seeking support are too fearful of being faced with transmisogyny to approach [VAWG] services in the first place. This renders them invisible within the sector, despite being a group disproportionately affected by sexual and domestic violence.

Moya Lothian McLean

Over the last year in lockdown, smell and nostalgia are more connected than ever
  • life
  • 10 Apr

Over the last year in lockdown, smell and nostalgia are more connected than ever

  • Eilidh Akilade
How to talk to family about the vaccine after their worst fears have been confirmed
  • life
  • 10 Apr

How to talk to family about the vaccine after their worst fears have been confirmed

  • Niellah Arboine
Where to find therapists who understand our experiences of racism
  • life
  • 31 Mar

Where to find therapists who understand our experiences of racism

  • Niellah Arboine
Afro Answers: why detangling safely and healthy routines are more important than long hair goals
  • afro answers
  • 28 Mar

Afro Answers: why detangling safely and healthy routines are more important than long hair goals

  • Ebuni Ajiduah
Caring for my plants has become a way to care for myself
  • first person
  • 03 Apr

Caring for my plants has become a way to care for myself

  • Niellah Arboine
My ‘therapist’ told me I predicted my best friend’s death and broke my heart
  • first person
  • 02 Apr

My ‘therapist’ told me I predicted my best friend’s death and broke my heart

  • Maheen Humayun
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Relearning to speak to my elders in lockdown
  • first person
  • 01 Apr

Relearning to speak to my elders in lockdown

  • Nali Simukulwa
Opera helped me process my father’s death during the pandemic
  • first person
  • 25 Mar

Opera helped me process my father’s death during the pandemic

  • Ella Alalade
Five On It: the music industry must do better on mental health
  • five on it
  • music
  • 09 Apr

Five On It: the music industry must do better on mental health

  • Kayleigh Watson
trigger-warning
‘When you love yourself first, it’s easy to be in love all the time’: serpentwithfeet interviewed
  • music
  • 09 Apr

‘When you love yourself first, it’s easy to be in love all the time’: serpentwithfeet interviewed

  • Timi Sotire
Five on it: Lil Nas X’s ‘MONTERO’ is a powerful proclamation of queer sexuality
  • five on it
  • music
  • 26 Mar

Five on it: Lil Nas X’s ‘MONTERO’ is a powerful proclamation of queer sexuality

  • Kayleigh Watson
‘I’m proud to be a yardie and a Londoner’: Alicai Harley is repping both sides of her heritage
  • music
  • 25 Mar

‘I’m proud to be a yardie and a Londoner’: Alicai Harley is repping both sides of her heritage

  • Annique Simpson

Queeries: How do I tell my mum she’s hurting me?

“You’re not a child anymore and you have freedoms and options you didn’t have before”

Aisha Mirza

Relearning to speak to my elders in lockdown
  • first person
  • 01 Apr

Relearning to speak to my elders in lockdown

  • Nali Simukulwa
A joyful celebration of Britain’s Chinese takeaways
  • life
  • 24 Mar

A joyful celebration of Britain’s Chinese takeaways

  • Angela Hui
‘It’s impossible to step back’ – meet the mutual aid volunteers who persisted in the pandemic
  • politics
  • 23 Mar

‘It’s impossible to step back’ – meet the mutual aid volunteers who persisted in the pandemic

  • Priyankaa Joshi
Crochet, pickles, hula hooping – are we keeping up the lockdown hobbies once we’re allowed outside?
  • life
  • 20 Mar

Crochet, pickles, hula hooping – are we keeping up the lockdown hobbies once we’re allowed outside?

  • Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy
A second Nowruz in lockdown is distancing me from my Persian culture
  • first person
  • 19 Mar

A second Nowruz in lockdown is distancing me from my Persian culture

  • Sahar Esfandiari
I barely recognise myself: how lockdown stopped my performance for the patriarchy
  • first person
  • 10 Mar

I barely recognise myself: how lockdown stopped my performance for the patriarchy

  • Niellah Arboine

A Year of the Pandemic

Articles telling the story of the pandemic one year since lockdown began.
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‘If they sound like a man, hang up’ – how transphobia became rife in the gender-based violence sector
  • investigations
  • politics
  • 01 Feb

‘If they sound like a man, hang up’ – how transphobia became rife in the gender-based violence sector

  • Moya Lothian McLean
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Under lockdown Manchester’s Black students have become suspects
  • investigations
  • 18 Nov

Under lockdown Manchester’s Black students have become suspects

  • Emma Blake Morsi
The messy story of the influencer who raised £48,000 for victims of the Sri Lanka Easter bombings
  • investigations
  • politics
  • 03 Nov

The messy story of the influencer who raised £48,000 for victims of the Sri Lanka Easter bombings

  • Donya Jeyabalasingham
Death wasn’t supposed to be in the job description for ethnic minority key workers
  • investigations
  • politics
  • 27 Apr

Death wasn’t supposed to be in the job description for ethnic minority key workers

  • Nimo Omer
Laura Kirwan-Ashman on writing horror for black queer communities
  • culture
  • 10 Apr

Laura Kirwan-Ashman on writing horror for black queer communities

  • Tobi Kyeremateng
Creating Legacy: Black women behind the scenes in music
  • 27 Mar

Creating Legacy: Black women behind the scenes in music

  • Niellah Arboine
Meet the on-the-rise designers we won’t get to see at LFW
  • life
  • 23 Feb

Meet the on-the-rise designers we won’t get to see at LFW

  • Kemi Alemoru
  • Niellah Arboine
How being a professional Dominatrix gave me sexual liberation
  • 18 Dec

How being a professional Dominatrix gave me sexual liberation

  • Madam Storm

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