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Counsel Club: Meet the archivist reaching into the postbag of one of India’s earliest queer support groups
  • gal-dem
  • politics
  • 26 Feb

Counsel Club: Meet the archivist reaching into the postbag of one of India’s earliest queer support groups

  • Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin
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Five On It: Rina Sawayama’s campaign for awards inclusivity is a win for migrant musicians
  • five on it
  • music
  • 26 Feb

Five On It: Rina Sawayama’s campaign for awards inclusivity is a win for migrant musicians

  • Kayleigh Watson
Pitting racial and geographic inequalities against each other is a callous Tory strategy – we can overcome it
  • politics
  • 26 Feb

Pitting racial and geographic inequalities against each other is a callous Tory strategy – we can overcome it

  • Oluwaseun Matiluko
How the ripples of colonial homophobia are still reaching queer Muslims in Singapore
  • first person
  • 26 Feb

How the ripples of colonial homophobia are still reaching queer Muslims in Singapore

  • Ryaihanny Sahrom
‘The world opened up’: inside Britain’s secret history of queer South Asian parties
  • music
  • 25 Feb

‘The world opened up’: inside Britain’s secret history of queer South Asian parties

  • Safi Bugel
The rise of slim-thick body candles are just another example of toxic body positivity
  • life
  • 25 Feb

The rise of slim-thick body candles are just another example of toxic body positivity

  • Ebony-Renee Baker
‘Trauma decontextualised in a people can look like culture’ – Resmaa Menakem on how racism affects the body
  • life
  • 24 Feb

‘Trauma decontextualised in a people can look like culture’ – Resmaa Menakem on how racism affects the body

  • Rosel Jackson Stern

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

Please put the can-i-write-for-evil-publications discourse to bed
  • culture
  • 19 Feb

Please put the can-i-write-for-evil-publications discourse to bed

  • Diyora Shadijanova
Namaste Wahala, Netflix’s Bollywood-Nollywood crossover, is nowhere near extra enough
  • culture
  • 15 Feb

Namaste Wahala, Netflix’s Bollywood-Nollywood crossover, is nowhere near extra enough

  • Memuna Konteh
Watch as a cam girl session becomes an unexpected meet-cute
  • culture
  • shorties
  • 12 Feb

Watch as a cam girl session becomes an unexpected meet-cute

  • Kemi Alemoru
Archiving oral histories of black queer collectives in London
  • culture
  • 10 Feb

Archiving oral histories of black queer collectives in London

  • Rachel Datey
Pitting racial and geographic inequalities against each other is a callous Tory strategy – we can overcome it
  • politics
  • 26 Feb

Pitting racial and geographic inequalities against each other is a callous Tory strategy – we can overcome it

  • Oluwaseun Matiluko
Counsel Club: Meet the archivist reaching into the postbag of one of India’s earliest queer support groups
  • gal-dem
  • politics
  • 26 Feb

Counsel Club: Meet the archivist reaching into the postbag of one of India’s earliest queer support groups

  • Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin
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Cross-border queers: how we’re digging up lost histories of LGBTQI+ South Asian migrants in Britain
  • politics
  • 24 Feb

Cross-border queers: how we’re digging up lost histories of LGBTQI+ South Asian migrants in Britain

  • Churnjeet Mahn
  • Rohit K Dasgupta
Lipsing in the club or broken promises? Three reactions to Boris Johnson’s recovery roadmap
  • politics
  • 23 Feb

Lipsing in the club or broken promises? Three reactions to Boris Johnson’s recovery roadmap

  • Moya Lothian McLean
  • Dhruti Modha
  • Diyora Shadijanova

Read our investigation into transphobia in the gender-based violence sector

‘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

The rise of slim-thick body candles are just another example of toxic body positivity
  • life
  • 25 Feb

The rise of slim-thick body candles are just another example of toxic body positivity

  • Ebony-Renee Baker
‘Trauma decontextualised in a people can look like culture’ – Resmaa Menakem on how racism affects the body
  • life
  • 24 Feb

‘Trauma decontextualised in a people can look like culture’ – Resmaa Menakem on how racism affects the body

  • Rosel Jackson Stern
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
‘Stiff where?’ It’s time to talk about our damaging addiction to laid edges
  • life
  • 18 Feb

‘Stiff where?’ It’s time to talk about our damaging addiction to laid edges

  • Morgan Cormack
How the ripples of colonial homophobia are still reaching queer Muslims in Singapore
  • first person
  • 26 Feb

How the ripples of colonial homophobia are still reaching queer Muslims in Singapore

  • Ryaihanny Sahrom
Compulsory heteronormativity in my South Asian community convinced me I was straight for 18 years
  • first person
  • 19 Feb

Compulsory heteronormativity in my South Asian community convinced me I was straight for 18 years

  • Haniya Bukhari
‘Constant high drama’: what it can be like to date with a borderline personality disorder
  • first person
  • 12 Feb

‘Constant high drama’: what it can be like to date with a borderline personality disorder

  • Haja Marie Kanu
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How my Chinese meal times encouraged a positive relationship with food
  • first person
  • gal-dem
  • 12 Feb

How my Chinese meal times encouraged a positive relationship with food

  • Vikki Chan
Is our obsession with queering the likes of Harry Styles costing LGBTQI+ artists of colour?
  • music
  • Today

Is our obsession with queering the likes of Harry Styles costing LGBTQI+ artists of colour?

  • Zoya Raza-Sheikh
Five On It: Rina Sawayama’s campaign for awards inclusivity is a win for migrant musicians
  • five on it
  • music
  • 26 Feb

Five On It: Rina Sawayama’s campaign for awards inclusivity is a win for migrant musicians

  • Kayleigh Watson
‘The world opened up’: inside Britain’s secret history of queer South Asian parties
  • music
  • 25 Feb

‘The world opened up’: inside Britain’s secret history of queer South Asian parties

  • Safi Bugel
Five On It: bing bang bong, cheers to the success of ‘UK Hun?’
  • five on it
  • music
  • 19 Feb

Five On It: bing bang bong, cheers to the success of ‘UK Hun?’

  • Kayleigh Watson

Queeries

Queeries: How do I get over a friendship breakup?

“Boys come and go, but friends last forever, they say, except sometimes they don’t. What then?”

Aisha Mirza

Compulsory heteronormativity in my South Asian community convinced me I was straight for 18 years
  • first person
  • 19 Feb

Compulsory heteronormativity in my South Asian community convinced me I was straight for 18 years

  • Haniya Bukhari
LGBTIQA+ activists from Bangladesh to Nigeria open up about the ongoing fight for their rights
  • politics
  • 18 Feb

LGBTIQA+ activists from Bangladesh to Nigeria open up about the ongoing fight for their rights

  • Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin
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How I reclaimed my identity as a queer Bengali Muslim
  • first person
  • 10 Feb

How I reclaimed my identity as a queer Bengali Muslim

  • Mishti Ali
Archiving oral histories of black queer collectives in London
  • culture
  • 10 Feb

Archiving oral histories of black queer collectives in London

  • Rachel Datey
Remembering Pearl Alcock, the Black bisexual shebeen queen of Brixton
  • politics
  • 02 Feb

Remembering Pearl Alcock, the Black bisexual shebeen queen of Brixton

  • Oluwatayo Adewole
gal-dem in conversation with Lady Phyll, director of Black Pride UK
  • politics
  • 26 Jun

gal-dem in conversation with Lady Phyll, director of Black Pride UK

  • Kirsty Osei-Bempong

LGBTQI+ History Month

Untold stories past and present to raise awareness of LGBTQI+ people and history
Click here for more
Is fear of medical institutions and professionals killing the Black community?
  • decolonising healthcare
  • politics
  • 26 Jan

Is fear of medical institutions and professionals killing the Black community?

  • Annabel Sowemimo
‘Popworld wouldn’t work today’: Miquita Oliver on the chaotic music show’s 20th birthday
  • culture
  • 22 Jan

‘Popworld wouldn’t work today’: Miquita Oliver on the chaotic music show’s 20th birthday

  • Kemi Alemoru
‘I miss having a future’: I kept a lockdown diary and realised I took school for granted
  • first person
  • 18 Jan

‘I miss having a future’: I kept a lockdown diary and realised I took school for granted

  • Nia Buckley

How Clubhouse and other online communities are leading Black music discourse

"It’s clear we need more spaces that cater to the Black community and Black people need to be at the helm of these discussions; we must control the narratives about our culture."

Abena Taylor-Smith

‘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
today-on-gal-dem
music

Is our obsession with queering the likes of Harry Styles costing LGBTQI+ artists of colour?

  • Zoya Raza-Sheikh
Is our obsession with queering the likes of Harry Styles costing LGBTQI+ artists of colour?
five on it
music

Five On It: Rina Sawayama’s campaign for awards inclusivity is a win for migrant musicians

  • Kayleigh Watson
Five On It: Rina Sawayama’s campaign for awards inclusivity is a win for migrant musicians
politics

Pitting racial and geographic inequalities against each other is a callous Tory strategy – we can…

  • Oluwaseun Matiluko
Pitting racial and geographic inequalities against each other is a callous Tory strategy – we can overcome it
first person

How the ripples of colonial homophobia are still reaching queer Muslims in Singapore

  • Ryaihanny Sahrom
How the ripples of colonial homophobia are still reaching queer Muslims in Singapore
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
Claudia and Chanti in conversation: navigating self-pleasure in the disability spectrum
  • lelo
  • 04 Dec

Claudia and Chanti in conversation: navigating self-pleasure in the disability spectrum

  • Chanti Nkusu and Claudia
Audiobooks to soothe you during Lockdown 2.0
  • 18 Nov

Audiobooks to soothe you during Lockdown 2.0

  • gal-dem staff