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How one community in Ghana is bearing the burden of the UK’s clothing waste crisis
  • life
  • Today

How one community in Ghana is bearing the burden of the UK’s clothing waste crisis

  • Dayna Tohidi
Against the binary: Trans people of colour shouldn’t have to neglect parts of their identity in therapy
  • against the binary
  • first person
  • 29 Nov

Against the binary: Trans people of colour shouldn’t have to neglect parts of their identity in therapy

  • Yas Necati
Food from across the border: the Cypriot generation exploring a new identity
  • life
  • 27 Nov

Food from across the border: the Cypriot generation exploring a new identity

  • Despina Christodoulou
Five on it: the BRIT Awards embracing non-gendered categories is about time
  • five on it
  • music
  • 26 Nov

Five on it: the BRIT Awards embracing non-gendered categories is about time

  • Kayleigh Watson
gal-dem’s alternative gifting guide
  • life
  • 26 Nov

gal-dem’s alternative gifting guide

  • Zainab Mahmood
As Israel designates Palestinian human rights organisations ‘terrorist’, where is the international community?
  • first person
  • 26 Nov

As Israel designates Palestinian human rights organisations ‘terrorist’, where is the international community?

  • Anonymous
Honour based abuse has increased in the UK by 81% over the past five years. Why?
  • politics
  • 25 Nov

Honour based abuse has increased in the UK by 81% over the past five years. Why?

  • Alia Waheed
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For too long, both climate activism and climate coverage have overlooked the voices and experiences of communities of colour. Our new series looks to change that.

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

gal-dem horoscopes: There’s no hiding from the truth this Scorpio season

"As we look down the road ahead onto another Eclipse season, where truths are harsh and life changes come out of left field, let what you find in the darkness guide you."

  • Marissa Malik

Look back at our takeover and all things Kelis, as the legendary artist guest edits our site with some of her favourite things.

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Nairobi’s formerly ‘white-only’ libraries are now the centre of Kenya’s literary renaissance
  • culture
  • 18 Nov

Nairobi’s formerly ‘white-only’ libraries are now the centre of Kenya’s literary renaissance

  • Michelle Chepchumba
Meet Joy Labinjo, the painter creating odes to Black Brixton salons and beyond
  • culture
  • 17 Nov

Meet Joy Labinjo, the painter creating odes to Black Brixton salons and beyond

  • Precious Adesina
Ruth Negga on Passing’s shapeshifting protagonist: ‘she’s the ultimate threat to white society’
  • culture
  • 11 Nov

Ruth Negga on Passing’s shapeshifting protagonist: ‘she’s the ultimate threat to white society’

  • Rachel Mantock
6 books to read on climate justice and nature centring marginalised people
  • culture
  • it's happening now
  • 11 Nov

6 books to read on climate justice and nature centring marginalised people

  • Francisca Rockey
Against the binary: Trans people of colour shouldn’t have to neglect parts of their identity in therapy
  • against the binary
  • first person
  • 29 Nov

Against the binary: Trans people of colour shouldn’t have to neglect parts of their identity in therapy

  • Yas Necati
As Israel designates Palestinian human rights organisations ‘terrorist’, where is the international community?
  • first person
  • 26 Nov

As Israel designates Palestinian human rights organisations ‘terrorist’, where is the international community?

  • Anonymous
A new sickle cell treatment fills me with a long-forgotten feeling: hope
  • first person
  • 25 Nov

A new sickle cell treatment fills me with a long-forgotten feeling: hope

  • Tanya Akrofi
Why every second, and every fraction of a degree of global warming, matters
  • first person
  • it's happening now
  • 06 Nov

Why every second, and every fraction of a degree of global warming, matters

  • Mitzi Jonelle Tan

Forgotten Diasporas

gal-dem’s series exploring histories of movement, survival and diasporic identity

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Honour based abuse has increased in the UK by 81% over the past five years. Why?
  • politics
  • 25 Nov

Honour based abuse has increased in the UK by 81% over the past five years. Why?

  • Alia Waheed
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The UK announced an Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme in August. Nothing’s happened. Why?
  • politics
  • 22 Nov

The UK announced an Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme in August. Nothing’s happened. Why?

  • Nadia Hasan
When will people stop being surprised that institutional racism exists?
  • politics
  • 19 Nov

When will people stop being surprised that institutional racism exists?

  • Shahed Ezaydi
Trans inclusivity in sexual violence services is perfectly achievable – these organisations are leading by example
  • politics
  • 17 Nov

Trans inclusivity in sexual violence services is perfectly achievable – these organisations are leading by example

  • Jeevan Ravindran
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What happened to Shukri Abdi?

How the death of a 12-year-old refugee became a contested cause.

  • Nimo Omer
How one community in Ghana is bearing the burden of the UK’s clothing waste crisis
  • life
  • Today

How one community in Ghana is bearing the burden of the UK’s clothing waste crisis

  • Dayna Tohidi
Food from across the border: the Cypriot generation exploring a new identity
  • life
  • 27 Nov

Food from across the border: the Cypriot generation exploring a new identity

  • Despina Christodoulou
gal-dem’s alternative gifting guide
  • life
  • 26 Nov

gal-dem’s alternative gifting guide

  • Zainab Mahmood
Could a beauty brand help battle HIV and AIDS stigma?
  • life
  • 19 Nov

Could a beauty brand help battle HIV and AIDS stigma?

  • Mishti Ali

gal-dem’s food series celebrating culture, community and culinary joy over the last year

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Five on it: the BRIT Awards embracing non-gendered categories is about time
  • five on it
  • music
  • 26 Nov

Five on it: the BRIT Awards embracing non-gendered categories is about time

  • Kayleigh Watson
‘If Hans Zimmer released this, it’d be game over’: Klein is warping the classical music crown
  • music
  • 19 Nov

‘If Hans Zimmer released this, it’d be game over’: Klein is warping the classical music crown

  • Tanya Akinola
‘Music can move people to make change’: just how useful are climate concerts?
  • it's happening now
  • music
  • 13 Nov

‘Music can move people to make change’: just how useful are climate concerts?

  • Kimi Chaddah
Five on it: Nilüfer Yanya tackles mundanity and self-salvation on comeback single ‘stabilise’
  • five on it
  • music
  • 12 Nov

Five on it: Nilüfer Yanya tackles mundanity and self-salvation on comeback single ‘stabilise’

  • Kayleigh Watson

Queeries: How can I stay hopeful as the world burns?

“Grief isn’t meant to be held inside the body. Grief needs to return to the Earth”

  • Aisha Mirza
Why messy afterparties feel like resistance to a work-obsessed society
  • first person
  • 28 Jun

Why messy afterparties feel like resistance to a work-obsessed society

  • Ruchira Sharma
Queeries: what’s with all this post-lockdown anxiety?
  • life
  • queeries
  • 23 Apr

Queeries: what’s with all this post-lockdown anxiety?

  • Aisha Mirza
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
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
A joyful celebration of Britain’s Chinese takeaways
  • life
  • 24 Mar

A joyful celebration of Britain’s Chinese takeaways

  • Angela Hui

A Year of the Pandemic

Articles telling the story of the pandemic one year since lockdown began.
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What happened to Shukri Abdi?
  • investigations
  • politics
  • 05 May

What happened to Shukri Abdi?

  • Nimo Omer
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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
Could a beauty brand help battle HIV and AIDS stigma?
  • life
  • 19 Nov

Could a beauty brand help battle HIV and AIDS stigma?

  • Mishti Ali
Meet the 9 artists of colour redefining beer culture with Camden Town Brewery
  • culture
  • 08 Nov

Meet the 9 artists of colour redefining beer culture with Camden Town Brewery

  • Diyora Shadijanova
Empowering the next generation of makeup artists: M·A·C’s Tomorrow’s Artist
  • gal-dem
  • life
  • 19 Oct

Empowering the next generation of makeup artists: M·A·C’s Tomorrow’s Artist

  • Shanice Dover
How technology is making Black hair styling more accessible
  • first person
  • 03 Sep

How technology is making Black hair styling more accessible

  • Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy

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