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

Goodbye from gal—dem

We are incredibly sad to announce that after eight years, gal-dem is closing

Read our goodbye letter below.

A thank you to gal-dem’s contributors 

A thank you to gal-dem’s contributors 

gal-dem staff
03 Apr
Goodbye from gal-dem

Goodbye from gal-dem

gal-dem staff
31 Mar
17 independent UK-based media organisations to support

17 independent UK-based media organisations to support

gal-dem staff
31 Mar

3750+ posts archived

We've decided to archive our posts created over the past 8 years for future reference.

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350+ contributors

A list of brilliant writers, illustrators, activists, creatives and more.

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Goodbye from gal-dem

Goodbye from gal-dem

gal-dem staff
31 Mar
A thank you to gal-dem’s contributors 

A thank you to gal-dem’s contributors 

gal-dem staff
03 Apr
17 independent UK-based media organisations to support

17 independent UK-based media organisations to support

gal-dem staff
31 Mar
Baesianz: the collective bringing Britain’s Asian communities together

Baesianz: the collective bringing Britain’s Asian communities together

Cici Peng
31 Mar
Abbott Elemenary’s Quinta Brunson schools us on what makes good telly

Abbott Elemenary’s Quinta Brunson schools us on what makes good telly

Kemi Alemoru
30 Mar
Tara Lily is creating the connections she craves

Tara Lily is creating the connections she craves

Tara Joshi
29 Mar
An ode to Black Essex girls

An ode to Black Essex girls

Storm Thompson
28 Mar

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

Politics

Britain’s policing was built on racism. Abolition is unavoidable

Britain’s policing was built on racism. Abolition is unavoidable

Ella Sinclair
27 Mar
How Pakistan’s Khwaja Sira and transgender communities are fearing and fighting for their futures 
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How Pakistan’s Khwaja Sira and transgender communities are fearing and fighting for their futures 

Ayesha Le Breton
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21 Mar
Their anti-rape performance went viral globally. Now what?
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Their anti-rape performance went viral globally. Now what?

Naomi Larsson Piñeda
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17 Mar
Nadia Whittome: ‘Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget is a slap in the face for Britain’s workers’

Nadia Whittome: ‘Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget is a slap in the face for Britain’s workers’

Nadia Whittome
16 Mar

Culture

Baesianz: the collective bringing Britain’s Asian communities together

Baesianz: the collective bringing Britain’s Asian communities together

Cici Peng
31 Mar
Abbott Elemenary’s Quinta Brunson schools us on what makes good telly

Abbott Elemenary’s Quinta Brunson schools us on what makes good telly

Kemi Alemoru
30 Mar
The arts are in crisis

The arts are in crisis

Katie Goh
30 Mar
South African dance music is the sound of resilience

South African dance music is the sound of resilience

Kemi Alemoru
29 Mar

Music

Tara Lily is creating the connections she craves

Tara Lily is creating the connections she craves

Tara Joshi
29 Mar
Is Ed Sheeran platforming POC artists, or is he piggybacking off them?

Is Ed Sheeran platforming POC artists, or is he piggybacking off them?

Charis McGowan
28 Mar
Meet the musicians changing the face of who ‘should’ play the guitar 

Meet the musicians changing the face of who ‘should’ play the guitar 

Naomi Larsson Piñeda
20 Mar
How protest and resistance in Syria and Lebanon shaped a progressive rap scene

How protest and resistance in Syria and Lebanon shaped a progressive rap scene

Houda Fansa Jawadi
15 Mar

Lifestyle

The architect inspiring Muslim girls everywhere

The architect inspiring Muslim girls everywhere

Roisin Tapponi
28 Mar
Queeries: is my marriage over?

My partner broke the boundaries of our open relationship

Aisha Mirza
23 Mar
Boohoo’s attempts to appear ethical are empty and damaging – we must keep calling them out

Boohoo’s attempts to appear ethical are empty and damaging – we must keep calling them out

Zainab Mahmood
08 Mar
Wanderthirst: bringing my whole self back home to Barbados

Wanderthirst: bringing my whole self back home to Barbados

Aimée Grant Cumberbatch
24 Feb

First Person

Against the binary: imagining a future of holding my chest high

Against the binary: imagining a future of holding my chest high

Yas Necati
27 Mar
Desirability and survival: for some Black women, slimness equals safety
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For some Black women, slimness equals safety

Jessica Wilson, MS., RD.
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11 Mar
Growing up as a Black girl from Pyongyang

Growing up as a Black girl from Pyongyang

Monica Macias
06 Mar
‘A historian, babysitter, sat-nav’: everything I learned as a tour guide in Kyoto

Everything I learned as a tour guide in Kyoto

Florentyna Leow
01 Mar

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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The arts are in crisis

The arts are in crisis

Katie Goh
30 Mar
Nadia Whittome: ‘Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget is a slap in the face for Britain’s workers’

Nadia Whittome: ‘Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget is a slap in the face for Britain’s workers’

Nadia Whittome
16 Mar
How the cost of living crisis is forcing LGBTQ+ people to make impossible choices
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How the cost of living crisis is forcing LGBTQ+ people to make impossible choices

Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin
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07 Mar
‘Eat the rich’: how the workers took on Amazon, and won

‘Eat the rich’: how the workers took on Amazon, and won

Alice Figes
29 Nov
Nadia Whittome: ‘The Tories have made their choice: protect the rich, condemn the rest’

Nadia Whittome: ‘The Tories have made their choice: protect the rich, condemn the rest’

Nadia Whittome
18 Nov
The gal-dem guide to getting involved in mutual aid

The gal-dem guide to getting involved in mutual aid

Simar Deol
17 Nov

The Cost of Living Crisis

Stories exploring our communities' experiences during the tumultuous cost of living crisis - and what we can do collectively to work towards a fairer future
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From gal-dem, this is Our Place Is Here – a collection of personal essays written and spoken by migrant domestic workers living in the UK. These are their stories, in English and Filipino, written in their words.

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A new legacy

A collaboration between gal-dem and oestrogeneration, platforming transfeminine writers of colour and their stories

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Open Secrets

Open Secrets is a series from gal-dem and VICE that explores abusive behaviour in the music industry – and how it has been left unchecked for too long.

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gal-dem horoscopes: this Spring Equinox, move forward with clarity and intention

"The lessons that find you during this time stay with you forever; shaping you into a more whole and wise version of yourself"

  • Marissa Malik

gal-dem’s food series celebrating culture, community and culinary joy

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Queeries: is my marriage over?

“Sometimes love means helping the person you adore the most on their way. Sometimes that person is you”

  • Aisha Mirza

Forgotten Diasporas

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

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Investigations

Young Black men are being jailed over text messages
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Young Black men are being jailed over text messages

Ruchira Sharma
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20 Dec
Inside the online forums where anti-Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sentiment thrives
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Inside the online forums where anti-Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sentiment thrives

Cyrine Sinti
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23 Nov
Revealed: ‘Shocking’ number of asylum seeker infant deaths in Home Office housing
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Revealed: ‘Shocking’ number of asylum seeker infant deaths in Home Office housing

Mirren Gidda & Jessica Purkiss
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27 Oct
The story of Alexander Tekle: a young asylum seeker who died in Britain’s hostile environment
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The story of Alexander Tekle: a young asylum seeker who died in Britain’s hostile environment

Dawn Limbu
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07 Sep

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How Nigeria’s Feminist Coalition became a force for change

How Nigeria’s Feminist Coalition became a force for change

Tami Makinde
13 Mar
Meet six change-making groups this International Women’s Day

Meet six change-making groups this International Women’s Day

Riann Phillip
08 Mar
New year, new reasons why I won’t focus on losing weight
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New year, new reasons why I won’t focus on losing weight

Adwoa Darko & Cheryl Telfer
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13 Dec
Decoding ‘The African Desperate’: we explore five of the film’s key references

Decoding ‘The African Desperate’: we explore five of the film’s key references

Sabrina Fearon Melville
27 Oct

gal-dem x Tinder

We've partnered with Tinder to explore trust, safety, and joy in dating this spring. Read through for guidance from the stars, perspectives on app-based dating, and a special edition of Queeries.

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