first person
Ranging from emotive personal essays to rich creative non-fiction, this section seeks to tell colourful first person perspective stories.
![Against the binary: imagining a future of holding my chest high](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image_6483441-2.jpg)
Against the binary: imagining a future of holding my chest high
![Desirability and survival: for some Black women, slimness equals safety](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jessica-wilson.png)
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For some Black women, slimness equals safety
![Growing up as a Black girl from Pyongyang](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bgfp-extract-.png)
Growing up as a Black girl from Pyongyang
![‘A historian, babysitter, sat-nav’: everything I learned as a tour guide in Kyoto](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kyoto-breaks.jpg)
Everything I learned as a tour guide in Kyoto
![Against the binary: finding home in my intergenerational queer family](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/against-the-binary-feb.png)
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Against the binary: finding home in my intergenerational queer family
![How reconnecting with my Vietnamese heritage led me to write a novel](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Cecile-Pin.jpg)
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How reconnecting with my Vietnamese heritage led me to write a novel
![The first time I owned my queerness was in front of an aunty doctor](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lamya-image.jpg)
The first time I owned my queerness was in front of an aunty doctor
![This Lunar New Year, Asian communities deserve the right to grieve and fear](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LNy-piece-1.png)
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This Lunar New Year, Asian communities deserve the right to grieve and fear
![How a family photo led me to discover the history of people of colour in Scotland](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Copy-of-Copy-of-Watercolour.png)
How a family photo led me to discover the history of people of colour in Scotland
![Swipe Left: I turned my bad dates into fun anecdotes but at an emotional cost](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/swipe-left-january-animation.gif)
Swipe Left: I turned my bad dates into fun anecdotes but at an emotional cost
![Against the binary: finding joy in myself and the freezing cold sea](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/against-the-binary-swimming.png)
Against the binary: finding joy in myself and the freezing cold sea
![Home for the holidays: celebrating Ethiopian and American festive traditions](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Untitled-design-2-1.png)