first person
Ranging from emotive personal essays to rich creative non-fiction, this section seeks to tell colourful first person perspective stories.
![Post-lockdown, I’ve rediscovered domestic intimacy in unexpected ways](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Space-intimacy-2.png)
Post-lockdown, I’ve rediscovered domestic intimacy in unexpected ways
![Swipe Left: dating inside and outside Muslim, Syrian and refugee boxes](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Untitled-design.png)
Swipe Left: dating inside and outside Muslim, Syrian and refugee boxes
![New year, new reasons why I won’t focus on losing weight](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Nike_Advertorial-2_Header.png)
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New year, new reasons why I won’t focus on losing weight
![I thought sex parties would free my sexuality. The reality was more dystopian than utopian](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Ning-GALDEM_November_2022_Katie.jpg)
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I thought sex parties would free my sexuality. The reality was more dystopian than utopian
![Against the binary: Reconnecting to Islam as a trans person](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Untitled-6.jpg)
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Against the binary: Reconnecting to Islam as a trans person
![Encountering my grandma’s ghost allowed me to grieve her absence](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/galdem-custom.jpg)
Encountering my grandma’s ghost allowed me to grieve her absence
![How interior design brings comfort to the depths of my chronic illness](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Interior-Design-min.png)
How interior design brings comfort to the depths of my chronic illness
![How growing up with Islamophobia shaped my faith](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/shahed-v3.png)
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How growing up with Islamophobia shaped my faith
![I didn’t receive justice when I was assaulted in Qatar. This year’s World Cup has reopened painful memories](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BEA69D8B-11E1-417B-BF0B-ECB1482D51CB.jpeg)
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I didn’t receive justice when I was assaulted in Qatar. This year’s World Cup has reopened painful memories
![How Sylvia Rivera paved the way for trans revolution](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sylvia-rivera.png)
How Sylvia Rivera paved the way for trans revolution
![Swipe Left: The lessons I learned from a painful first breakup](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SwipeLeft_Animation.gif)
Swipe Left: The lessons I learned from a painful first breakup
![Against the binary: Embracing community at a drag bingo show in rural Wales](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Drag-bingo.png)