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![Against the binary: A resurging pride in my gender as drag nights reopen](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/drag-king-smaller-size.jpg)
Against the binary: A resurging pride in my gender as drag nights reopen
Yas Necati & Editors
![On rediscovering immigrant love through fruit](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Georgia-de-Lotz-1.png)
On rediscovering immigrant love through fruit
Mishti Ali
![Stuffed: gal-dem’s food series celebrating culture, community and culinary joy](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/STUFFED-series-header-image-Javie-Huxley-@javhux.jpg)
Stuffed: gal-dem’s food series celebrating culture, community and culinary joy
Niellah Arboine
![How the menopause forced me to embrace a bald head](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Copy-of-Watercolour.png)
How the menopause forced me to embrace a bald head
Florence Ọlájídé & Editors
![Long before weighted blankets, there were Turkish yorgans](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Untitled-design-10.png)
Long before weighted blankets, there were Turkish yorgans
Idil Galip & Editors
![Navigating the seas: Why Muslim women’s swimwear doesn’t define our faith](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Artboard-1-100.jpg)
Navigating the seas: Why Muslim women’s swimwear doesn’t define our faith
Hafsa Lodi
![What folding 1,000 origami cranes taught me about living](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Untitled-design-5.png)
What folding 1,000 origami cranes taught me about living
Sana Panjwani & Editors
![Swipe Left: Exploring touch outside of romantic relationships](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_1147-1-scaled.jpg)
Swipe Left: Exploring touch outside of romantic relationships
Shanice Dover
![How crafting a quilt helped me process my shame of clergy abuse](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Untitled-25-June-2021-11.01.00-1.jpg)
How crafting a quilt helped me process my shame of clergy abuse
Hannah Sawyerr & Editors
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![Britney’s conservatorship reminds me of my life under Qatar’s guardianship system](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Untitled-30-June-2021-11.30.jpg)
Britney’s conservatorship reminds me of my life under Qatar’s guardianship system
Yousra Imran
![‘The Other Windrush’: the hidden history of Afro-Chinese families in 1950s London](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hyacinth-1.png)
‘The Other Windrush’: the hidden history of Afro-Chinese families in 1950s London
Tao Leigh Goffe
![Why messy afterparties feel like resistance to a work-obsessed society](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Illustration-01-1.png)