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![‘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)
‘A historian, babysitter, sat-nav’: everything I learned as a tour guide in Kyoto
Florentyna Leow
![How reconnecting with my Vietnamese heritage led me to write a novel](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Cecile-Pin.jpg)
How reconnecting with my Vietnamese heritage led me to write a novel
Cecile Pin
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![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
Lamya H.
![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)
This Lunar New Year, Asian communities deserve the right to grieve and fear
Katie Goh
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![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
Amanda Thomson
![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
Eilidh Akilade
![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
Yas Necati
![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
Anahit Behrooz
![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)
New year, new reasons why I won’t focus on losing weight
Adwoa Darko & Cheryl Telfer
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![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)
I thought sex parties would free my sexuality. The reality was more dystopian than utopian
Khadija Osman
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![Against the binary: Reconnecting to Islam as a trans person](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Untitled-6.jpg)
Against the binary: Reconnecting to Islam as a trans person
Yas Necati
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![Encountering my grandma’s ghost allowed me to grieve her absence](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/galdem-custom.jpg)