first person

‘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
Cecile Pin
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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
Katie Goh
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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
Eilidh Akilade

Against the binary: finding joy in myself and the freezing cold sea
Yas Necati

Post-lockdown, I’ve rediscovered domestic intimacy in unexpected ways
Anahit Behrooz

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
Khadija Osman
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Against the binary: Reconnecting to Islam as a trans person
Yas Necati
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