lgbt history month
![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.
![Hope is quashed: what it’s like being queer in Ghana right now](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Untitled-12-April-2021-12.29.49-2-1.jpg)
Hope is quashed: what it’s like being queer in Ghana right now
Joojo Sekyibea & DiyoraShadijanova
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![How the ripples of colonial homophobia are still reaching queer Muslims in Singapore](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0617-2.png)
How the ripples of colonial homophobia are still reaching queer Muslims in Singapore
Ryaihanny Sahrom & Editors
![Compulsory heteronormativity in my South Asian community convinced me I was straight for 18 years](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/gal-dem-kaleidoscope-illustration.png)
Compulsory heteronormativity in my South Asian community convinced me I was straight for 18 years
Haniya Bukhari & Editors
![LGBTIQA+ activists from Bangladesh to Nigeria open up about the ongoing fight for their rights](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Untitled-design-5.png)
LGBTIQA+ activists from Bangladesh to Nigeria open up about the ongoing fight for their rights
Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin
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![How I reclaimed my identity as a queer Bengali Muslim](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/gal-dem-michti-3.jpg)
How I reclaimed my identity as a queer Bengali Muslim
Mishti Ali
![Archiving oral histories of black queer collectives in London](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GAL-DEM-QUEER-ORAL-HISTORIES-01.png)
Archiving oral histories of black queer collectives in London
Rachel Datey
![Remembering Pearl Alcock, the Black bisexual shebeen queen of Brixton](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/pearl.jpeg)
Remembering Pearl Alcock, the Black bisexual shebeen queen of Brixton
Oluwatayo Adewole
![gal-dem in conversation with Lady Phyll, director of Black Pride UK](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/lady-phyll.jpg)
gal-dem in conversation with Lady Phyll, director of Black Pride UK
Kirsty Osei-Bempong
![Inspiring WoC to celebrate this LGBT History Month](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Audre-Lorde-in-front-of-a-007-2.jpg)