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LGBTQ+Me: Embracing Our Differences

Ukrainian healthcare company BetterMe and UKRAINEPRIDE NGO share inspirational life stories to unite people with different sexual orientations and gender identities, and help them better understand each other

BY BETTERME

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Cost of Living Crisis: The UK Government Is Failing Disabled People Yet Again, Including My Family

As a disabled family, this mass inflation is constantly hanging over our heads

BY PHOEBE JENKINS

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Music Is My Friend, And It Has Helped Me Make Some Hard Life Decisions

While I watched my relationship slowly slip into disrepair, Taylor Swift’s ‘Tolerate It’ gave me the sign I desperately needed

BY EMMA FLINT

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Twitter Means Too much to Disabled People to Abandon

Like so many other disabled people, I found my community on Twitter. And I'm terrified to lose it.

BY RACHEL CHARLTON-DAILEY

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The Art of Subtraction: How I’ve Redefined My Personal Wellness by Removing, Rather than Adding to My Life

Conditioned to 'add', I now choose to subtract clutter from my life and to-do list, and it has preserved my mental health

BY EDIKAN UMOH

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On Days Like Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, What Are We Supposed to Do with Ourselves If We’ve Lost a Parent?

I want to go back to celebrating my father on Father’s Day, so I talked to the folks who found ways to keep this day special even after losing a loved one

BY JENNIFER HAKIM

On Days Like Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, What Are We Supposed to Do with Ourselves If We

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The Best Valentine’s Day Gifts for Your Activist Lover

Because your sweetheart may enjoy this a lot more than a box of chocolates

BY JENNIFER HAKIM

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6 Vegan BIPOC Influencers to Follow on Instagram this Veganuary

Here's a list of our favourite vegan influencers to help you do Veganuary right

BY CHOUROUK GORRAB

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5 Charities You Can Support, Join or Turn to this End of Year and Beyond

These 5 UK-based charities directly help marginalised communities through LGBTQI allyship, safe spaces, refugee integration, food redistribution, and more

BY JENNIFER HAKIM

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As a Daughter of Immigrants, I Wish My Parents Had Sat Me Down for a Talk About Racism

With a whole lot of generational baggage and a complex heritage, I laughed at all the micro-aggressions thrown my way, and I wish I'd understood why earlier

BY JENNIFER HAKIM

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On Finding Personal Growth After Breakup: Are We Better Off Not Getting What (We Think) We Want?

Maybe we should view recovery from heartbreak, however protracted, as a success at learning rather than a failure at love

BY ROSIE WILBY

On Finding Personal Growth After Breakup_ Are We Better Off Not Getting What (We Think) We

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On National Adoption Week, I Want to Celebrate Same-Sex Parented Families in the UK - Starting with My Own

As someone who has adopted, I have high hopes for the Government's new national adoption strategy, and what it means for LGBTQIA+ families

BY DAMIAN KERLIN

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You're Right, Trigger Warnings Aren’t a Big Deal... Until You Actually Need Them

Perhaps art is meant to shake us to the core, but a little warning is appreciated

BY CHLOE JOHNSON

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Mursal Saiq on Life as an Afghan Refugee in the UK, and Building a Food Business that Gives Back

"Instead of pushing myself onto a seat at a table, I’ve decided to create a new table for all those who deserve to have their voice heard.”

BY ANMOL IRFAN

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Exploring the Generational Gap in Mental Health Awareness, and How We Can Close It

Being Nigerian, I knew I could not go to my mum or dad when I started getting consecutive depressive episodes: they would just try to pray it away

BY EDIKAN UMOH

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This Is Not Freedom Day for Vulnerable Disabled People Like Me

Today has been called "freedom day", but for those of us with disabilities and chronic illnesses, it's the start of a new nightmare

BY RACHEL CHARLTON-DAILEY

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An Ode to Online Friendships - And Why They’re Very Much Real

To all the mutuals who brought us joy and comfort throughout the past year, without asking anything in return

BY SABRINA FEARON-MELVILLE

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Why Bi+ Representation Still Matters So Much

Bi+ erasure takes many forms, and I’m getting tired of constantly fighting for my identity to be recognised and taken seriously

BY JESS AMY DIXON

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Why the Period Positivity Movement Can Be Toxic for Some

The ‘Period Positivity’ movement is creating space for more open and honest discussions about periods, but for some, menstruation can be a traumatic experience - which is why Natracare is encouraging a more nuanced conversation

BY SHARNA WAID

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Racism Among Immigrants Is Real, and It’s Our Generation’s Job to End It

We must be critical of the racism within our own communities while also acknowledging the immigrant complex and its roots

BY SUMAIYA AHMED

Why we need to talk about ALL women vict

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Sarah, Blessing, Wenjing – We Must Talk About All Women Who Are Victims of Male Violence (Not Just One)

“It’s been deeply painful to have to watch white women come to the same conclusions that the Black community and others have been shouting about for decades.”

BY BANSEKA KAYEMBE

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Islamophobia Is Much More Than Just a ‘Phobia’

Viewing it as a ‘phobia’, as if it was similar to having a fear of spiders or heights, completely minimises the experiences of Muslim people

BY SHAHED EZAYDI

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Are Ethnicity Filters on Dating Apps Problematic, or Necessary?

The reasoning behind ‘collaborative filtering’ and ‘race filters’ may be more complex than we think

BY ASYIA IFTIKHAR

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Anti-Asian Racism Is On the Rise - And It’s Not Just a US Problem

It started with empty Chinatowns, then the violence followed

BY KATE NG

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Non-Disabled People Have Deemed Disabled Lives Unworthy of Saving - again.

Forcing DNRs on vulnerable disabled patients confirms that the UK still supports eugenics - and is just the next stage of the systemic oppression and destruction of disabled people

BY HANNAH SHEWAN STEVENS

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Seaside Towns in the UK Are Still Racist and Play Into a Deep Sense of British Nostalgia

Moving back to my seaside hometown I was reminded that in the UK, Black lives still don’t really matter

BY BANSEKA KAYEMBE

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New Year's Resolutions Don’t Suck as Much as You Think

This year will be different, because we can do better

BY SAKSHI UDAVANT

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Hey White People: Here’s How You Can Deal with Your Racist Relatives

Rules number one: Don’t tolerate any of it.

BY ADRIANNA NINE

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What an 11-Year Age Gap Has Taught Me About Sisterhood

Sisterhood magic manifests in surprising places.

BY FRANCESCA BAKER

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Ukrainian healthcare company BetterMe and UKRAINEPRIDE NGO share inspirational life stories to unite people with different sexual orientations and gender identities, and help them better understand each other

BY BETTERME

As a disabled family, this mass inflation is constantly hanging over our heads

BY PHOEBE JENKINS

While I watched my relationship slowly slip into disrepair, Taylor Swift’s ‘Tolerate It’ gave me the sign I desperately needed

BY EMMA FLINT

Like so many other disabled people, I found my community on Twitter. And I'm terrified to lose it.

BY RACHEL CHARLTON-DAILEY

Conditioned to 'add', I now choose to subtract clutter from my life and to-do list, and it has preserved my mental health

BY EDIKAN UMOH

I want to go back to celebrating my father on Father’s Day, so I talked to the folks who found ways to keep this day special even after losing a loved one

BY JENNIFER HAKIM

Because your sweetheart may enjoy this a lot more than a box of chocolates

BY JENNIFER HAKIM

Here's a list of our favourite vegan influencers to help you do Veganuary right

BY CHOUROUK GORRAB

These 5 UK-based charities directly help marginalised communities through LGBTQI allyship, safe spaces, refugee integration, food redistribution, and more

BY JENNIFER HAKIM

With a whole lot of generational baggage and a complex heritage, I laughed at all the micro-aggressions thrown my way, and I wish I'd understood why earlier

BY JENNIFER HAKIM

Maybe we should view recovery from heartbreak, however protracted, as a success at learning rather than a failure at love

BY ROSIE WILBY

As someone who has adopted, I have high hopes for the Government's new national adoption strategy, and what it means for LGBTQIA+ families

BY DAMIAN KERLIN

Perhaps art is meant to shake us to the core, but a little warning is appreciated

BY CHLOE JOHNSON

"Instead of pushing myself onto a seat at a table, I’ve decided to create a new table for all those who deserve to have their voice heard.”

BY ANMOL IRFAN

Being Nigerian, I knew I could not go to my mum or dad when I started getting consecutive depressive episodes: they would just try to pray it away

BY EDIKAN UMOH

Today has been called "freedom day", but for those of us with disabilities and chronic illnesses, it's the start of a new nightmare

BY RACHEL CHARLTON-DAILEY

To all the mutuals who brought us joy and comfort throughout the past year, without asking anything in return

BY SABRINA FEARON-MELVILLE

Bi+ erasure takes many forms, and I’m getting tired of constantly fighting for my identity to be recognised and taken seriously

BY JESS AMY DIXON

The ‘Period Positivity’ movement is creating space for more open and honest discussions about periods, but for some, menstruation can be a traumatic experience - which is why Natracare is encouraging a more nuanced conversation

BY SHARNA WAID

We must be critical of the racism within our own communities while also acknowledging the immigrant complex and its roots

BY SUMAIYA AHMED

“It’s been deeply painful to have to watch white women come to the same conclusions that the Black community and others have been shouting about for decades.”

BY BANSEKA KAYEMBE

Viewing it as a ‘phobia’, as if it was similar to having a fear of spiders or heights, completely minimises the experiences of Muslim people

BY SHAHED EZAYDI

The reasoning behind ‘collaborative filtering’ and ‘race filters’ may be more complex than we think

BY ASYIA IFTIKHAR

It started with empty Chinatowns, then the violence followed

BY KATE NG

Forcing DNRs on vulnerable disabled patients confirms that the UK still supports eugenics - and is just the next stage of the systemic oppression and destruction of disabled people

BY HANNAH SHEWAN STEVENS

Moving back to my seaside hometown I was reminded that in the UK, Black lives still don’t really matter

BY BANSEKA KAYEMBE

This year will be different, because we can do better

BY SAKSHI UDAVANT

Rules number one: Don’t tolerate any of it.

BY ADRIANNA NINE

Sisterhood magic manifests in surprising places.

BY FRANCESCA BAKER

Pandemic dating is a thing,

and having the ‘Covid talk’ has become

the new norm

BY SOHEL SARKAR