“i want young people to feel like they belong”

Growing up in a very insular Muslim community in east London, my life was dictated by tradition. I am gay and non-binary, but for my family, I was simply “a son” — the bearer of the family name, the d

Marcie’s life had taken a brutal turn, but she vowed to prove everybody wrong…

IN AN AGE OF COMPARISON CULTURE AND GLOSSY SOCIAL-MEDIA LIVES, IT’S HARD NOT TO QUESTION YOUR OWN PROGRESS. BUT THERE’S NO RIGHT PATH TO LIFE AS THESE WOMEN, WHO ARE TURNING CONVENTION ON ITS HEAD AND SHARING WISDOM AS THEY GO, DEMONSTRATE…

Just a child, I had no idea how bad things would get

Our lives, your lives... that’s life!

I can’t go to my pitch every single day like I used to because I have moved to Newport and it’s a long way from there. I have to take the train and the bus so it takes time and sometimes I can’t affor