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...article in The Independent in February 2020. Ruby is not the first or last child that has experienced this. Hair policies that disproportionately impact Black or mixed-race children, compared to other children, are probably illegal, and this has been clarified by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). As a family, they have been networking and collaborating to...

...we want to see if we are to make societal change. Below are some insightful and moving articles of Lived Experiences of individuals in the South Asian community and who identify as LGBTQI+. How LGBTQ+ members of the South Asian diaspora navigate stigma and stress South Asian Heritage Month: I'm proud of who I am and being LGBTQ+ Being young, LGBTQIA+, and South Asian...

...article, Farnaz Rais looks at challenging the ownership of ethnic origin in identity...I’ve often been asked where I’m from and when I respond in the hope that it’s a sufficient answer to the question, there’s usually the expected follow-up question; ‘yes, but where are you really from?’ It’s a familiar question for most people of colour. Some people respond...

...article about the understudied relationship between Black women and their hair, one researcher writes: ‘If cultural theorists want to understand how Black women and girls view their worlds, it is essential to understand why hair matters to them’ (Bank, 2004). For the vast majority of Black women and girls, hair is not just hair; it contains emotive qualities that are...