Celebrating the inspiring Black women who have lifted up and advocated - not only for themselves but for their sisters and their community.
With almost three million followers on TikTok alone, disability campaigner Fats is a social media star with clout. Standing at four feet tall, the comedian and author used to be nervous about going out in public places but has built up her confidence as well as her voice to raise awareness.
She has an army of followers online – bolstered by her appearance on Channel 4’s Undateables – and works to improve visibility for the Black disabled community. This includes encouraging brands‘There was no representation [for me] – I felt so alone when I was younger,’ Fats told the BBC last year.Lady founded UK Black Pride after feeling ‘unwelcome’ in previous years
Lady Phyll is also executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust, an organisation fighting for LGBTQIA+ rights around the world. She was offered an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list in 2016 in recognition of her work but she politely refused it in rejection of ‘colonialism and its toxic and enduring legacy’.Trades Union Congress race relations committee, Lady Phyll has also won numerous awards for her work.
The magazine and podcast championed the perspectives of women and non-binary people of colour and helped many young writers launch their careers in a largely white, male industry, and boasted around 333,000 online visitors by 2021. gal-dem folded earlier this year due to financial instability caused by Covid and the economic downturn.
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