Sharan Dhaliwal 🍉🏳️‍🌈

Hello!

I'm looking for queer and trans people to tell their positive stories please! About love, dating, euphoria, hobbies, family - just really nice stories - for @metro.co.uk Real Life section 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

More PoC, faith, disabled & working class voices pls ❤️

PAID£

Email me:
sharan.dhaliwal@metro.co.uk

tweet by the late Dawn Foster from Sep 4th 2020 "Matt Goodwin once emailed me to accuse him of being racist when I called him a “racist whisperer” and I had to explain to him that horse whisperers aren’t horses."

RIP to a real one

thanks!

in case you’re wondering, my new hair is my entire identity now 🙏🏽

The events of the past 48 hours have laid bare Keir Starmer's utter inability to stand up to Donald Trump - and this weakness could have serious consequences for the safety of British people.

No more illegal wars. Introduce a prevention of military intervention act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice.

The majority of people in this country do not want us to be involved in this war.

Keir Starmer of a few years ago wouldn't have supported this war.

The only reason he does now is he will do anything Donald Trump wants - and it makes us all less safe.

hope Matt Goodwin disappears into the little hellish cavern he spawned from

I'm an Indian woman - Suella Braverman is a risk to us both As ever with Reform, it is all problems and no solutions.

“This woman of Indian heritage wants to get rid of the very thing that could shield her from any kind of discrimination she could face – because if she experiences any racism, or sexism, it is the Equality Act that protects her.”
Me for Metro

metro.co.uk/2026/02/18/i...

The only thing worse than Jim Ratcliffe’s comments was his ‘apology’ He really believed that Britain was ‘colonised’ by immigrants, that those coming to the UK sincerely have taken control of this country.

𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 ‘𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝’𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬
"It isn’t just an interesting bit of trivia from the past – it’s the very reason that many countries have refugees, through the legacy of displacement and economic disparity."
metro.co.uk/2026/02/12/t...

Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.

Send me an email with 'PITCH: [Your headline]' in the subject matter, a couple of paragraphs of what you want to write - tell the story a bit here so I know what I'm commissioning and let me know if you've been published before - send a link of something you're proud of.

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Have a look at what we publish before you pitch: metro.co.uk/tag/real-life/

Hello!
I'm looking to commission more first person stories at Metro UK - in mental & physical health, parenting, scams, weird dates or an interesting/funny travel experience.
Queer, trans, PoC, disabled, young people, first time writers - get in my inbox.
PAID.
sharan.dhaliwal@metro.co.uk

Blair and Netanyahu are perfect for Trump’s fake Board of Peace This feels like satire – but so does everything Trump says.

“I don’t believe Trump, Netanyahu or even Blair are looking to bring peace to Palestine. Everything we know about these men suggests they are concerned exclusively with looking after their own financial and military goals.” metro.co.uk/2026/01/23/b...

Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.

This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.

My photos have been sexualised online – but I've escaped Grok I couldn’t stop thinking about what people were doing while looking at my photos.

“I’m glad I left that horror of a site in April last year – by then, it was a cesspool of racism, far-right misinformation and the kind of bad AI and offensive caption combination that you might normally see forwarded from a dodgy uncle.”

Me for @metro.co.uk metro.co.uk/2026/01/13/p...

Thank you! ❤️

Scrapping non-crime hate incidents is a gift to racists

“No matter the government’s intentions, racist, religious, sexist, homophobic or transphobic abuse – which often leads to violence – could become even more commonplace under these proposed policing changes.”

Me for Metro ✍🏽 metro.co.uk/2025/12/23/s...

there’s people out there defending a pedo rapist. this is a child’s foot. no one can excuse or support this man or anyone he brought into his world.

Bookshop owner unsure how much longer business can stay open "I’m even looking for a second job in the evenings just so I can pay my own rent. Running a bookshop isn’t quite as glamorous as it may seem"

If you live in Bristol, love horror and want to support local businesses, please consider doing some of your Christmas shopping at The Haunted Bookshop in Stokes Crofts.

You may have seen Monika at some of our events and her shop is a wonderful sanctuary for those looking to find their people.

Keir Starmer’s shock at homophobia is absurd and ignorant Queer people are simply not feeling safe in the UK.

“With the Labour Party’s apparent fall into becoming a Reform-esque government with hard-right policies, they are attracting more of a hard-line narrative on underrepresented groups. Studies have shown those who are anti-immigration tend to be homophobic and transphobic”
metro.co.uk/2025/11/27/k...

almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.

decided to pick up a painting i worked on 3 years ago - this is 2 hours of work!

It soothes my bitter heart to know that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he will never, ever be funny

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I have seen a lot of 'dont comment on women's bodies' etc posts about the Wicked press & i generally agree but the normalisation and celebration of ever-shrinking forms is being blasted into the retinas of thousands of young girls across the world & that is also bad

If anyone can take a photo of page 2 of the Metro newspaper and send it to me, I would greatly appreciate it x

Shabana Mahmoud suggesting we seize the assets of refugees to pay for their asylum, literally robbing people not only of their jewellery - ripping gold from their necks - but taking their memories and ancestral lineage with it. Absolutely needlessly vicious.

Sonia Sarkar, FGM In The UK: A Common Sexual Assault On Migrant Women Alannah Francis, My daughter, 15, was murdered by her ex. It must be called domestic abuse Shanti Das, ‘Would love to see her faked’: the dark world of sexual deepfakes – and the women fighting back Alia Waheed, For Muslim women, images of us without our hijabs can be as damaging as nude photos Anna Moore, ‘There is no safe way to do it’: the rapid rise and horrifying risks of choking during sex Sharan Dhaliwal, Too many crimes against women of colour are being ignored Lucy Morgan, Bonnie Blue, Channel 4 and the problem with commodifying sexual violence

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