The website has six content sections: arts, lifestyle, music, news, opinion, and politics.
In addition to its online format, it produced one printed issue a year.
[3][4] In 2016, the gal-dem editorial collective curated an event at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of its Friday Lates series.
It showcased work by contemporary young artists of colour and was described in The Guardian as "nothing short of breathtaking".
[5] In August 2018, the gal-dem team guest-edited an issue of The Guardian's Weekend magazine.