DIVA

DIVA is Europe’s best-selling and most authoritative lifestyle magazine for lesbian and bisexual women. Our aim is simple – to bring you the latest trends and talent at the cutting edge of popular lesbian and bisexual culture. Each month you will find in-depth interviews, engaging features and photo shoots with some of the most influential and admired women from our community. On top of this we cram in page-after-page of news, opinion, entertainment and the arts, humour, travel and much more besides. The digital edition packs an extra special punch - look out for exclusive photo galleries and behind-the-scenes videos that you won’t find anywhere else. Whether you prefer to read DIVA on a smartphone, tablet or laptop you’ll never have to leave home without it. For best results, download when connected to a wifi hotspot. With so much going on, it’s no surprise that DIVA magazine is THE trusted source of information for lesbian and bisexual women the world over.

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Diva

Editor’s letter

A letter from our publisher

TRENDING

YOUR SHOUT • Opinions expressed by correspondents and contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors of DIVA magazine or its publishers.

Get the look: Queer showbiz legend • GLADYS BENTLEY AND BILLIE HOLIDAY WEREN’T JUST GROUNDBREAKING MUSICIANS, THEY ALSO SERVED LOOKS THAT COULD KILL.

DIVA Meets: The Log Books • MEET THE TEAM BEHIND THIS AWARD-WINNING PODCAST

Baby, if I had a time machine • NIC CROSARA gets a taste for the Time Warp

Speak up against conversion practices • JAYNE OZANNE calls on us all to support the Ban Conversion Therapy campaign

Just a little bit obsessed… • CAIT FINDLAY asks, am I obsessed with being queer, or is the world not quite designed for me?

My Arab queerness • NISREEN FOX shares the journey to accepting all parts of their identity

Queen of the protest • WE ARE LIVING THROUGH A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN LGBTQI HISTORY. THANKFULLY, WE HAVE TRAILBLAZING ACTIVIST LADY PHYLL FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS AND INSPIRING US TO MAKE CHANGE

AND JUST LIKE THAT • SARA RAMIREZ TALKS QUEER CHEMISTRY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MAKING TV HISTORY AS SEX AND THE CITY’S FIRST NON-BINARY CHARACTER, CHE DIAZ

Disabled–dating–denied • POTENTIAL DATES SEE DISABILITY FIRST, PERSON SECOND, WRITES

Non-monogamy and me • HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC LED US TO RETHINK MONOGAMY AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS?

Checking in with the polyam community • HERE’S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT ALL THINGS NON-MONOGAMY AND LOCKDOWN

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A NON-BINARY LESBIAN? • LET’S EMBRACE THE CHANGING AND FLUID NATURE OF LESBIAN IDENTITIES

YOU ARE A ROLE MODEL.

Start YOUR ENGINES… • MICHELLE VISAGE TALKS RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE SEASON 14, HARLEM BALLROOM CULTURE AND HER PLASTIC SURGERY JOURNEY

SCREEN

The legacy of Anne Lister • FILMMAKER AND YORK UNIVERSITY STUDENT LIV WOODWARD SHARES HER DIARY OF MAKING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT “THE FIRST MODERN LESBIAN”

Queer Black joy for your ears • SETTLE DOWN WITH NANA DUNCAN AND ROSE FRIMPONG, CREATORS OF THE TWO TWOS PODCAST

MUSIC

BOOKS

Her Last Request • MARI HANNAH, THE AUTHOR BEHIND THE DCI KATE DANIELS CRIME SERIES TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST NOVEL

You and your partner need to talk about financial security • IS IT TIME TO STOP TIPTOEING AROUND YOUR FINANCES?

Rainbow family

Dear Ali… • THIS MONTH, ALI ADVISES ABOUT NEW RELATIONSHIPS

I’m a lesbian who used to fake orgasms: I felt like a fraud • ARE ORGASMS REALLY THE PINNACLE OF SEX?

What bisexuality taught me about Sex • ELEANOR NOYCE SHARES HER JOURNEY AND THE LESSONS SHE’S LEARNED ALONG THE WAY

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