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.

TEAM DIVA • FROM READING MARATHONS TO SELF-CARE, HERE’S WHAT #TEAMDIVA HAS PLANNED FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

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Editor’s letter

A letter from our publisher

5 Inspirational quotes for International Women’s Day

TikToks to follow this March

Connect with your COMMUNITY

March into spring with our Self-care guide

You said it… • #FebruaryIssue

#podDIVA

INSTAGRAM • OUR FAVE ACCOUNTS THIS MONTH

Get the look: Villanelle • NAME A BETTER DRESSED ASSASSIN… WE’LL WAIT

DIVA Meets: Anti Diet Riot Club • GET READY TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR BODY

Free in my body • ARAXIE BOYADJIAN shares her journey from sexual shame to self-ownership

How not to win at dating • ELLA DEVEREUX urges you to take the plunge and make the first move

And Just Like Gen Q… • ROXY BOURDILLON imagines the ultimate queer TV crossover

REBEL WITH A CAUSE • TAYLOR HICKSON, STAR OF MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM, TALKS EXCLUSIVELY TO DIVA AND REVEALS HOW THE TRAILBLAZING TV SHOW DIDN’T JUST TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF QUEER FANS AROUND THE WORLD, IT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HER LIFE TOO

The first Black queen • BRIDGERTON’S GOLDA ROSHEUVEL TALKS ALL THINGS SERIES TWO, REVEALS WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AS A BLACK LESBIAN ACTOR AND REFLECTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TWO SIMPLE WORDS: “WHAT IF?”

girl, transcending • AJ CLEMENTINE ON THE EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF TRANS FRIENDSHIP

Why do we still have to fight to start a family ? • THE DIVA IVF SURVEY PROVES THAT FERTILITY ACCESS FOR LGBTQI WOMEN AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE IS FLAWED

GROWING • WHATEVER YOUR SKILLS, WHOEVER YOU ARE, GROWING IS FOR US ALL

“If you hide, it doesn’t go away…” • ELEANOR NOYCE INVESTIGATES THE NEW TIKTOK TREND HELPING LGBTQI FOLKS SHARE THEIR COMING OUT STORIES AND FEEL LESS ALONE

DIVA meets Grace Barber-Plentie • THE FILM PROGRAMMER FOR BFI FLARE TALKS PLATFORMING BLACK, PLUS-SIZE REPRESENTATION ONSCREEN

BFI Flare • EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE QUEER FILM EVENT OF THE YEAR

3 Flare films you don’t want to miss!

Gateways Grind • A GROUND-BREAKING NEW DOCU-MENTARY ABOUT THE ICONIC LES-BIAN CLUB IS PREMIER-ING AT HIS YEAR’S BFI FLARE. WE SPOKE TO SOME OF THE AWESOME WOMEN INVOLVED TO FIND OUT MORE

“Here we all are. We exist” • DIANA SOUHAMI, AUTHOR OF NO MODERNISM WITHOUT LESBIANS, REMINISCES

“Freedom to be oneself” • THE ARTIST MAGGI HAMBLING SHARES HER RECOLLECTIONS

“My lesbian hormones were raging” • LGBT POET LAUREATE TRUDY HOWSON LOOKS BACK AT NIGHTS DOWN THE GATES

Tran in the Wild West • ACTOR, YOUTUBER AND PODCAST HOST ABIGAIL THORN SHARES HER COMING OUT STORY, WHAT IT’S LIKE BEING A VISIBLE TRANS LESBIAN, AND HER ROLE IN THE UPCOMING SERIES...