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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Editor’s letter

A letter from our publisher

TRENDING LGBTQI • owned or friendly organisations supporting the community this month

YOUR SHOUT

Get the look: Grace and Frankie • WHY NOT TAKE SOME STYLE INSPO FROM THESE TWO ICONS?

DIVA Meets: Ki Griffin • SAY HELLO TO THE TRAILBLAZING ACTOR, ACTIVIST AND DJ

Not going to mask my pride • MILLICENT MACHELL reflects on being visibly queer

Before I say “I do”… • NIC CROSARA examines the marriage inequalities that face LGBTQI couples

I wish I was a celesbian baby. Or do I? • CAIT FINDLAY considers the highs and lows of baby life on the ‘gram

On the right track • IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DIVA PUBLISHER LINDA RILEY, CYCLIST EMILY BRIDGES OPENS UP ABOUT COMING OUT, TRANS INCLUSION IN SPORT AND HOW SHE FINDS THE STRENGTH TO KEEP PEDALLING

How Derry Girls empowered the “wee lesbian” in us all • CLARE DEVLIN’S CHARACTER RAISES THE BAR FOR ROUNDED, HEART-WARMING REPRESENTATION

Feeling myself • AUTHOR NATALIE LEE SHARES HER STORY OF SHEDDING SHAME AND FINALLY FINDING SEXUAL FREEDOM

The TikTok Lesbolution • FROM SAPPHIC THIRST TRAPS TO QUEER COUPLE ACCOUNTS, ALICE WILSON INVESTIGATES THE UNSTOPPABLE RISE OF LESBIAN TIKTOK

Meet the TikTokers serving up WLW visibility • POWER COUPLE CAMILLA AND JULIE LORENTZEN OPEN UP ABOUT BEING QUEER AND VISIBLE ON TIKTOK

A QUEER ROMANCE • MEET LORI-JADE BARKER AND MAX SLACK, TWO QUEER CREATIVES CELEBRATING THE BEAUTY OF LGBTQI LOVE AND PROVIDING THE REPRESENTATION WE NEED TO SEE

Tell me everything • AUTHOR LAURA KAY ON HER LATEST NOVEL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF QUEER JOY IN FICTION

Non-binary joy • BEN PECHEY REFLECTS ON THE POWER OF EMBRACING PLEASURE BEYOND THE GENDER BINARY IN AN EXTRACT FROM THEIR NEW BOOK

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My life would have been different if I had watched Heartstopper when I was younger • SEEING THIS BEAUTIFUL BISEXUAL LOVE IS LIFE-CHANGING

Why I’ll forever be an internet fangirl • FINDING ESCAPISM IN YOUTUBE FAN COMPILATIONS

All Stars Cabaret • DIVA PUBLISHER LINDA RILEY REVIEWS AN EVENING OF EXTREMELY QUEER-FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT, STARRING CLAIRE SWEENEY AT LONDON’S PROUD CABARET, EMBANKMENT

Is pansexuality bi erasure? • THERE ARE MANY STIGMAS THAT SURROUND DIFFERENT SEXUALITIES AND GENDERS. HOW DO WE BREAK FREE FROM THESE WHEN CHOOSING THE LABELS TO DESCRIBE OURSELVES?

WORKING CLASS PRIDE • HOW DOES CLASS AFFECT THE WAY WE NAVIGATE THE WORLD AS QUEER PEOPLE?

Together we rise • VALENTINO VECCHIETTI launches a new campaign for full intersex inclusion

Dear Ali ... • THIS MONTH, ALI HELPS A READER COMMUNICATE THEIR FEELINGS

Your vagina is not broken • THERE’S MORE TO SEX THAN PAIN AND...