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

YOUR SHOUT

DIVA Meets: Kerensa • THE GENRE-FLUID MUSICIAN TALKS BIERASURE, COMING OUT AND CELEBRATING HER IDENTITY

New Year, new you? • WANT TO KICK OFF 2023 BY REINVENTING YOUR WARDROBE? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED

Butch is beautiful • GEORGIA DIMDORE-MILES shares her journey to reclaiming her identity

No longer there for you • AMBER MITCHELL-HANNA reflects on the significance of parting ways with LGBTQIA friends

The love of a lifetime • FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS THE L WORD: GENERATION Q’S JENNIFER BEALS HAS PLAYED ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC LESBIANS IN TV HERSTORY. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE DIVA INTERVIEW SHE OPENS UP ABOUT THE MAGIC OF BETTE AND TINA, HER ACTIVIST AWAKENING AND HER HOPES FOR THE FUTURE

HOW TO FIND GENDER JOY IN 2023 • AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW YEAR, LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME WAYS TO NURTURE MORE TRANS AND NON-BINARY JOY

GRRRL IN PRINT • INSIDE THE ZINE LIBRARY CELEBRATING QUEER FEMINIST COUNTERCULTURE

Time to try dry dating? • DIVA EXPLORES WHY MORE LGBTQIA WOMEN AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE ARE SEEKING LOVE SOBER

I was a bad lesbian • SONORA CHASE SHARES THE LIFE- CHANGING LESSONS SHE LEARNED FROM COMING OUT IN THE

Are dinosaurs transphobic or trans icons? • NIC CROSARA EXAMINES THE EVOLUTION AND POLITICS OF EMOJIS THROUGH A QUEER LENS

ALL THE RAGE • NIC CROSARA EXPLORES THE RENAISSANCE OF FEMALE AND QUEER FURY ONSCREEN

Written in the stars • ASTROLOGER MICHELE KNIGHT ON LOVE, COMPATIBILITY AND WHY QUEERS ARE OBSESSED WITH HOROSCOPES

THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS • RENEÉ RAPP, ALYAH CHANELLE SCOTT, AMRIT KAUR AND PAULINE CHALAMET TALK TO DIVA ABOUT THE SECOND SEASON OF THE BELOVED COMING-OF-AGE DRAMEDY

SCREEN

Which A League Of Their Own character are you? • FIND OUT WHICH ONE OF THESE NEW ALL-TIME QUEER FAVES MATCHES YOUR PERSONALITY

BOOKS

MUSIC

Boxes can be reimagined • THE SINGER- SONGWRITER ON SEXUALITY AND NEW MUSIC

#ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike • MODEL AND AWARD- WINNING ACTIVIST YASMIN BENOIT TALKS TO DIVA ABOUT INCREASING ASEXUAL AWARENESS

LGBTQIA women and non-binary people are being failed by our healthcare system

How plant care inspires self-care • VALENTINO VECCHIETTI explains how listening to their fern helped them too to bloom

Dear Ali ... • THIS MONTH, ALI HELPS A READER NAVIGATE THEIR NEW WORLD AFTER COMING OUT

I’m a woman and I pay for female escorts • WE NEED TO DITCH STEREOTYPES OF ESCORTS AND THEIR CLIENTS

SEXY BITS

My secret sex diary • LOUISA REFLECTS ON HOW MUTUAL MASTURBATION INJECTED...