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.

On how they’ll be celebrating Pride season

Editor’s letter

A letter from our publisher

LGBTQIA progress in numbers • Let’s look into how far we have come since the first Pride

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Connect with your community • There are so many ways to celebrate Pride with other LGBTQIA folks this month, but here are a few suggestions...

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Pride month bucket list • Ensure your Pride season is brimming with queer joy with DIVA’s to-do list

Style #PrideSzn

We need more butch for butch romance • We all know lesbian and bisexual characters are rare, and butch characters are practically non-existent. But please, where are the butch for butch storylines?

The ultimate bi symbol? A nose ring • As I sit anxiously in my piercer’s room, waiting for him to stick a suspiciously long needle into my nose, I can only think of two things. One: my grandma is going to kill me. Two: I have never felt gayer.

How online fandom helped me find myself • “You know how I’m attracted to Matthew Daddario from Shadowhunters? I’m attracted to Felicia Day from Supernatural in the same way.” That’s what I messaged my best friend six years ago when I first came out to her.

Love, Amber • Amber Whittington of Amber’s Closet fame TALKS TO NIC CROSARA about love, life and activism

#Trans People Are Loved • I felt completely unprepared to navigate life as a trans and non-binary person. When I came out five years ago, it was like stepping into another world. However incredibly liberating it was to finally begin embracing my true identity, there were challenges and so much amplified hatred for our community at the time.

If you’re going to your first Pride…

Finding the queer parent me: from the school gate to Butch, Please!

To the baby gay in me, you survive this

The big gay wedding special • Congratulations, you’re en-gay-ged! Now it’s time to plan the perfect queer wedding…

The glorious rise of Lesbian Jesus • To celebrate Hayley Kiyoko’s debut novel, we deep-dive into her meteoric ascent to sapphic superstardom

Music

Here is everything • ELEANOR NOYCE catches up with The Big Moon’s Soph Nathan and Celia Archer to chat about parenthood, cultivating queer friendships and their latest album

Screen

Her royal highness • Bridgerton spin-off, Queen Charlotte, has us totally hooked – not least because of the pure brilliance of its star, out lesbian actor Golda Rosheuvel. We spoke to the bonafide icon to give you, dearest gentle reader, the Regency-era T.

Books

Daring to be different • When it comes to parenting a gender non-conforming child, I’ve learned that there’s a fine balance between protecting them and supporting them in who they are. Kids can certainly be cruel. However, it’s the adults creating the narrative...