DIARY

WHAT DOES WELLBEING MEAN TO YOU?

Putting together this month’s issue has made me reflect

LETTERS

My partner and I are both in our 50s and have been

MEDIAWATCH

If for some reason you were in any doubt about the

PERSON OF THE MONTH ELLIOT HUNTER

Give it up for drag royalty Elliot Hunter, who was

PICK N’MIX

Retro style with modern attitude michelinepitt.com

Why we love…Pride’s Got Talent

FEEL-GOOD, FABULOUS AND FULL OF RAINBOW FUN

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES SELECTED BY ROXY BOURDILLON

Dapper DIVA

WE TAKE A PEEK INSIDE AMBER’S CLOSET FOR SOME SERIOUS STYLE INSPO

World-weary and waging war

PHYLL OPOKUGYIMAH ASKS: IS TIREDNESS A RADICAL ACT?

Practising kindness

“One of my hardest battles is to hear my own voice

Friend or foe?

“It’s hard to look in the mirror and see what we’re

The science of sleep

“The idea of being left in the dark with nothing but

A STAR on the RISE

ACTRESS VICTORIA BROOM CHATS TO ROXY BOURDILLON ABOUT LGBT REPRESENTATION, MARCELLA AND #METOO

ROAD TO RECOVERY

LOUISE V TAYLOR EXAMINES THE RISE OF EATING DISORDERS IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND ASKS WHAT WE CAN DO

What is qi gong?

CERTIFIED TEACHER CLAUDIA CAHALANE EXPLAINS…

INHALE. EXHALE REPEAT

ELLEN TOUT DISCOVERS WHY YOGA IS REALLY A PRACTICE OF QUIETENING THE MIND, AND HOW THIS CAN HELP US OVERCOME TRAUMA AND OBSTACLES

WAKING UP with Adele Roberts

BBC RADIO 1’S RESIDENT DJ TALKS TO ROXY BOURDILLON ABOUT BIG BROTHER, EXERCISING WITH HER GIRLFRIEND, AND BEING OUT ON THE AIRWAVES

TELEVISION

Like the rest of the world it seems, we’re big fans

BOOKS

From the first page of Reeve’s masterful debut, we

Tove Jansson, Too-ticky and a life of pride

MOOMIN TALES HAVE BEEN DELIGHTING READERS FOR DECADES. NOW IT’S TIME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR CREATOR’S QUEER LEGACY, SAYS CHRISTOBEL HASTINGS

Pots & pans exual

AS MY DAD WROTE A PORNO EMBARKS ON A MASSIVE TOUR, WE ASK, IS BELINDA BLUMENTHAL A FEMINIST ICON?

If not now, then when?

JORDAN GRAY QUIZZES HER FORMER VOICE UK COACH PALOMA FAITH ON MOTHERHOOD, THE ARCHITECT, AND WHY RELATIONSHIPS ARE A BIT LIKE PIES

MUSIC

Marieme is a presence as glamorous as she is brutally

Old soul

DANIELLE MUSTARDE MEETS VIRGINIA-BORN SINGER-SONGWRITER LUCY DACUS

FILM & ONLINE

You, Me And Him is a rare thing – a British comedy

Queers without beers

CLAUDIA CAHALANE MEETS THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MINDFUL DRINKING MOVEMENT, CLUB SODA

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

CELEBRATING THE “GROWN UPS” CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE WORLD FOR LGBTQ+ CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

THE BEST MUMMY SNAILS IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD

“I fell into writing by accident. When I started as

My family

VICTORIA STOCK NEVER IMAGINED THE PIVOTAL ROLE THE CHURCH WOULD PLAY IN HER COMING OUT STORY

WORKIN’ NINE ‘TIL FIVE (is enough)

DANIELLE MUSTARDE FINDS OUT HOW TO PRACTISE BETTER WELLBEING AT WORK

How to cope with stress

KATE BARKER SHARES HER TIPS FOR BEATING THE BURDEN OF STRESS AT WORK

DIVA SUBSCRIPTION OFFER

What’s it like to be a… mindfulness therapist?

STEPHANIE UNTHANK TELLS DIVA WHY MINDFULNESS IS HER SUPERPOWER

LOVE AND PRIDE IN ATLANTA

ROXY BOURDILLON VISITS ATLANTA PRIDE AND DISCOVERS AN LGBT PARADISE WITH SOUTHERN CHARM

Enchanted April

JONATHAN PHANG VISITS A BALEARIC FAVOURITE, BELMOND LA RESIDENCIA

DIVA does…Margate

SOPHIE BROWN EXPLORES THE TOWN DUBBED BY MANY AS “SHOREDITCH ON SEA”

ESCAPE TO THE Country?

JOANNA WHITEHEAD SPEAKS TO TWO WOMEN TO FIND OUT IF THE RURAL DREAM IS JUST THAT

How to lose a girlfriend in one day

WHAT’S IN A RELATIONSHIP ROLE? A BUTCH/FEMME COUPLE SWAP LIVES FOR 24 HOURS TO FIND OUT

APRIL HOROSCOPE

MICHELE KNIGHT READS THE QUEER STARS FOR YOU

THE DIVA COMPATIBILITY QUIZ

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