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#LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK

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DIVA Meets: Midgitte Bardot

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Editor’s letter

Do you remember the first time you saw

Yes, I’m queer, but I’ve never dated a woman

ELLA GAUCI on learning to balance her dating history with her identity

Goodbye long hair, hello lesbianism

IZZIE JONES remembers going under the (short) chop for the first time

Coming out… again

NIC CROSARA unpicks their relationship with compulsory cis-heteronormativity

BEING KELLY

THE NATIONAL TREASURE TALKS EXCLUSIVELY TO DIVA ABOUT HER COMING OUT JOURNEY, BEING GAY IN THE ARMY AND MENTAL WELLBEING

WE FEEL MOST SEEN AT NIGHT

LESBIAN SPACES ARE REBORN AFTER DARK

Gender Heroes

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRANSGENDER, NON-BINARY AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING TRAILBLAZERS WHO ARE CHANGING THE WORLD

IS QUEER POLYAMORY A RADICAL FEMINIST ACT?

HOW POLYAMORY INTERROGATES THE PATRIARCHY BEHIND THE MONOGAMOUS BLUEPRINT

A digital archive of my queerness

WE ALL HAVE VIRTUAL RECORDS OF OUR QUEER LIVES ON OUR PHONES. GEORGIA DIMDORE-MILES EXPLORES HERS AND DISCOVERS WHAT THIS ACT OF NOSTALGIA CAN ACHIEVE

Working class butch

NEW EXHIBITION WE/US IS A LOVE LETTER TO LESBIAN VISIBILITY

Queer love for a long, long time

NIC CROSARA EXAMINES THE POWER OF LGBTQIA REPRESENTATION ON HBO’S ‘THE LAST OF US’

MY LIFE IN SEA CREATURES

NON-FICTION While stories about LGBTQIA lives have successfully

ROSEWATER

FICTION Alright, I’m calling it. We’re only part

CONTENT WARNING: EVERYTHING

POETRY COLLECTION Over the course of their career

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Wedded wife

RACHAEL LENNON INVESTI-GATES THE FEMINIST HISTORY OF MARRIAGE

THE POWER

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LEZ CELEBRATE THESE SHIPS

These fictional WLW characters serve up onscreen visibility

GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES

Watching Sandy’s transformation at the end of Grease

SHADOW AND BONE

The highly anticipated second season from one of

Trash-talking, The L Word and #CancelYourGays

WITH THE RECENT NEWS OVER THE FATE OF A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT THE L WORD: GENERATION Q?

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JOY OLADOKUN Proof Of Life

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Balance

The ballad of O’Hooley & Tidow

THE TRAIL-BLAZERS OF FOLK MUSIC TALK SURANNE JONES, MOTHER-HOOD AND THEIR GLORI-OUS NEW ALBUM

Preserved in words

HOW THE LAVENDER MENACE QUEER BOOKS ARCHIVE IS DOCUMENTING OUR PAST AND INSPIRING THE FUTURE

And the nominees are...

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR THE 2023 LSEG DIVA AWARDS! HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

How to get a girl to notice you…

...WITHOUT DYING OF EMBARRASS- MENT

Domestic abuse happens in LGBTQIA relationships too

JESSICA* SHARES HER STORY

A space to call your own

CONSIDERING SHARED OWNERSHIP? ONE HOUSING EXPLAIN MORE

Putting intersex visibility centre stage

VALENTINO VECCHIETTI reflects on working with theatremaker Mojisola Adebayo

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SEEKING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT WHILE STILL HAVING FUN

Sex onscreen

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TOY MARVELLOUS FOUR-PIECE BY SATISFYER In all honesty,the

MY SECRET SEX DIARY

LAURA REFLECTS ON HER JOURNEY TOWARDS A VAGINISMUS DIAGNOSIS AS TOLD TO ELEANOR NOYCE