FINDING SPACE FOR YOUR WHOLE SELF

Putting together this issue has made me think a lot

WELCOME

I have been listening to the series of “discussions”

VOICES

Congratulations to Paris Lees who has been named as

PICK’N’MIX

Say hello to our latest obsessions

Paula Akpan

NICOLE GARCIA MERIDA HAS HEAPS OF PRAISE FOR THIS BLACK GIRL FESTIVAL CO-FOUNDER

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES SELECTED BY ROXY BOURDILLON

Dapper DIVA

BASS AND TRAP ARTIST GODLANDS ON BOYISH FASHION, BARGAIN SHOPPING AND BODY IMAGE

Say no to Lesbian Bed Death

ROXY BOURDILLON GOES ON AN EROTIC ADVENTURE WITH HILARIOUS CONSEQUENCES

It’s written in the stars

ARE HOROSCOPES GOOD FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH? WONDERS OLIVIA JONES

Keeping myself sane

REETA LOI SHARES SOME OF THE TOOLS SHE USES TO KEEP HERSELF HAPPY AND HEALTHY

“Cheer up love…”

ELEANOR MARGOLIS GETS ALL AGGY AT THE GYM

The spaces inbetween

CERIAN JENKINS EXPLORES CONFLICT IN BODY AND MIND

Body and mind: can’t we just be mates?

“SCIENTIFIC MARVEL” JORDAN GRAY EXAMINES THE TRANS EXPERIENCE

The real Colette

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY AND DENISE GOUGH OPEN UP TO ROXY BOURDILLON ABOUT THEIR NEW FILM AND FEMINISM

CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES

SIX WOMEN TELL DIVA ABOUT BIG CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES

feel good factor

We’ve all heard the statistics around LGBTQI+ mental health – we’re one and a half times more likely to develop depression and anxiety compared to the rest of the population, and experience more suicidal thoughts and self-harm than cis heterosexual women. There’s no quick fix, but there are ways we can tweak our routines, train our minds and reframe our perspective to support our wellbeing and help us feel good, believes Ellen Tout. Here’s 10 to try.

Swati Mandela in conversation with Lady Phyll

DIVA’S PHYLL OPOKUGYIMAH MEETS NELSON MANDELA’S GRANDDAUGHTER

Your new favourite

ROXY BOURDILLON SPEAKS TO RACHEL WEISZ AND EMMA STONE ABOUT THEIR NEW SAPPHIC PERIOD DRAMA

MUSIC

We’ve loved Bang Bang Romeo since their beginnings.

Simply Wandaful

COMEDIAN WANDA SYKES TALKS COMING OUT, FALLING IN LOVE AND BEING BEZZIES WITH ELLEN

Beck to the Future

ACTOR REBECCA ROOT TALKS TRANS REPRESENTATION SINCE BOY MEETS GIRL, AND WHY THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR TRANS PEOPLE

BOOKS

Robin Talley has cornered the market in “queer books

SCREEN

Sex, blackmail, lies and backstabbing: it’s all going

Clarissa explains it all

CARRIE LYELL PUTS THE WORLD TO RIGHTS WITH SILENT WITNESS STAR LIZ CARR

INTERSEX EQUALITY

ACTIVIST VALENTINO VECCHIETTI EXPLAINS WHY 2019 IS THE YEAR TO INCLUDE THE I

Queen of QUEERLESQUE

DANIELLE MUSTARDE SPEAKS TO RUBYYY JONES ABOUT THE SEXUAL SPARKLE OF QUEERLESQUE

Through the keyhole

DIVA READER KATE BOUVERIE GIVES US A PEEK AT HER BOUDOIR AND EXPLAINS WHY IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HER

Art attack

PROFESSIONAL DOODLER CARA HOLLAND SHOWS DIVA HOW TO DOODLE YOUR WORRIES AWAY

What’s it like to…work with your wife?

THE FOUNDERS OF A MANCHESTER-BASED CREATIVE AGENCY, KATIE AND EMMA NATTRASS-DANIELS TELL US WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AS A NORTHERN POWER COUPLE…

How to be happy at work

WHY HAVING A GOOD MOAN IS SOMETIMES GOOD FOR HR

IN-HER CITY CYCLING

DANIELLE MUSTARDE JOINS FOUNDER OF INDIE DESIGN BRAND GOODORDERING, JACQUI MA, FOR A CYCLE THROUGH LONDON’S HIP EAST SIDE

Girls ♥ Brussels

DANIELLE MUSTARDE TURNS A QUEER FEMALE GAZE ONTO BELGIUM’S CAPITAL FOR THIS LEZ/BI WEEKENDER

Brussels: bumper edition

TIME TO SPARE? SQUEEZE THESE QUEER-FRIENDLY GEMS INTO YOUR BRUSSELS BREAK…

In pictures DIVA Music Festival 2018

WE LOOK BACK ON THE WEEKEND THAT WAS

DIARY

ARE WE ALL SUITABLY FULL OF MINCE PIES? GOOD. IT’S TIME TO SEE IN 2019 IN ALL OF HER GLORY…

Sapphic self care

A TOOLKIT TO MAKE YOU FEEL COMFORTED, EMPOWERED AND AWESOME (BECAUSE YOU TOTALLY ARE)

HOROSCOPE

Powerful Aries goddess, your energy sizzles as we step