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EDITOR’S LETTER

MORE YOUNG BRITS ARE COMING OUT AS BI, SAYS NATIONAL

LETTERS

Hi DIVA folks, I just want to say a massive

LIFE AFTER AFTERELLEN

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PERSON OF THE MONTH: WONDER WOMAN

She’s been in the closet since 1941, but Wonder Woman

PICK NMIX

1 BULL & DAGGER You’ll feel gender-blendingly awesome in this

Why we love... Katie Cornhill

THIS FIREFIGHTER AND EX-MARINE DOESN’T STOP KICKING ASS WHEN SHE’S CLOCKED OFF AT THE STATION

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES SELECTED BY JANE CZYZSELSKA AND ROXY BOURDILLON

Diving into a digital detox

VICKY BEECHING SWITCHES OFF HER SMARTPHONE IN A QUEST TO READ MORE BOOKS

The meaning of marriage

CIVIL-PARTNERED FOR THREE YEARS, JANE HILL WONDERS WHETHER IT’S TIME TO CONVERT

Who are the men trying to join lesbian dating app Her?

Pretending to be someone else online is nothing new. For

We need more #BlackGirlMagic

PHYLL OPOKUGYIMAH TALKS ABOUT IDENTITY, SEPARATISM AND CELEBRATION WITH THE WOMEN BEHIND BLACK GIRLS PICNIC

Whose story is it?

JUNO ROCHE BELIEVES IT’S TIME TV COMPANIES STOPPED TELLING TRANSITION STORIES

No-kay Cupid

ELEANOR MARGOLIS CAN SEE WHY FED-UP STRAIGHT WOMEN JOKE ABOUT “GOING GAY”

NICOLA ADAMS

THE OUT BI BOXER WHO SCOOPED HER SECOND OLYMPIC GOLD IN RIO THIS YEAR TALKS TO DIVA INTERVIEW JANE CZYZSELSKA

Hoops and Dreams

CARRIE LYELL SHOOTS SOME HOOPS WITH PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT TO CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF MOVING THE BALL FORWARD IN THE US WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

GOLDEN GIRLS

ROXY BOURDILLON MEETS THE FIRST SAMESEX MARRIED COUPLE TO WIN OLYMPIC GOLD TOGETHER

Forbidden lives

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE A FORBIDDEN LIFE? SOPHIE WARD HEARS FROM THE PANELISTS SET TO DISCUSS THE TOPIC AT THIS YEAR’S HOMOTOPIA FESTIVAL IN LIVERPOOL

The hearts will go on

DIVA FILM EDITOR LUCY PETERS ASSESSES THE IMPACT OF THE GROUNDBREAKING 1986 FILM AND TALKS TO DIRECTOR DONNA DEITCH

FILM & ONLINE

Czech audiences must be familiar with the grim story of

A manifesto for all

BISEXUAL TRANS ACTIVIST AND AUTHOR JULIA SERANO ARGUES FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE FEMINISM

BOOKS

It’s not easy being the only gay in the village

TELEVISION

The wait is over as Gillian Anderson returns for a

The Slow Bern

JEMMA REDGRAVE, AKA HOLBY CITY’S BERNIE WOLF, TELLS KAITE WELSH WHY SHE DIDN’T WANT HER CHARACTER TO RUSH INTO ROMANCE

Keeping it real

OUT ACTRESS LENA WAITHE ON PLAYING GAY IN THE HIT NETFLIX COMEDY MASTER OF NONE

“ You can’t not learn from writing a book like mine”

DIVA CATCHES UP WITH THE GUITARWIELDING GODDESS LAURA JANE GRACE

MUSIC

She’s playfully guarded about her origins (her official bio says

BE HERE NOW

WITH STRESS AND ANXIETY DRIVING SO MANY LB WOMEN INTO THE CLOSET AT WORK, WHAT CAN WE DO TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES?

What’s it like to be… a composer?

JUSTINE BARKER GIVES DIVA THE INSIDE SCOOP ON COMPOSING MUSIC FOR FILM AND TV

Costa Rica THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME

ADVENTURE, LUXURY AND SUSTAINABILITY - MERRYN JOHNS DISCOVERS YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL IN THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN PARADISE

FIRST CLASS

Paris will be removing nearly one million padlocks, equalling 45

The family way

THERE ARE AS MANY ROUTES TO PARENTHOOD AS THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LGBT FAMILY. HEATHER PEACE EXPLAINS WHY (AND HOW) SHE DID IT HER WAY

we are family

LGBT ALLY SINITTA TAKES DIVA ON A VERY PERSONAL TOUR OF HER MANY ALTERNATIVE FAMILIES

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