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WE’RE STILL BUZZING FROM THE LIONESSES’ WIN AT THE EUROS! BUT JUST HOW SPORTY IS #TEAMDIVA?

A letter from our publisher

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Happy Bisexual Awareness Week, DIVAs!

Connect with your COMMUNITY

Birmingham Pride 2022 | Sat24–Sun25Sept It’s that time

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Running queer, running free

How running helped ELEANOR NOYCE embrace her identity

My existence is no longer up for debate

NIC CROSARA refuses to continue being a talking point

The kids will be alright, eventually

MILLICENT MACHELL reflects on queerness and education over the past decade

A League OF HER OWN

ACTOR AND CREATOR ABBI JACOBSON OPENS UP ABOUT ADAPTING THE ICONIC 1992 FILM FOR TV AND THE IMPORTANCE OF QUEER REPRESENTATION

Can queer friendship be even more powerful than romantic love?

HOW OUR CHOSEN FAMILY SHAPES US

Write it on your skin

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE TATTOOS THAT SCREAM “QUEER” TO THE WORLD?

Hear us roar

AS THE LIONESSES CELEBRATE THEIR EUROS VICTORY, DIVA DISCOVERS HOW WOMEN PLAYING FOOTBALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN GAME-CHANGING FOR THE QUEER COMMUNITY

KT: mind, body and soul

ELEANOR NOYCE CHATS TO KT TUNSTALL ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM, SEXUAL FLUIDITY AND HER COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH FAME

Riding the waves

ELEANOR NOYCE CHATS TO PALE WAVES’ HEATHER AND CIARA ABOUT COMING OUT, SAPPHIC SONGS AND THEIR NEW ALBUM, UNWANTED

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Bisexuality onscreen

TO CELEBRATE BISEXUAL AWARENESS WEEK (16-23 SEPTEMBER), WE INVITED DIVA READERS TO TAKE OUR SURVEY ABOUT BI REP ONSCREEN. FROM YOUR BIGGEST BICONS TO WHAT GIVES YOU THE ICK, HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU HAD TO SAY

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THE ONE AND ONLY JIGGLY CALIENTE TALKS DRAG RACE PHILIPPINES, DRAGCON UK AND COMING OUT AS TRANS

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The uni bubble

WHAT ARE THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF LGBTQI UNIVERSITY LIFE?

Here’s how the cost of living crisis is impacting LGBTQI women and non-binary people

RISING COSTS ARE HITTING OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY HARD

Queer love bombing: romance or abuse?

ELEANOR NOYCE INVESTIGATES THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND “LOVE BOMBING” AND HOW IT’S IMPACTING LGBTQI PEOPLE

A culture of inclusion

VALENTINO VECCHIETTI looks towards the next 50 years and the role the arts play

Dear Ali...

THIS MONTH, ALI HELPS A READER MAKE A DIFFICULT CHOICE

UK Black Pride is breaking records and building community

THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE WORLD’S LARGEST CELEBRATION FOR BLACK AND POC LGBTQI+ INDIVIDUALS

Pillow talk

STRUGGLING TO START A DIALOGUE ABOUT YOUR NEEDS AND DESIRES? DON’T WORRY, WE’VE GOT YOU

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ELENA SHARES HOW HAVING SEX TO MUSIC CHANGED HER RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGASMS

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