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Instagram

Our fave accounts this month

Butch icon s we love

We’re crushing on these hearthrobs this #InternationalButchAppreciationDay (18 August) and beyond

Autumnal queer playlist

These songs are sure to hit you in the feels

Connect with the community

Save the date for these upcoming events

Back to school!

Did you know about these bisexual pioneers?

DIVA Meets Michelle de Swarte

The actor, comedian, writer and former model talks

Which fictional bi babe would be your bestie IRL?

Bisexual Awareness Week takes places 16 to 23 September, so let’s celebrate with this fun quiz!

And the results are in! Drum roll, please. If you got mostly...

As Photo Netflix You’re creative, fun

Editor’s letter

I am in the hot new lesbian bar

I’m tired of pretending my ex-boyfriends don’t exist

To mark Bisexual Awareness Week this September, ELLA GAUCI EXPLAINS why the bi community is fed up of hiding

Trans kids deserve to grow up

My solidarity campaign puts young trans+ people at the centre, WRITES DEE WHITNELL

Sex + Islam + feminism = comedy?

ZAHRA BARRI ponders the power of comedy in overcoming stigma

Confessions of a double U-Hauler

NIC CROSARA SHARES how they learned to stay authentic while dating

Dyke overflowing

National treasure Miriam Margolyes has a heartto -heart with ROXY BOURDILLON about love, lesbianism and her extraordinary life so far

Welcome to the DYKE renaissance

Meet the trailblazers shaking up the nightlife scene BY ROXY BOURDILLON Photo shoot by AMY LAUFFER NEFF @_REALROCKNROLLA

We need fertility justice now The DIVA Longread

NANCY KELLEY unpicks the discrimination, stress and lack of clarity still faced by queer people starting a family

Intergenerational conversations

Communication and connection across generations is such an important aspect of community. To spark dialogue between different age groups, we asked DIVA readers aged 25 and under to send us their dilemmas so that DIVAs over 40 could offer some sage advice

Are dating apps over?

ELLA GAUCI GOES speed-dating to see if IRL events are really the answer to finding love

Fresh meat

It’s that time of year again. Young adults around the UK are packing their lives away into boxes. Soon they’ll be waving goodbye to their families and heading to their university accommodation. Maybe you’re among them. This new chapter can prove to be a time for epic self-discovery, no matter your background. But what is this experience like when you’re LGBTQIA?

How social media became our favourite LGBTQIA history teacher

ELLA GAUCI investigates how the internet has empowered a new generation of students

Call them daddy

NIC CROSARA REFLECTS on their journey to trans fatherhood

My eyes are up here

ELLA GAUCI SPEAKS to stand-up comedy star Sarah Keyworth about top surgery, TikTok and being a role model

The Umbrella Academy: Season 4

Based on the comicbook series of the same

Screen

FILM Cuckoo Directed by Tilman Singer This horror

Big screen bicons

Three bisexual actors we love

My Old Ass

Maisy Stella talks to NIC CROSARA about her film acting debut and working with Aubrey Plaza

Jedis, pirates and vampires

Abigail Thorn speaks to NIC CROSARA about what inspires her work, the power of representation, and her message for trans young people in the UK

beabadoobee

This Is How Tomorrow Moves beabadoobee’s highly anticipated

Music

ALBUM Gia Ford Transparent Things Alternative pop visionary

Live shows

Get your tickets now! Cat Burns Boardmasters Embrace

Minke

NIC CROSARA TALKS TO the indie -pop darling about making new music and her love story with Cara Delevingne

The power of Queer South Asian representation

Four desi lesbians on the importance of visibility

Pity Party

Daisy Buchanan At 30 years old, perfectionist Katherine

Books

ESSAY COLLECTION You’re Embarrassing Yourself: Stories Of Love,

The Common Press

Queer bookshop corner This gloriously intersectional bookshop is

A return to the shadows

Forbidden love is hot SAYS CRYSTAL JEANS

Mothering in flux

ERICA GILLINGHAM, JEM HENDERSON AND JP SEABRIGHT on the margins of (m)otherhood

What is a bi lesbian?

NIC CROSARA EXPLORES the history of the label

“We chose to rise in love when things got tough”

RAGA D’SILVA ref lects on the events that changed her life and her relationship forever

“Hundreds of venomfilled comments spat with such menace they might crack the screen”

What drives people to post hate speech online?

How embracing gender-neutral underwear changed my life

For me, it’s what’s underneath that counts,

Two girls, one van: the truth about #VanLife

KAY TRAYFORD looks back on one incredible journey on four wheels across Europe

Love is a universal feeling

BOBBI PICKARD ref lects on the transformative power of empathy

What if the grass is greener?

ALI HENDRY encourages us to stop comparing our relationships

Are one-night stands actually good for you?

ELLA GAUCI EXPLORES the pros and cons of queer casual sex

Did you know that having an orgasm can actually shut down your brain?

Have you ever wondered why you can feel

Forget about lesbian bed death!

The National LGBTQ+ Women’s Community Survey, published earlier

Sexy bits

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Mon ami panty vibrator

Lovehoney

My secret sex diary

Hallie* describes her first time experimenting with anal sex,