Editor’s letter

Queer people have always been here. You know

These sapphic couples make us believe in love

This Valentine’s Day let’s celebrate some of our fave IRL romantic rep

5 awesome aro characters onscreen

To celebrate Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (16 to 22 February), here are the figures who changed representation

The DIVA collection

Urge To Merge Hazy IPA (and other beers)

Connect with the community

Save the date for these upcoming events

4 films to watch this LGBT+ History Month

Get ready to learn more about queer history with popcorn to hand

Real life romcom

Queer romance author LILY LINDON chats to two IRL loved-up protagonists

TRANSKATERS

Welcome to London’s queer skate scene

Instagram

Our favourite accounts this LGBT+ History Month @rainbowhistoryclass

You said it...

DIVA Community on Facebook posts we’re obsessed with

Who is your L Word soulmate?

Take our quiz to see where you would fit on The Chart…

Do you have queer burnout?

ELLA GAUCI is tired of being your token queer educator at the pub

Pitching low-cost lesbianism

GRACE CROWLEY wants to know, when did being queer get so expensive?

Homophobia bought my flat

YASMIN VINCE ponders what to do with an unexpected inheritance

CHLOE PETTS IS KEEPING HER EYE ON THE BALL

ELLA GAUCI speaks to the stand-up superstar about football, her new show and surviving the Fringe

Kind iVF

How London Women’s Clinic is standing for fertility equality

Is jealousy destroying your relationship?

The green-eyed monster kept showing up in my relationships, but what was really going on?

From Hot Lesbian Action to The Pride Fighter

Discover WWE’s wild history with sapphic representation

The five dates that changed my life

GRACE CROWLEY ref lects on her dating story

“Nice nipples!”

“Thanks, it’s a tattoo…”

SEX WORKERS

ELLA GAUCI learns about the fight for equality, rights and justice in sex work activism

Pearl Mackie

ELLA GAUCI speaks to the star of Ballet Shoes about queer representation, chosen family and childhood dreams

Queens Of Drama

YASMIN VINCE meets the trailblazers behind the must-see film at this year’s BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

What is it like to be an LGBTQIA film programmer?

BFI Flare’s Grace Barber-Plentie on her creative career and queer representation

And the Oscar goes to....

Who will take home trophies at this year’s Academy Awards?

Screen

OUR TOP PICK: TV SERIES Yellowjackets season

Quintessa Swindell is in their prime

The star of Apple TV+’s latest show talks hacking, nonbinary rep and queerness onscreen

Live shows

Get your tickets now!

Music

PICK OF THE MONTH: EP Shygirl

Books

FICTION Stag Dance by Torrey Peters The

Thank you for calling the Lesbian Line

ELIZABETH LOVATT on the women who called and volunteered on the 1990s Lesbian Line

The power of Queer Art

CHARLIE CRAGGS chats to friend, curator, author and authority on all things Queer Art, Gemma Rolls-Bentley

How queer people are (re)defining beauty

Taking back the power, in the form of makeup

Things they don’t tell you when you’re a single bisexual woman

ELLA GAUCI gives us the lowdown on dating beyond the binary

How the legacy of one genderfluid icon is inspiring a new generation

ELLA GAUCI heads to Cape Town to discover the magic of Kewpie

Queer in Kenya

Meet the organisation fighting discrimination and building LGBTQIA community in rural Kenya

How I found sanctuary in nature as a queer Black woman

The great outdoors is waiting to greet you SAYS TONI MURPHY

What it’s like to be aromantic in a love-obsessed world?

This Valentine’s Day, DIVA speaks to the aro community about breaking down misconceptions

We’re stronger together

We must unite, in love and in rage, if we are to achieve change

My journey through sex toys

ALI HENDRY looks back on her first, favourite and most recent straps

Is lesbian bed death real?

ELLA GAUCI investigates whether there’s any truth behind the myth

Fat is not a bad word

It’s time to rethink how we view our bodies

My secret sex diary

Lily* discusses setting boundaries in her first polyamorous relationship AS TOLD TO ELLA GAUCI