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FINDING OUR WAY TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN THE NEW YEAR

EDITOR’S LETTER

LETTERS

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CONTRIBUTORS

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In case you missed it…

MONTHLY ROUND-UP OF NEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUTNEWS GLOBAL EDITOR AJ HIGGINSON

VOICES

Our favourite FLOTUS has proved her awesomeness yet

PICK’N’MIX

SAY HELLO TO OUR LATEST OBSESSIONS

Why we love… Paula Varjack

WRITER/PERFORMER/FILMMAKER/UNSTOPPABLE WOMAN

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES SELECTED BY JANE CZYZSELSKA

New Year’s Revolution

TO CHANGE THE WORLD, BEGIN WITH YOURSELF. VICKY BEECHING SETS HER INTENTION FOR 2017

Can they take away our rights?

WITH TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE THEY’RE NOT GUARANTEED, SAYS JANE HILL

For us, self-care is not a luxury

HOW CAN ACTIVISTS AVOID BURN-OUT, ASKS PHYLL OPOKUGYIMAH

Are we better at sharing the load?

HEATHER PEACE REPORTS FROM THE FRONTLINE ON HOW FAMILY AND WORKLIFE IS SHARED IN A SAME-SEX HOUSEHOLDS

Yes; girls can catch stuff from girls

ELEANOR MARGOLIS GOES IN SEARCH OF AN STD CLINIC

Golden Finnish

CARRIE LYELL CHATS TO SINGING SENSATION SAARA AALTO

DIVA 250 AWARDS

CELEBRATING INSPIRATIONAL LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND QUEER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY

How to change the world

WHEN MAKING YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS, WHY NOT AIM HIGH? WE ASKED SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE WORLD-CHANGING WOMEN FOR THEIR ADVICE ON HOW TO BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN 2017

Lesbians in Bangladesh

AFTER THE MURDER OF LGBTQ ACTIVISTS, THE SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRY’S QUEER COMMUNITY IS FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL

“How I survived”

IN THE DARKEST TIMES, WHO HELPS YOU THROUGH? DIVA READERS SHARE THEIR STORIES

What will you do to stay healthy in 2017?

LUCY FRY EVALUATES SOME OF 2017’S BIGGEST HEALTH TRENDS\

The Handmaiden

SARAH WATERS TALKS TO SOPHIE WARD ABOUT A NEW FILM ADAPTATION OF HER NOVEL, FINGERSMITH

FILM & ONLINE

A tech company’s Christmas bash gets out of hand in

TELEVISION

What better way to welcome the New Year than back in

BOOKS

Revathi, born in Tamil Nadu in the 1960s, quickly realised

VG LEE’S OBJECT OF DESIRE

Since discovering a knack for writing in her 40s, VG

MUSIC REVIEWS

Reality TV artists come and go, but New Orleans-born

Food for thought

In becoming the dietitian I am today I had to unlearn

What’s it like to be a… massage therapist?

Mercedez Gonzalez is a totally rad massage therapist

Brighton lights the way to gay UK

Like many queer travellers, I had long been hearing

FIRST CLASS

We all know New Year’s resolutions and promises of

Yeah BABY!

The reason why there isn’t a one-stop shop of complete

My family

Family is the only corner of the world where other

TOMBOY X

DIVA FINDS OUT MORE ABOUT THE UNDERWEAR BRAND FOR EVERY

JANUARY & FEBRUARY HOROSCOPE

CHARLENE LICHTENSTEIN READS THE QUEER STARS FOR YOU

Rewarding diversity

WHEN BUSINESS AND COMMUNITIES MEET, IT’S GOOD FOR EVERYONE SAYS THE FOUNDER OF THE EUROPEAN DIVERSITY AWARDS

EDA 2016 WINNERS

Minister for social dialogue, consumer affairs and

SWEAT FACTOR

EXERCISE-FEARING FEMME ROXY BOURDILLON ROAD TESTS THE LATEST WORKOUTS

DIARY

WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR WITH MORE ART, COMEDY, DRAG, MUSIC AND DEBATE THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT

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