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Free life-changing opportunities

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EROTIC ART LEAVES HILARY MITCHELL FEELING SOMEWHAT INADEQUATE…

The workplace closet

CERIAN JENKINS OFFERS SOME ADVICE FOR WHEN WE WANT TO BRING OUR WHOLE SELVES TO WORK

People change

JORDAN GRAY ON HOW SHE FINALLY CAME OUT… AS A COMEDIAN

Swimming against a tide of oppression

SWIMMING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GENDER RECOGNITION ACT, SAYS OWL FISHER

Keep on truckin’

ELEANOR MARGOLIS FANTASISES ABOUT LIFE ON THE OPEN ROAD

AT HOME WITH HEATHER PEACE

AHEAD OF THE DIVA MUSIC FESTIVAL, ROXY BOURDILLON SPENDS THE DAY IN BRIGHTON WITH THE ACTOR, SINGER AND MUM OF THREE

Introducing THE DIVA MUSIC FESTIVAL

HEATHER PEACE AND LINDA RILEY REVEAL WHAT THEY’VE GOT PLANNED FOR THE EVENT OF THE YEAR

SMALL but mighty

DAYDREAMING OF A CAREER CHANGE? DANIELLE MUSTARDE SPOKE TO THREE ENTREPRENEURS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO’VE CARVED OUT NEW CAREERS AS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT REALLY TAKE TO GO IT ALONE

It’s your girl, Amber

ROXY BOURDILLON HANGS OUT IN AMBER’S CLOSET AND GETS TO KNOW THE WOMAN TAKING YOUTUBE BY STORM

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A rush of love to the head

SINGER-SONGWRITER RACHAEL CANTU TELLS DIVA ALL ABOUT HER NEW EP, LOVE RUSH

The doctor will see you now

KAITE WELSH CHATS TO HOLBY CITY’S CATHERINE RUSSELL ABOUT BERENA, FEMINISM AND BEING A LESBIAN ICON

FIREDUP

DANIELLE MUSTARDE MEETS SINGER-SONGWRITER KARIMA FRANCIS TO CHAT LIFE, LOVE AND LONDON

Rainbow IN THE CLOUDS

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ONLINE FILM

The eponymous NYC nightclub beloved by the queer community

BOOKS

Perri’s energetic follow up to 2016’s The Assistants

MUSIC

I Owe You Nothing is Seinabo Sey’s first new music

Invisible no longer

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QUEER FACES OF THE COMMONWEALTH

A STUNNING NEW SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWCASES ACTIVISTS FROM ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH

OUT IN FORCE

AHEAD OF ARMED FORCES DAY, ANN MILLER-MCCAFFREY SPEAKS

How to climb the career ladder

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A professional cyclist, Crystal Lane competed in the

Queer as Cork

CARRIE LYELL HAS A GAY OLD TIME IN IRELAND’S SECOND LARGEST CITY

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