Stephanie Beatriz

GOODBYE LONDON, HELLO EDINBURGH!

EDITOR’S LETTER

DICTUM DIVA

In the spirit of cover stars Rose and Rosie, tell us something no one else knows… #Overshare

YOUR SHOUT

I’m writing quickly just to let you know how much your

VOICES

Butches are still almost invisible in mainstream media

PICK’N’MIX

Say hello to our latest obsessions

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES SELECTED BY ROXY BOURDILLON

Dapper DIVA

BODY POSITIVE FASHION BLOGGER LOTTIE L’AMOUR SHOWS OFF HER HYPER FEMME, HYPER FABULOUS SENSE OF STYLE

Queer eye for the femme gal

FROM DRAG QUEENS TO DISCO DIVAS, ROXY BOURDILLON IS CRAZY ABOUT CAMP CULTURE

Straight talk

ARE “STRAIGHT WHITE MEN” REALLY THE ENEMY? ASKS OLIVIA JONES

Calling out call-out culture

TIME TO STOP THE “ECHO CHAMBER OUTRAGE” AND BE A LITTLE KINDER, SAYS CERIAN JENKINS

Building something to be proud of

LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE OUR OWN CULTURE, SAYS REETA LOI

Comfortably queer

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DEFINE LESBIAN CULTURE? ASKS ELEANOR MARGOLIS

The mother

HOW DID ALEXANDRA WARD FEEL WHEN HER DAUGHTER, ACTOR AND MODEL SOPHIE WARD, CAME OUT? SHE TELLS DIVA HER STORY

Unfriending Instaculture

YOU CAN’T BUILD CULTURE IN A VACUUM, SAYS JORDAN GRAY

KISSED by a ROSE

TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF THREE BRAND NEW PROJECTS, YOUTUBE MEGASTARS ROSE AND ROSIE OVERSHARE WITH ROXY BOURDILLON

A tale of two freaks

MAGGIE KIRKPATRICK AND PAMELA RABE TALK ABOUT THE LEGENDARY CHARACTER, PRISON OFFICER JOAN “THE FREAK” FERGUSON

” We didn’t want to lose our community”

FORMER DIVA EDITOR JANE CZYZSELSKA TRACES THE LINEAGE OF LBQ WOMEN’S GLOBAL MEDIA TO FIND OUT THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS

YouTube sweetheart

CONTENT CREATOR AND TV PRESENTER JESSICA KELLGREN-FOZARD ON SELF-BELIEF, FINDING TRUE LOVE AND DATING WITH DISABILITIES

Game changer

DANIELLE MUSTARDE SPEAKS TO FILMMAKER DESIREE AKHAVAN ABOUT SELF-DOUBT, TELLING QUEER STORIES AND HER NEW FILM, THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST

THE SCENES THAT SHAPED HOW I SEE SEX

LEXI BICKELL TAKES DIVA ON A JOURNEY THROUGH HER VIEWING HISTORY

SCREEN

This new comedy-drama set in the Latinx communities

Comedian of consequence

GROUNDBREAKING STAND-UP COMIC CAMERON ESPOSITO ON DOCUMENTING QUEER HISTORY AND MAKING JOKES IN THE #METOO ERA

”The work of love”

CARRIE LYELL SHARES AN EMOTIONAL MEETING WITH KAREN DUNBAR

RoxXxan #No Filter

THE RAPPER OPENS UP ABOUT BEING OUTED IN THE PRESS AND PLAYING EMMELINE PANKHURST IN A HIP-HOP MUSICAL

Queer as Folk

GRACE PETRIE TELLS DANIELLE MUSTARDE WHY SHE’S HOPEFUL ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION

I am who I am

DANIELLE MUSTARDE MEETS WEST END STAR RIA JONES AND FINDS OUT WHAT LIFE’S LIKE AS AN OUT LESBIAN UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT

MUSIC

Hunter, the third album from Anna Calvi, was written

BOOKS

Thames & Hudson’s Big Idea series covers subjects

Phoenix from the ashes

LGBT SPACES ARE DISAPPEARING FAST – BUT IS THE SITUATION REALLY AS BAD AS IT SEEMS? CARRIE LYELL SEARCHES FOR A SILVER LINING

Step off our rainbow

WHERE IS THE LINE BETWEEN APPRECIATION AND APPROPRIATION, ASKS CARRIE LYELL

Banking on change

MEET THE LGBT+ WOMEN AND THEIR ALLIES FROM LGBT NETWORK SPECTRUM SMASHING THE GLASS CEILING AT BARCLAYS

Work hard, play hard?

KATE BARKER ON WHY SHE IS SUSPICIOUS OF FUN…

What’s it like to be an… Opera Director?

AUSTRALIAN CREATIVE ADENA JACOBS GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON LIFE AS AN OPERA AND THEATRE DIRECTOR

Ontario

DANIELLE MUSTARDE TAKES A TRIP TO ONTARIO, CANADA, TO DISCOVER WHAT THE PROVINCE HAS TO OFFER

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Back to the island

ELLEN TOUT SAMPLES ISLAND LIFE AT UK PRIDE

Go Thai, Be Free

SIX YEARS AFTER HER LAST VISIT, CARRIE LYELL HEADS BACK TO THAILAND TO FIND OUT JUST HOW QUEER IT REALLY IS

DIARY

NOW THAT WE CAN ALL VENTURE OUTSIDE WITHOUT MELTING, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THESE COOL, LATE SUMMER HAPPENINGS…

Queer culture quiz

GRAB A BREW AND A BICCIE, THEN PUT YOUR LEZ/BI SMARTS TO THE TEST

HOROSCOPE

A magnificent gaggle of wild women pop up. You might