A WORD FROM OUR PUBLISHERS

A huge welcome to this landmark issue of DIVA – our

LETTERS

I love DIVA. But I feel a bit disconnected from the

CONTRIBUTORS

A passionate activist for over a decade, Cerian campaigns

In case you missed it…

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

VOICES

“I just need to be myself”. Those were the words of

PICK’N’MIX

Raise a glass (or five) to the women who flew Spitfires

“DIVA told me I was normal”

HOW DIVA HELPED HEATHER PEACE ACCEPT HERSELF

“I discovered DIVA in my own time”

JANE HILL WISHES SHE’D FOUND DIVA SOONER

Let us take to the streets

IT IS TIME TO MAKE OUR ANGER VISIBLE, SAYS PHYLL OPOKUGYIMAH

Beyond the trans tipping point

NON-BINARY PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE VISIBLE, SAYS CERIAN JENKINS

“I discovered DIVA on the shelves of my family’s newsagent”

REETA LOI SHAW ON BECOMING A VOICE FOR BRITISH ASIAN LGBTI PEOPLE

All you need is beers and queers

ELEANOR MARGOLIS LOOKS BACK AT 10 YEARS ON THE SCENE

ALL CROWN UP

THE SINGER-SONGWRITER OPENS UP TO ROXY BOURDILLON ABOUT BABIES, TRUMP, AND WHY SHE ALMOST QUIT MUSIC FOR GOOD

Back to the future

DIVA IS 23 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR AND WE’VE HAD FUN LOOKING BACK THROUGH OUR ARCHIVE AT SOME OF OUR EARLY COVERS! BUT WHAT DID YOU LOOK LIKE IN 1994, WHEN THE FIRST ISSUE WAS PUBLISHED? WE FIRED UP THE DELOREAN TO FIND OUT

DIVA 250

FROM “LESBIAN CHIC” TO #GIRLCRUSH, ROXY BOURDILLON DISSECTS THE MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF LESBIANS AND BI WOMEN THROUGH THE 90S AND 00S, UNTIL NOW…

And the winners are…

YOU’VE BEEN VOTING IN YOUR THOUSANDS FOR THE WINNERS OF THE INAUGURAL DIVA AWARDS. HERE THEY ARE

You’ve come a long way, DIVA

CHARLOTTE DINGLE TAKES A LOOK AT BISEXUAL VISIBILITY IN DIVA OVER THE DECADES – THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Fighting for LGBT Rights in Nigeria

ACTIVISTS IN THE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY AGAINST A TIDE OF VIOLENCE

BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER

RUTH HUNT CHATS TO JACQUI GAVIN ABOUT STONEWALL’S COMMITMENT TO TRANS EQUALITY, AND THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN 2017

We can’t wait for: GIRL WORLD

Physical spaces for lesbians and bi women to hang out

Shining Star

AJ HIGGINSON MEETS WRITER AND CULTURAL CAMPAIGNER, STELLA DUFFY OBE

MUSIC

The New York Times hailed her as “Arabic music’s modern

ALYNDA LEE SEGARRA:“IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET DOWN WITH BEYONCÉ”

DORA MORTIMER MEETS THE NATIVE NEW YORKER BEHIND COUNTRY MUSIC OUTSIDERS, HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF

MAKING HER MARK

FILM DIRECTOR, ACTOR AND ARTIST LISA GORNICK TALKS TO JANE CZYZSELSKA ABOUT HER LATEST FILM AND LIVE DRAWING SHOW

FILM & ONLINE REVIEWS

What do you get when you take Sarah Waters’ much-loved

TELEVISION

If you like your web series smart, energetic and hella

BOOKS

Michelle Tea’s latest novel starts on familiar ground.

I’m biased. And so are you

DIVERSITY SPECIALIST SASHA SCOTT EXPLAINS WHY WE NEED TO TACKLE BIAS AT WORK – AND HOW CHOCOLATE CAN HELP

What’s it like to be a… band manager?

AMI JAY, FOUNDER OF AJM ARTIST MANAGEMENT, ON LIFE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Now’s the time For New Orleans

ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST DIVERSE CITIES TURNS ON THE CHARM FOR QUEER WOMEN

Get into gear Top 10 rides 2017

IF YOU’RE PLANNING WHERE TO GO ON YOUR HOLIDAY THIS YEAR, HOW ABOUT MAKING IT AN ADVENTURE ON TWO WHEELS?

DIVA SUBSCRIPTION OFFER

BUY OUR PRINT & DIGITAL COMBINED SUBSCRIPTION AND

FIRST CLASS

Anonymous graffiti artist and filmmaker Banksy has

Everything you need to know about egg-sharing

THINKING OF STARTING A FAMILY? EGG-SHARING COULD REDUCE YOUR COSTS AND HELP ANOTHER WOMAN TO CONCEIVE

My Family

KAYLEIGH LUNAN-SMITH ON THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF CO-PARENTING AS A COUPLE WITH A KNOWN DONOR

APRIL HOROSCOPE

CHARLENE LICHTENSTEIN READS THE QUEER STARS FOR YOU

My Big Fat Queer Quiz

TEST YOUR POP CULTURE KNOWLEDGE WITH OUR LGBTEASERS

CROSS WORD

27. Actress who was in a relationship with Tasya Van