VOICES

MOVING BEYOND THE STEREOTYPICAL FAMILY

There are a lot of adjectives you could use to describe

YOUR SHOUT

ALWAYS WITH THE T

LGBTQI ICONS

RENOWNED QUEER POET STACEYANN CHIN, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THEA WILKINS

Why we love… AfroQueer

TUNE IN TO THIS INDISPENSABLE PODCAST SPOTLIGHTING QUEER AFRICAN STORIES

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES SELECTED BY ROXY BOURDILLON

Making babies

ELEANOR MARGOLIS REFLECTS ON WHAT THE IDEA OF FAMILY MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR HER

On the a-gender

ADEDAMOLA BAJOMO, BETTER KNOWN AS DRAG KING MR WESLEY DYKES, MUSES ON THE CONCEPTS OF MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY

Carol and the rise of the lesbian Christmas film

ROXY BOURDILLON CELEBRATES CAROL SEASON, DARLINGS

We’re going on a sperm hunt

FINDING A SPERM DONOR CAN LEAD TO SOME STICKY SITUATIONS, SAYS OLIVIA JONES

Celluloid family

THERE’S FAMILY, AND THEN THERE’S FILM CREWS, SAYS JORDAN GRAY

Dare to connect

VALENTINO VECCHIETTI’S SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS MEANINGFUL

Passion. Progress. Porter.

BETTE IS BACK! TO CELEBRATE THE MOMENT, JENNIFER BEALS HAS A HEART-TO-HEART WITH ROXY BOURDILLON ABOUT QUEER SEX SCENES, SAVING THE PLANET, AND THE LONG-AWAITED RETURN OF THE L WORD

Merry Sexmas

OUR HANDY GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR FESTIVE FREAK ON

The annual Diva Christmas gift guide

NEED A LITTLE HAND DYKEING THE HALLS? WE’VE GOT YOU

Your word on The L Word

The L Word: Generation Q will be on Sky Atlantic and

Who’s who in Generation Q

PREPARE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THESE BRAND NEW CHARACTERS

SCREEN

Created by Marja-Lewis Ryan

Everybody Needs Good Gaybours

KATIE MARGARET HALL DISCUSSES LEZ/ BI STORYLINES WITH THE CAST AND CREW OF AUSSIE SOAP OPERA NEIGHBOURS

MUSIC

Human

Baby, it’s cold outside

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? SAARA AALTO CHATS GROWTH, FIRST LOVE AND CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS THE FINNISH WAY

BOOKS

MEMOIR

“We all need to be loved”

ELLA BRAIDWOOD SPEAKS TO THREE PEOPLE SPENDING THIS CHRISTMAS WITH THEIR CHOSEN FAMILIES

WE ARE FAMILY

QUEERING THE FAMILY PORTRAIT

Family FAQs

THINKING OF STARTING A FAMILY USING A DONOR? CRYOS

This is the end… of your period

FELICITAS VAN LAAK EXPLORES QUEER EXPERIENCES OF MENOPAUSE

TOP OF THE POPS

CARRIE LYELL MEETS KISS FM’S CHARLIE POWELL TO FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET AHEAD IN RADIO

the founder of Rainbow Families?

JULES STAPLETON BARNES TELLS DIVA ABOUT ORGANISING EVENTS FOR LGBTQI FAMILIES IN EDINBURGH

How to redefine family

KATE BARKER REFLECTS ON HOW WORK FAMILIES CAN BE SOME OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE AROUND

Human connection

DIVA MEETS A WOMAN MAKING A LIVING FROM LOVE

SLOCOMOTION

DANIELLE MUSTARDE TRAVELS SLOWLY (AND SUSTAINABLY) FROM LONDON TO STOCKHOLM

Home away from home

DIVA ROUNDS UP THE BEST FAMILYFRIENDLY HOTELS IN THE UK

Lis be friends

STEFANIA SARRUBBA GOES ON A DISASTROUS SURFING LESSON IN SUNNY, WINDY PORTUGAL WITH HER STRAIGHT BEST FRIEND

T he Diva diaries

STAY IN THE LESBILICIOUS LOOP WITH THIS HANDY PULL-OUT CALENDAR FOR 2020

DIARY

MAKE YOUR YULETIDE GAY, WHETHER YOU’RE CELEBRATING QUEERMAS OR SASHAYING YOUR WAY STRAIGHT INTO 2020

HOROSCOPE

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