LETTERS
FINDING ME
I came out four or five years ago. DIVA came out a year before I was born. I can’t actually remember how I discovered it, probably through one of the many gay folk I followed on Instagram. But since I got my subscription, it’s been one of the most important things in my journey to accepting myself. Before I realised I was a lesbian, I felt scared and alone and lost, and when I finally accepted myself, those feelings didn’t just suddenly disappear. But DIVA helped ease them. I found a community in its pages while I found my own in real life. I’m now comfortable in my own skin, happy and healthy, and my love for DIVA has evolved from discovering myself and my LGBTQI+ family, to a celebration of us, in every shape and form we come in as queer womxn. I will be forever grateful to you for giving us a voice, a safe space and standing by ALL of us (#LwiththeT).