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Letter from the Editor

As we went to press we learned that the London

Orlando: Queer Black Lives Matter

When I finished watching Roots, a remake of the original

Why we love… HANNAH HAUER KING

Hannah Hauer King is tackling the gender imbalance head-on with

“We must be, like, now – whatever now is”

The last year has seen Eileen Myles take up her

BREXIT: WHAT NOW FOR LGBT PEOPLE?

As dawn broke across the UK on Friday 24 June,

Dating While Bi

Compared to the US, Britain’s formal dating culture is frankly

Wild about Wentworth

Four seasons in, and Wentworth – the Australian prison drama

UK Gay Bar Directory

Lamenting the erasure of ever more LGBTQ venues, artistic duo

How to... Win at public speaking

A bit like the Girl Guides – and who wasn’t

A racing car driver

Doing something that I’m passionate about, following my ambitions, travelling

QUEER SUMMER READS

Choosing what to read over summer isn’t always easy: It

BOSELECTA!

Every summer, the historic city of Edinburgh is invaded by

MEASURING BIAS

This morning I read that the Scottish Episcopal church voted

Sixth sense

“Gaydar” is an almost universal concept. Most people, whether they

EAT what LOVE you

Ruby Tandoh has vacated Twitter, or so I discover some

AFTER RLANDO

I woke up to the news from Orlando on Sunday

BEFORE YOU WERE BORN

You don’t have to be a mother, or even a

Ain’t nothing going on but the rent

A few years ago, I received an email from someone

Sounds lesbian

Does this sentence sound lesbian? Apart from having the word

How To Avoid A Brexit Breakdown

I voted Remain and since the EU referendum I’ve been

Scene Queens

PICK’ N’MIX

Even your bag will be body-positive when you’re rocking this

VOICES

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why some tragedies

SHIT LESBIAN DISCO

What happens when five women get together to do something

STEPPING THROUGH SAPPHIC TIME

“Here it is possible for everyone to be happy in

Velvet Ibiza 2016

We are plunging through darkness when the window lights up

FIRST CLASS

Travel photographer Jackie lives in LA and normally jets around

MISS MUSCLE

I am a great believer that we hold a huge

NO PROBLEM

DIVA editor Jane Czyzselska is a qualified integrative counsellor, registered

TECHNOLOGY FOR THE LOVERS

Couple lets you and your partner share messages, videos, and

DIARY

Get your rocks off if you’re Scots and if you’re

MUSIC

If Patterson’s last album – 2015’s brilliant Woman To Woman

FILM & ONLINE

In Pedro Almodóvar films, mother-daughter relationships have a depth and

BOOKS

JT LeRoy is one of the queerest literary hoaxes of

LETTERS

As a trans woman, I read with interest the feature

STAY AT THE STAR WITH PRIDE…

Make tracks to East Sussex from bustling Brighton or London