DIVA Magazine

DIVA Magazine | July 2016

Our July stars OITNB’s Taylor Schilling, undisputed gay-for-the-stay WASP queen of Litchfield

Also in this issue
Canadian lesbian sibling pop duo, Tegan and Sara
Growing pains: Jack Monroe’s parenting trials and triumphs
Comedian Tig Notaro on the funny side of cancer
Sculptor Anya Gallaccio on her Forever Tree in Manchester
Femme visibility: what it is and why it’s so important
What does it mean to be a woman?
Why are there so few women on music festival playbills?
Why Malta is the best place in Europe for LGBTs
Eleanor Margolis on awkward lesbian dates
LGBT youth say what media they like and dislike
Plus all the very best in life, scene, books, film, music and TV.

DIVA magazine is Europe’s best-selling and most authoritative lifestyle magazine for lesbian and bisexual women.

Our aim is simple – to bring you the latest trends and talent at the cutting edge of popular lesbian and bisexual culture. Each month you will find in-depth interviews, engaging features and photo shoots with some of the most influential and admired women from our community. On top of this we cram in page-after-page of news, opinion, entertainment and the arts, humour, travel and much more besides.

The digital edition packs an extra special punch - look out for exclusive photo galleries and behind-the-scenes videos that you won’t find anywhere else. Whether you prefer to read DIVA magazine on a smartphone, tablet or laptop you’ll never have to leave home without it. For best results, download when connected to a wifi hotspot.

With so much going on, it’s no surprise that DIVA magazine is THE trusted source of information for lesbian and bisexual women the world over.

As a subscriber you'll receive the following benefits:

A discount off the RRP of your magazine

Your magazine delivered to your device each month

You'll never miss an issue

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You'll receive 12 issues during a 1 year DIVA Magazine magazine subscription.

Note: Digital editions do not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with printed copies.

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However for iOS we recommend an iPad 2 (2nd gen)/iPhone 3 or better for performance and stability. Earlier models with lower processor and RAM specifications may experience slower page rendering and occasional app crashes which are outside of our control.

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7 Customer Reviews

Great magazine for queer women Reviewed sabato 3 giugno 2017

I love this magazine. It's aimed at bisexual women as well as lesbians and I was pleased to find an article on pansexuality in one issue. As a pan woman I often feel like things with lesbian content isn't "for" me, but I don't find that with Diva. It has a wide range of articles focusing on all kinds of topics, often politics and feminism as well as pop culture and other lighter topics. To improve, it could do with more focus on trans women and non binary people.

I love DIVA Reviewed giovedì 22 gennaio 2015

This is a great magazine. I love it.

...more diversity needed Reviewed giovedì 18 dicembre 2014

It just upsets and annoys me that women of colour are constantly made to seem invisible in LGBT+ communities through the constant lack of representation in media outlets. We do exist and we deserve to be represented in lesbian magazines.

Not your ordinary women's magazine Reviewed venerdì 23 agosto 2013 SUBSCRIBER

Amazing how much they pack in every month... Politics, culture, lifestyle, fashion, scene, travel. Ordinary women get as much of a look-in as celebs, which makes a nice change. Varied content aimed at satisfying our diverse community. I'm bi and there's more "for me" in DIVA than any other magazine (straight or queer) that I can think of.

one of a kind Reviewed venerdì 23 novembre 2012

Diva is quite literally one of a kind, it's the only nationwide UK lesbian magazine. It's the 'sister publication' of GayTimes and is aimed at lesbians (and bisexual women) in The United Kingdom and also in Europe. It has a diverse range of articles from gardening tips to TV features, from clubbing guides to fashion features. Although Diva is fairly good many of its readers feel disgruntled that it appears to be aiming at too wide an audience.

Articles in this issue

Below is a selection of articles in DIVA Magazine July 2016.

DIVA DICTUM We often hear from readers who tell us they’re sick of having to “prove” their lesbian or bi sexuality to friends, colleagues and even other lesbians who tell them they don’t “look lesbian”, whateve...

Much Ado About Shakesqueer QUEERING STRAIGHT CULTURE IS ESSENTIAL TO IMPROVING LGBT VISIBILITY, SAYS ROXY BOURDILLON As a fan of lesbianism and Shakespeare, in that order, I was overjoyed to see them combined in Russell T Davi...

And it’s goodbye from me... IN HER LAST COLUMN FOR DIVA, CHARLOTTE COOPER THANKS YOU, HER READERS PHOTO SARA DAVIDMANN This is my last column. If you’ve been keeping up you will have read nearly 25 thousand of my words over the ...

Friends, or maybe more? ELEANOR MARGOLIS HAS HAD ENOUGH OF AWKWARD LESBIAN DATES “I love your hair,” she says. “I’m tempted to go short, but I don’t think I could pull it off.” I lean into the table. “Oh, I bet you could,”...

Why We Love Tegan And Sara (you to death) HOW THE DYNAMIC DUO STOLE OUR HEARTS – AND YOURS We haven’t stopped playing Love You To Death, the infectiously upbeat new album from Canadian indie pop twins Tegan And Sara, since its release earlie...

“WE ARE NOT YOUR AVERAGE FASHION SHOW” RAINBOW FASHION WEEK FOUNDER JAG BECKFORD TALKS ABOUT DIVERSITY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE FUTURE OF FASHION DIVA chatted with Jag Beckford, founder of Rainbow Fashion Week and dapper clothing company J...

DIVA Magazine | July 2016

Our July stars OITNB’s Taylor Schilling, undisputed gay-for-the-stay WASP queen of Litchfield

Also in this issue
Canadian lesbian sibling pop duo, Tegan and Sara
Growing pains: Jack Monroe’s parenting trials and triumphs
Comedian Tig Notaro on the funny side of cancer
Sculptor Anya Gallaccio on her Forever Tree in Manchester
Femme visibility: what it is and why it’s so important
What does it mean to be a woman?
Why are there so few women on music festival playbills?
Why Malta is the best place in Europe for LGBTs
Eleanor Margolis on awkward lesbian dates
LGBT youth say what media they like and dislike
Plus all the very best in life, scene, books, film, music and TV.

As a subscriber you'll receive the following benefits:

A discount off the RRP of your magazine

Your magazine delivered to your door each month

You'll never miss an issue

You’re protected from price rises that may happen later in the year

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You'll receive 12 issues during a 1 year DIVA Magazine magazine print subscription.

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DIVA Magazine | July 2016

Our July stars OITNB’s Taylor Schilling, undisputed gay-for-the-stay WASP queen of Litchfield

Also in this issue
Canadian lesbian sibling pop duo, Tegan and Sara
Growing pains: Jack Monroe’s parenting trials and triumphs
Comedian Tig Notaro on the funny side of cancer
Sculptor Anya Gallaccio on her Forever Tree in Manchester
Femme visibility: what it is and why it’s so important
What does it mean to be a woman?
Why are there so few women on music festival playbills?
Why Malta is the best place in Europe for LGBTs
Eleanor Margolis on awkward lesbian dates
LGBT youth say what media they like and dislike
Plus all the very best in life, scene, books, film, music and TV.

As a subscriber you'll receive the following benefits:

A discount off the RRP of your magazine

Your magazine delivered to your device each month

Your magazine delivered to your door each month

You'll never miss an issue

You’re protected from price rises that may happen later in the year

You'll receive 12 issues during a 1 year DIVA Magazine magazine subscription.

Note: Digital editions do not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with printed copies.

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DIVA Magazine | July 2016

Our July stars OITNB’s Taylor Schilling, undisputed gay-for-the-stay WASP queen of Litchfield

Also in this issue
Canadian lesbian sibling pop duo, Tegan and Sara
Growing pains: Jack Monroe’s parenting trials and triumphs
Comedian Tig Notaro on the funny side of cancer
Sculptor Anya Gallaccio on her Forever Tree in Manchester
Femme visibility: what it is and why it’s so important
What does it mean to be a woman?
Why are there so few women on music festival playbills?
Why Malta is the best place in Europe for LGBTs
Eleanor Margolis on awkward lesbian dates
LGBT youth say what media they like and dislike
Plus all the very best in life, scene, books, film, music and TV.

As a subscriber you'll receive the following benefits:

A discount off the RRP of your magazine

Your magazine delivered to your door each month

You'll never miss an issue

You’re protected from price rises that may happen later in the year

Money-back guarantee

You'll receive 12 issues during a 1 year DIVA Magazine magazine print subscription.

Shipping Information

Shipping is included in the price for all subscriptions, single issues, bookazines and merchandise products on Pocketmags. The prices you see are the prices you pay, we do not add additional shipping costs during the checkout. We deliver to the United Kingdom, Europe, United States of America and the Rest of the World.

Shipping Times

All prices for magazine and some newspaper subscriptions listed on Pocketmags include free delivery.

The deliveries are handled by each of our publishing partners. The great thing about a subscription is that in most cases you will receive the issue before it goes on sale in the shops!

Your subscription is most likely to start with the next available issue. The delivery date is determined by the date that you placed your order and the print date of the next available issue.

If you are concerned about a delivery, please contact the publisher of your subscription directly. Alternatively, you can contact us and we will provide you with the details for the publisher.

For weekly publications please allow up to two to four weeks for your first delivery.

For monthly publications please allow up to four to six weeks for your first delivery, although some publishers may have longer lead times.

For bi-monthly publications please allow up to six to eight weeks for your first delivery.

For international delivery and Magazine from Abroad please allow up to ten to twelve weeks for your first delivery.