DICTUM

One summer, my wife and I rented a villa just outside

YOUR SHOUT

or use the old-fashioned method and drop us a line

VOICES

CHANGE THE GAME

PICK’N’MIX

Say hello to our latest obsessions

LGBTQI ICONS

ELLEN PAGE IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD

Donna Missal

WITH HER SMOKING-HOT DEBUT ALBUM, THE US SINGER PROVES IT’S DEFINITELY HER TIME…

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES SELECTED BY ROXY BOURDILLON

The Holiday edit

NO NEED TO STRESS ABOUT PACKING FOR YOUR SUMMER JOLLIES. JUST TAKE YOUR PICK FROM THIS STYLISH SELECTION

Don’t rock the boat

OLIVIA JONES REFLECTS ON HOW TO STAY AFLOAT DURING FAMILY HOLIDAYS

Life is a journey

REETA LOI REFLECTS ON HOW TRAVEL IS A TIME FOR CONNECTION, WITH BOTH OURSELVES AND OTHERS

Going public

TRAINS AND BUSES ARE A QUEER PLACE TO BE QUEER, SAYS ELEANOR MARGOLIS

Lesbian holidays for the modern time traveller

JORDAN GRAY IMAGINES WOMENONLY RETREATS FOR THOSE WILLING TO HOP INTO HER TARDIS

A long road ahead

VALENTINO VECCHIETTI REFLECTS ON HOW TRAVEL CAN HURT AND HEAL

#NoMoreWhiteIgnorance

MÉFIRÉ DIALLO ISSUES A WAKE-UP CALL TO CHALLENGE RACIAL PREJUDICE

OFFICER HAUGHT

KAT BARRELL TALKS TO ROXY BOURDILLON ABOUT QUEER REPRESENTATION, MENTAL HEALTH AND THE RETURN OF WYNONNA

An (all too) brief history of lez/bi travel

WHERE ARE ALL THE STORIES OF LESBIAN AND BI WANDERERS, WONDERS CARRIE LYELL

All revved up

ROXY BOURDILLON SPENDS A DAY WITH THE DYKES ON BIKES

Rainbow Footprint

CARTOONIST AND WRITER KATE CHARLESWORTH TELLS CARRIE LYELL ABOUT HER GRAPHIC MEMOIR, SENSIBLE FOOTWEAR

BOOKS

GRAPHIC MEMOIR SENSIBLE FOOTWEAR: A GIRL’S GUIDE Kate

MUSIC

London-based electronic pop outfit Nimmo have released

Pride & privilege

JEN BRISTER ON CANDID COMEDY, SAME-SEX PARENTING AND GIVING ZERO FUCKS

ANIMAL INSTINCT

DANIELLE MUSTARDE MEETS ALIA SHAWKAT AND HOLLIDAY GRAINGER, STARS OF SUNDANCE DARLING ANIMALS

Kissing and fucking

MARIKA HACKMAN TALKS THE L WORD, BDE AND SONGS ABOUT SEX

SCREEN

It’s the episode that stars Miley Cyrus as the candy

When life gives you, er, Lemon…

DIVA’S NEW SQUEEZE, CATHERINE BOHART, ON THE JOYS OF COMEDY COUPLEDOM, LESBIAN BED DEATH AND SURVIVING ED FRINGE FESTIVAL

Meet London’s Queerpack: Your New Best Friends

WHAT STARTED AS A GROUP OF QUEER TWENTYSOMETHINGS LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO WATCH THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF HAS EXPANDED INTO AN INCLUSFIVE 100-STRONG COMMUNITY OF QUEERS SEARCHING FOR CONNECTION

OTTER MADNESS

CARRIE LYELL AND DANIELLE MUSTARDE TAKE TO THE WATER WITH LGBTQIINCLUSFIVE ROWING TEAM, THE LONDON OTTERS

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COME FLY WITH ME

PROFESSIONAL GLOBETROTTER LIZ CAIRNS ON FINDING HER DREAM JOB IN TRAVEL

On the road with… Suzi Ruffell

Five jazzy shirts, two pairs of PJs, electric toothbrush

LA WOM(E)N

CELEBRATING PRIDE AND QUEER WOMEN’S SPACES UNDER THE WEST HOLLYWOOD HILLS

SURF, CYCLE & SOUL

LISBON’S OCEANFRONT COUSIN CASCAIS IS THE “COASTESS WITH THE MOSTESS”, SAYS DANIELLE MUSTARDE

TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE BIG APPLE

“There is something in the New York air that makes

A room with a view

ELLEN TOUT SURPRISES HER GIRLFRIEND WITH A NIGHT OF CLIFF CAMPING IN THE WYE VALLEY

DIARY

SUMMER’S HERE AND SUMMER’S QUEER! (OH, AND HAVE WE MENTIONED THE FRINGE AT ALL?)

FEMMES DU FRINGE

Headed to the Fringe? Or hoping to catch the post-Fringe tours? We caught up with some of our favourite queer comedians ahead of the world-famous LOL fest…

Your travel snaps!

WE PICKED OUT SOME OF YOUR HOLIDAY-SHAPED INSTASNAPS

HOROSCOPE

Hey, star ram! You’re determined to shine, glow and