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CENTRING QUEER WOMEN OF COLOUR

MEDIAWATCH with Carrie Lyell @Seej

We’re in a golden age of television at the moment

LGBTQI ICONS

FOR THE LATEST IN OUR ICONS SERIES, THEA WILKINS ILLUSTRATES STORMÉ DELARVERIE

PXSSY PALACE

SOPHIE GRIFFITHS CELEBRATES A QUEER CLUB WITH A DIFFERENCE

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES SELECTED BY ROXY BOURDILLON

Jazzmyne Robbins

TAKE FASHION CUES FROM YOUR NEW FAVOURITE INFLUENCER

The future is female

REETA LOI CELEBRATES THE QUEER DEITIES OF THE PAST AND THE LBT SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN LEADING THE FUTURE

A question of liberation

PHYLL OPOKUGYIMAH REFLECTS UPON THE NATURE OF CHANGE

The hidden history of racism

VALENTINO VECCHIETTI REFLECTS ON THE PREJUDICE TOWARDS SOUTHERN ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS

Bare faced

ACTOR AND FILMMAKER MAISIE RICHARDSON-SELLERS TALKS GROWING UP MIXED RACE, LEANING INTO HER QUEERNESS AND CHANGING THE GAME FOR ON-SCREEN REPRESENTATION

How to be 100% that bitch

THE WORLD’S LEADING TWERKING FLAUTIST IS HERE TO TEACH YOU HOW TO FEEL GOOD AS HELL WORDS ROXY BOURDILLON

Have faith

QUEER MUSLIM WOMEN AREN’T MONOLITHIC, FINDS IQRA CHOUDHRY

STRIKE a Pose

THE FX SHOW STARRING TRANS WOMEN OF COLOUR ISN’T JUST ENTERTAINING, IT’S REVOLUTIONARY

Meet the stars

POSE’S POWERHOUSE PERFORMERS EACH HAVE THEIR OWN INCREDIBLE STORY TO TELL

A brief history of Black theatre

WRITER, SINGER AND PERFORMER CHERYL MARTIN EXAMINES THE ERASURE OF BLACK THEATRE IN THE UK

Give’em Elle

SOPHIE GRIFFITHS MEETS YOUTUBER ELLE MILLS TO TALK BODY IMAGE, BREAKDOWNS AND BECOMING A BICON…

Pick of the Month

The film festival with one of our favourite acronyms

Eyes on the prize

AHEAD OF HER STINT ON THE INTERNATIONAL JURY OF THE 2019 IRIS PRIZE, DIVA CREATIVE DIRECTOR JACQUIE LAWRENCE CONSIDERS THE IMPACT THE FESTIVAL HAS ON QTIPOC FILMMAKERS

More alive

AHEAD OF HER APPEARANCE AT HEARHER FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER, KIMBERLY ANNE – ALSO KNOWN AS LANTA – TELLS DIVA HOW SHE LEARNED TO BE HERSELF INTERVIEW ROXY BOURDILLON

Book of the Month

FICTION

We have always been here

SAMRA HABIB SHARES AN EXTRACT FROM HER BRILLIANT NEW MEMOIR

DARE TO DREAM

DANIELLE MUSTARDE MEETS QUEER PSYCHEDELIC SINGERSONGWRITER GAYE SU AKYOL

Here Comes Nicole Dennis-Benn

DIVA BOOKS EDITOR ERICA GILLINGHAM MEETS JAMAICAN NOVELIST NICOLE DENNISBENN TO FIND OUT ABOUT HER NEW BOOK, PATSY

Artist of the month

LANTA is an alternative pop project born out of Kimberly

HOW DO YOU PROVE YOUR SEXUALITY? DIVA MEETS SIX WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DO JUST THAT

Imagine for a moment you’re in a courtroom. It’s not

Gaysian Faces

“THIS PROJECT BELONGS TO ITS PARTICIPANTS, IT’S THEIR STORIES”

2GIRLZVS1WORLD

MARRIED BLOGGERS FOZIA AND SAMMY SHARE THEIR INCREDIBLE STORY AND SOME QUEER TRAVEL TIPS WORDS ROXY BOURDILLON

LEZ SET SAIL

AS DIVA MAGAZINE PREPARES FOR ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE, WE MEET CRUISE-GOERS TO FIND OUT WHY TAKING TO THE HIGH SEAS IS SUCH A POPULAR CHOICE FOR LEZ/BI HOLIDAYMAKERS

September / October

LEAVES ARE FALLING, THERE’S A CHILL IN THE AIR AND QUEERS ARE DONNING THEIR OVERSIZED KNITWEAR. BUT WHERE TO DISPLAY YOUR AUTUMNAL FINEST?

HOROSCOPE

Ooh la la, you are dripping charisma and sex appeal