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Welcome to our Pride issue, DIVA’s curtain-raiser to

LETTERS

I’ve just read Adele B’s request for more information

In case you missed it…

MONTHLY NEWS ROUNDUP BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUTNEWS GLOBAL EDITOR ROXY BOURDILLON

VOICES

MEDIAWATCH

PICK’N’MIX

Gal pal going through hard times? Let her know you

A quickie with…

MEET THE SINGERSONGWRITER WHO IS PROVING IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO START SOMETHING NEW

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES SELECTED BY ROXY BOURDILLON

The road from shame to Pride

OPENS UP ABOUT HER JOURNEY OF SELFACCEPTANCE

My Pride is political

PHYLL OPOKUGYIMAH ON THE ORIGINS OF UK BLACK PRIDE

With a little help from my friends

FRIENDSHIP MATTERS, SAYS JANE HILL

I’ll be marching with the Gaysians

PRIDE CHANGED ME, SAYS REETA LOI SHAW

Do we really still need Pride?

NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED TO STAND UP, SAYS CERIAN JENKINS

You’re something to be proud of…

GOTTA HAVE PRIDE, SAYS ELEANOR MARGOLIS

The DeLaria effect

THE ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK STAR OPENS UP TO ROXY BOURDILLON ABOUT CHANGING THE WORLD AND HOOKING UP WITH MILLENNIALS

Looking so good, it hurts

HOW ARE UNREALISTIC BEAUTY AND BODY IDEALS HARMING US, ASKS JANE CZYZSELSKA?

This is your Pride

WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST PRIDE MEMORY? TEN LEZ/ BI WOMEN SHARE THEIRS…

Now you see me Now you don’t

HAVING A BOYFRIEND DOESN’T MAKE ME ANY LESS QUEER, SAYS DANIELLE MUSTARDE

Love Happens Here

PRIDE IN LONDON DIRECTOR POLLY SHUTE TELLS DIVA WHY THIS YEAR’S EVENT WILL BE THE BIGGEST AND BEST YET

Ending the fear

DETECTIVE CONSTABLE SARAH HARRIS TELLS JACQUI GAVIN ABOUT GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE’S EFFORTS TO TACKLE SAMESEX DOMESTIC ABUSE

Let’s beat loneliness

RESEARCH SHOWS AN EPIDEMIC OF LONELINESS THAT IS HITTING OLDER PEOPLE HARD – ESPECIALLY MINORITIES

ALL HEART

LUCY SUTCLIFFE TALKS TO CARRIE LYELL ABOUT SHEEP, SEXUALITY AND SELFACCEPTANCE

BOOKS

Tourists arrive at an upmarket resort in Jamaica’s

MUSIC

We played this single, from 20-year-old Leeds music

FILM & ONLINE

There’s something about a girls’ boarding school and

TELEVISION

Queer Britain is an intrepid new online series exploring

Suzy Solidor: Extraordinary woman

THEATREMAKER JESSICA WALKER DISCUSSES HER NEW SHOW ABOUT A FABULOUS BUT FORGOTTEN QUEER ICON

God in the room

OLDFASHIONED ROCK STAR LP’S GIGS FEEL LIKE A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. CARRIE LYELL FALLS UNDER HER SPELL

What’s it like to be a… talent agent?

TALENT AGENT LEIGH-ANN REGAN RAISES THE CURTAIN ON HER JOB IN SHOW BUSINESS

It’s a Shore thing

CARRIE LYELL TICKS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST GIRL PARTY OFF HER BUCKET LIST AND FALLS FOR PALM SPRINGS

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FIRST CLASS

We all love to travel, but the hard truth is that our

My family

ANNA WATSON GAVE UP HER CAREER TO RAISE HER SISTER’S CHILDREN

DIARY

SUMMER IS HERE AND SUMMER IS QUEER. MUSIC, FILM AND FEMALE MASCULINITY ABOUND

THE ULTIMATE PRIDE SURVIVAL GUIDE

ROXY BOURDILLON REVEALS HOW TO PAINT THE TOWN RAINBOW

JUNE HOROSCOPE

CHARLENE LICHTENSTEIN READS THE QUEER STARS FOR YOU