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TRENDS

VOICES Team DIVA celebrates winning a coveted Lovie

VOICES

Here at DIVA HQ, we’re counting down the sapphic seconds

PICK’N’MIX

Say hello to our latest obsessions

LGBTQI ICONS

SANDI TOKSVIG AND WIFE DEBBIE, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THEA WILKINS

Tash Sultana

SOPHIE GRIFFITHS ON THE MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PLAYING ON DIVA’S HEARTSTRINGS

SHE SAID

NOTABLE QUOTABLES FROM WOMEN WORTH LISTENING TO

The brides wore

GET ALL DRESSED UP IN LOVE SELECTED BY ROXY BOURDILLON

VIEWS

ELEANOR MARGOLIS On why seeing people loved up always

A nice day for a weepy wedding

I was about 15 when I discovered I’m a wedding crier.

The One With The Lesbian Wedding

This year, American mega-sitcom Friends celebrated

Making yourself heard

“He just doesn’t listen.” My wife and I were sat in

If your name’s not down…

Ever since I got married in July, it’s all I seem to

Committing to equality

A wedding is much more than legislation; it is an intention

Hey, Tegan and Sara are just like you

ROXY BOURDILLON GOES BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE QUEER POP ICONS

Emma and Carly: one year on

DIVA CATCHES UP WITH OUR WEDDING COMPETITION WINNERS 12 MONTHS ON

Wedding belles

DIVA READERS SHARE SNAPS FROM THEIR BIG DAY

CULTURE

MICHELLE HARDWICK Discussing same-sex romance, both

Can’helpt final lloinveg

In the year 2000, Michelle Hardwick played Hero in

SCREEN

ELISA & MARCELA Directed by Isabel Coixet

BOOKS

It is rare to find a South American LGBTQI novel translated

Say hello to G Flip

SOPHIE GRIFFITHS CHATS TO AUSTRALIA’S NEWEST INDIE-POP QUEEN ABOUT HER RISE TO FAME, HER MUSIC AND HER CUTE QUEER LOVE STORY

Butch, Please

MUSICIAN AND CLUB PROMOTER TABS BENJAMIN TELLS CARRIE LYELL ALL ABOUT HER NEW EP, LOVE LIKE THIS

MUSIC

Take a trip down memory lane with cover stars Tegan

COMMUNITY

RADIO DIVA The presenters on the love, the laughs and

Swan song

For the past three years, a healthy chunk of my Tuesday

Game on

ELLA BRAIDWOOD SPEAKS TO THE LEZ/BI LEADING LIGHTS IN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL, FROM THE PITCH TO THE BOARD ROOM

A LITTLE HISTORY OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY

FROM THE TRAILBLAZING DANES AND A LITTLE DUTCH COURAGE, TO NORTHERN IRELAND, COSTA RICA AND BEYOND, DANIELLE MUSTARDE LOOKS AT THE HISTORY OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY

WOMENONTOP

DANCING

DANCING WITH HER

AHEAD OF ITS SECOND BIRTHDAY, TARA BAKER AND ARLIA HASSELL TELL DIVA HOW THEIR OWN ENGAGEMENT INSPIRED SAME-SEX WEDDING MAGAZINE DANCING WITH HER

What’s it like to be…a wedding planner?

DIVA MEETS LEXIE LENOIR FROM QUEER WEDDINGS UK

How to be open about your wedding at work

WHY SHOULDN’T WE CELEBRATE OUR UPCOMING NUPTIALS AS LOUDLY AS OUR STRAIGHT COLLEAGUES, ASKS KATE BARKER

TRAVEL

SHIBDEN HALL A lesbian pilgrimage to Anne Lister’s

Dear diary, take me back to Shibden Hall…

Hold on to your top hat, because I am on the lesbian

DUTCHplease,!

A HANDY LITTLE GUIDE TO HAVING A ‘DAM GOOD TIME IN THE DUTCH CAPITAL WORDS DANIELLE MUSTARDE

LIFESTYLE

DIARY DIVA’s monthly pick of the best events

DIARY

OH BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE… SO WE’VE ROUNDED UP THESE TOP (INDOOR) BOPS JUST FOR YOU

HOROSCOPE

ARIES (21 March–20 April) Aries, you frisky firecracker.