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It was great to see such an overwhelmingly positive response

CONTRIBUTORS

Jane has been a journalist in radio and television for

PERSON OF THE MONTH

Congratulations to Amber Heard, who has announced that she will

PICK’ N’MIX

WELCOME TO THIS MONTH’S MUST-HAVES

CHANNEL 4 SAYS YES TO BISEXUAL SHOW

MONTHLY ROUND-UP OF NEWS, BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUTNEWS GLOBAL

CHURCH OF ENGLAND ENTERS INTO LGBT SEGREGATION

The Church of England risks further turmoil following a move

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN BRITAIN’S UNIVERSITIES

More than a third of female university students struggle with

SHE SAID

“I’m not normally that emotional, I don’t cry but step

Honest To God

“Now that you’ve come out as gay, when are you

After the Olympics: why I’m missing Clare Balding

LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS WOMEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED ON THE AIRWAVES, SAYS BBC NEWSCASTER JANE HILL

Are we family?

WE MUST MAKE THE UK A SAFER HAVEN FOR OUR LGBTI SISTERS WHO ARE FLEEING THE VIOLENCE OF HOMOPHOBIA, SAYS PHYLL OPOKUGYIMAH

Give a girl a digger

LET’S STOP GENDER STEREOTYPING OUR CHILDREN, SAYS HEATHER PEACE

Hollow words

KESIENA BOOM EXPLAINS WHY THERESA MAY AND JUSTINE GREENING AREN’T ENOUGH FOR LGBT WOMEN

My pant-suit fancy for POTUS hopeful Hillary

ELEANOR MARGOLIS AND THE US TABLOID MEDIA SHARE A STRANGE OBSESSION WITH CLINTON’S SEXUALITY

Could do Better if tried Harder

TOO MANY SCHOOLS ARE STILL FAILING THEIR STUDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO LGBTINCLUSIVE SEX EDUCATION

Taking on the tourists?

WOULD YOU DATE A BI-CURIOUS WOMAN? CHARLOTTE DINGLE TALKED TO LESBIANS AND BI WOMEN AND FOUND OPINION DIVIDED

SINGING THEIR PRAISES

OCTOBER IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. CHARDINE TAYLORSTONE FINDS INSPIRATION IN THE LIVES OF ICONIC LGBTQ WOMEN OF COLOUR

THE DIVA POWER 2016 LIST

WE’RE DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THE FIRST DIVA POWER LIST AS VOTED FOR BY YOU

GAY AS YOU LIKE

BISEXUAL WRITER ROXANE GAY TALKS TO JANE CZYZSELSKA ABOUT BEING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WRITE A COMIC BOOK SERIES FOR MARVEL

Speak its name

SOPHIE WARD INTRODUCES A NEW BOOK OF PORTRAITS CELEBRATING LGBT PEOPLE, OUR ALLIES AND OUR ICONS

BOOKS

Evie, Krista and Willow are struggling with the usual trials

PERSONAL SHOPPER

It’s easy to see how this bravely bizarre film garnered

Truth in Fiction

DIRECTOR CHERYL DUNYE TALKS TO DIVA FILM EDITOR LUCY PETERS ABOUT BRINGING QUEER WOMEN OF COLOUR TO THE BIG SCREEN

OUT OF THE ORDINARY

REBEKAH STATON ON PLAYING KICK-ASS MUM DELLA IN RAISED BY WOLVES AND HER SAPPHIC ROLE IN TV DRAMA, ORDINARY LIES

TELEVISION

Emmy-award winning series Transparent is back on our screens this

MUSIC

Her last three records have established Hval as an avant-garde

Walking the Walk

IF ELEGANT, DYNAMIC POP’S YOUR BAG, SARAH WALK IS ONE TO WATCH

Women: just not funny

JEN BRISTER CAN MAKE YOU LAUGH, BUT IF SHE DOES IT’S PURELY ACCIDENTAL

A Day in the Life of Kathryn Bryant Clinic director of CARE Fertility London

IN 2000, KATHRYN ARRIVED IN THE UK WITH JUST A BACKPACK. NOW SHE’S THE DIRECTOR OF A BUSY FERTILITY CLINIC. SHE TELLS DIVA ABOUT HER JOURNEY

TURNING THE HETEROSEXIST TIDE

HOW TO DEAL WITH HETEROSEXIST MICROAGGRESSIONS IN THE WORKPLACE

Sunning it up in St Moritz

ROXY BOURDILLON DISCOVERS THAT SWITZERLAND’S MOST GLITTERING WINTER WONDERLAND IS A MUST-SEE IN SUMMER TOO

Pure Porto

MARIËTTE VAN BEEK TRAVELS TO PORTUGAL AND UNCOVERS A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

FIRST CLASS

I don’t know about you but one of my biggest

QUEER FAMILY, NO CHILDREN

NOT EVERYONE WANTS KIDS, BUT WHAT DO QUEER WOMEN’S FAMILIES LOOK LIKE WITHOUT CHILDREN, ASKS ALEXANDRA PENELOPE

House of love

MEET THE LESBIANS WHO MAKE UP CANADA’S GAYEST FAMILY

Bright AND Beautiful

FED UP WITH THE STRAIGHT, WHITE IMAGES IN WEDDING MAGS, ILLUSTRATOR SHOSHANA BRATTON SET ABOUT CREATING HER OWN PERFECT SHOOT

DIARY September / October

The queer punk rapper with a wardrobe to give you

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