DIVA is Europe’s best-selling and most authoritative lifestyle magazine for lesbian and bisexual women. Our aim is simple – to bring you the latest trends and talent at the cutting edge of popular lesbian and bisexual culture. Each month you will find in-depth interviews, engaging features and photo shoots with some of the most influential and admired women from our community. On top of this we cram in page-after-page of news, opinion, entertainment and the arts, humour, travel and much more besides. The digital edition packs an extra special punch - look out for exclusive photo galleries and behind-the-scenes videos that you won’t find anywhere else. Whether you prefer to read DIVA on a smartphone, tablet or laptop you’ll never have to leave home without it. For best results, download when connected to a wifi hotspot. With so much going on, it’s no surprise that DIVA magazine is THE trusted source of information for lesbian and bisexual women the world over.

THANK YOU: A CLAP FOR OUR READERS

Diva

A letter from our publisher • LINDA RILEY on the importance of staying visible

YOUR SHOUT

TRENDING

Nobody knows I’m a lesbian • ELEANOR MARGOLIS campaigns to bring back the slogan t-shirt

The intersections of visibility • PHYLL OPOKU-GYIMAH on the challenges of equality and visibility around the world

Creating safe spaces during lockdown • VALENTINO VECCHIETTI reflects on how to stay visible as an activist during the pandemic

The burden of representation • OLIVIA JONES on why visibility helps to show there is more to a community than one example

Illuminating the way forward • DIVA’s founding editor FRANCES WILLIAMS reflects on age, invisibility, and how to find the light in dark times

Lez Get Visible • REFLECTING ON LEZ/BI VISIBILITY AND WHAT IT MEANS TODAY

TEAM DIVA’S THOUGHTS ON (IN)VISIBILITY

Our survey says • KEY FINDINGS FROM OUR GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH INTO THE LIVES OF LGBTQI WOMEN

Visible Lesbian 100 • MEET 100 LESBIANS CHANGING THE GAME FOR WOMEN-LOVING WOMEN

This Is Me • DIVA READERS REVEAL WHAT VISIBILITY MEANS TO THEM

Painting the world red • SOPHIE GRIFFITHS MEETS MUSICIAN AND QUEER ICON GIRL IN RED

SHE’S A STAR • DANIELLE MUSTARDE MEETS ANASTASIA “STARS” WALKER, LEAD SINGER OF BANG BANG ROMEO, TO FIND OUT HOW MUSIC CAN SOOTHE OUR SOULS IN TUMULTUOUS TIMES

MUSIC

BOOKS

No Modernism Without Lesbians • AUTHOR DIANA SOUHAMI TALKS TO JANE CZYZSELSKA ABOUT HOW WOMEN WHO LOVE WOMEN BECAME A REVOLUTIONARY FORCE

THE GOOD AND THE GREAT • ACTOR AND CREATOR JASIKA NICOLE CHATS INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES, LONG-TERM LOVE AND STAYING CREATIVE WHILE STAYING HOME

SCREEN

5 of the best… • lez/bi classics to binge

A community in crisis • CARRIE LYELL CONSIDERS THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS ON THE LGBTQI COMMUNITY

Masking the pain • THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT CONTINUE TO GO UNDIAGNOSED

STORIES FROM THE SPEC TRUM • IS THE B IN LGBTQI SHINING BRIGHTER THAN EVER BEFORE? DANIELLE MUSTARDE INVESTIGATES

Visibility against the odds • AHEAD OF THEIR RUBY ANNIVERSARY, SYLVIA AND MAGGIE REFLECT ON A RELATIONSHIP FULL OF ADVENTURE

Weird science • WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU JUST DON’T HAVE SEXUAL CHEMISTRY? GEORGIA BUTLER SHARES HER STORY

Desire Lines • EROTIC ADVENTURER ANNA SANSOM INVITES YOU TO JOIN HER ON A JOURNEY OF SEXUAL SELF-DISCOVERY

The truth about intimacy • AN EXTRACT FROM DESIRE LINES

The queer sex toy special • STAY HOME, STAY HORNY, STAY NON-HETERO-CISNORMATIVE

Trans-inclusive toys to make you tingle • RACY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AWESOME TRANS LESBIAN YOUTUBER RILEY J. DENNIS

My secret sex diary • FINLEY IS...