“The intersection of this Pride Month with the Black Lives Matter movement must serve as a catalyst for long-term change within the LGBTQI community” BY PRISHITA MAHESHWARI-APLIN In all 50 states in the United States, and 18 countries across six continents, thousands have taken to the streets over the past week in what has been [….]
DIVA are among the collective of media organisations urging Boris Johnson to honour the government’s commitment to reforming the Gender Recognition Act BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS On Friday 10 July 2020, InterMedia UK delivered an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressing support of the trans community and the safeguarding of the rights of trans [….]
Munroe Bergdorf chats all about business equality on the latest episode of Homo Sapiens BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS If you’re not familiar with the podcast Homo Sapiens, you’ve really been missing out. Every week Alan Cumming and Christopher Sweeney talk to inspirational figures within the LGBTQI community over tea and biscuits. Previous guests include the likes [….]
Genderqueer celebrities in all of their non-binary finery BY DANIELLE MUSTARDE “Some people find they don’t feel comfortable thinking of themselves as simply either male or female,” explains the wonderfully accessible scottishtrans.org. “Instead they feel that their gender identity is more complicated to describe. Some may identify their gender as right in the middle between male and [….]
Join the DIVA Community to tune in to this exclusive chat with Victoria Broom BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS DIVA has launched a series of DIVA Community exclusive and live Zoom chats with some of our lovely friends and supporters called #TheRileyInterviews. Tonight (14 July) at 8pm, English actress Victoria Broom will be joining our guest host Polly Shute for a [….]
Javicia Leslie will make history as the first ever Black Batwoman BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM After shocking Batwoman fans all over the world when she quit after just one season in May, Ruby Rose has now been replaced for the superhero series’ upcoming seasons. Stepping into the role will be bisexual actor Javicia [….]
Grace Almond shares her favourite queer characters of colour in TV and film BY GRACE ALMOND I’m definitely the sort of person who will watch, read or listen to anything remotely queer. And queer characters of colour have been a source of inspiration to so many of us in the margins of our community. Writing [….]
Our favourite queer TikToker’s we just can’t scroll past BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS You’ve heard of queer YouTuber’s and queer Instagrammer’s, but now there’s a whole new set of online content creators that you need to know about (and follow, obviously): queer TikToker’s. TikTok has become the heart and soul of LGBTQI content on the internet [….]
