Featuring Sandi Toksvig, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Liz Carr and Bethany Black BY DIVA STAFF, COVER IMAGE BY KATE HOLDERNESS Out just in time for Lesbian Visibility Week, this extra special edition of DIVA boasts not one, not two, but four iconic cover stars, lovingly illustrated by Kate Holderness. Feast your eyes on broadcasting legend Sandi Toksvig, [….]
“Our communities are rarely meaningfully reached or accounted for in surveys about the LGBTQI+ experience” BY DIVA STAFF A new survey designed to highlight the needs and wants of LGBTQI Black people and people of colour and to “fill the gaps of understanding” has been launched today (Friday 7 May) by UK Black Pride. Europe’s [….]
Don’t miss this DIVA Instagram Live takeover dedicated to amplifying the voices of Asian LGBTQI people and allies BY DIVA STAFF, IMAGE OF AMAZIN LETHI BY ALINA OSWALD Make sure you tune into DIVA’s Instagram Live next Monday 10 May because LGBTQI advocate, athlete and ambassador Amazin LeThi is planning a takeover and it’s going [….]
Check out our virtual gallery! BY DIVA AND HOMOTOPIA To round off Lesbian Visibility Week 2021, we’ve teamed up with Homotopia, the UK’s longest running LGBTQIA arts and culture festival, to celebrate the work and amplify the voices of LGBTQI women artists. Have a look at our virtual gallery, and make sure to check out these talented women on [….]
“We are devastated at having to make this decision” BY DIVA STAFF One of the UK’s biggest and most successful Pride events has been cancelled for a second year over “uncertainties” around the pandemic, say organisers. Brighton Pride was due to take place 7-8 August, one of several larger Pride events announced for 2021, including [….]
Melanie Rogan from Financial Times spoke to Zoe Schulz from myGwork about LGBTQ+ inclusion in tech, co-leading Proud FT, and how the network is currently pushing for trans inclusion in the workplace. Mel’s journey into tech hasn’t been straightforward, although, she admits, it does make sense as she was always obsessed with making websites on GeoCities. She now leads a tech team [….]
Wendy Young shares a love letter to her home, South Africa BY WENDY YOUNG I have a pinguecula.It is mine and I’m keeping it.It isn’t doing any harm and it isn’t too terribly ugly. Pin-GWEK-yoo-lahA pinguecula? you might ask. Is it some sort of strange pet I’ve never heard of? We’ll come back to what [….]
The cost has been cut from £140 to £5 but changes stop short of “meaningful reform” BY DIVA STAFF The cost of applying for a gender recognition certificate (GRC) has been reduced from £140 to £5, taking affect today (Tuesday 4 May). Introduced under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, a GRC allows a person’s legal [….]
