#AllTheFeels WORDS BY ELEANOR NOYCE, IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM Coupled? Single? In need of a good mid-afternoon gay sob? We’ve got you. The rise of YouTube has done wonders for LGBTQI exposure. With heaps of accounts run by LGBTQI YouTubers and focused on LGBTQI issues, it’s never been easier to find a home in our community. [….]
Gay Twitter’s gone wild and so have we WORDS BY ELEANOR NOYCE, IMAGES VIA INSTAGRAM/TWITTER When filming began for Elizabeth Banks’ Charlie’s Angels reboot in September 2018, we could hardly believe that Kristen Stewart was in it. Now, some stills from the film have been released and our gay hearts are quaking. Any day where [….]
Same-sex adoption is still illegal in 143 countries BY ELEANOR NOYCE Here in the UK, we’ve been afforded a great many LGBTQI parenting rights. In 2002, the Adoption and Children Act allowed unmarried couples in England and Wales, including same-sex couples, to jointly adopt: this law came into effect in 2005. Scotland legalised same-sex adoption [….]
Julie from Willis Towers Watson opens up to myGwork‘s Louise Sinnerton about living in Spain while Brexit plays out Picture by Reyes Cervantes for REDI, panel speaker at a REDI event Julie’s story is not uncommon among British people – she moved to Spain in 2001 and has built a life here. Julie is among [….]
Here’s what you need to know about Manchester Pride’s competition celebrating Alan Turing BY ELEANOR NOYCE Young, LGBTQI, and passionate about writing? Look no further, DIVAs! Manchester Pride’s Superbia programme is inviting young writers to write their own short story in celebration of the work of Alan Turing. Winning entries will be published in the [….]
DIVA enjoys a night at this criminally cool hotel in Shoreditch WORDS CARRIE LYELL, IMAGES JAREK KLOCINSKI I’m a bit broken, emotionally and physically, when I arrive at the opulent Courthouse Hotel, a five-star beauty situated slap-bang in the middle of Shoreditch. It’s been a really tiring week, so a smooth check-in process and someone [….]
Shirley Ridson reminisces about one unforgettable summer in the 1970s BY SHIRLEY RIDSON The sight of 200 naked lesbians and bisexual women overwhelmed us as we arrived at the summer camp on the island of Sejero, Denmark in 1978. I was 35 and had seen an advert for the camp. Because my partner at the [….]
