Are you loving Strictly’s first same-sex dance pairing? BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM If you’re anything like us here at DIVA, Nicola Adams’ appearing on Strictly Come Dancing as part of their first ever same-sex dance pairing at the weekend was enough to cure all the pain of 2020. The day where LGBTQI individuals [….]
How many queer icons can you handle in one series? BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE VIA INSTAGRAM As if Clea DuVall wasn’t already a certified queer legend with the upcoming release of her queer Christmas film, Happiest Season, starring the one and only Kristen Stewart, she’s got more where that came from up her sleeve. High [….]
The hotly anticipated debut, Collapsed In Sunbeams, will be released early next year BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE BY ALEX KURUNIS It really is the year of Arlo Parks – she’s pretty much unstoppable at this point and we still can’t get enough. Just yesterday, the rising star released her brand new single Green Eyes, alongside [….]
“We’re seeing queer characters and Black characters and different races represented on screen now, and that’s great, but behind the scenes it needs to change” BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGES BY DAVID REISS Isis Davis is a British actress and writer who you need to have on your radar right now. Most recently Isis had a [….]
A sextet on the rise, MICHELLE are here to create soulful tunes and spread powerful messages BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS, IMAGE BY SOPHIA WILSON New York City collective MICHELLE are bringing so much to the music scene right now. With six members, they are a predominantly queer group with several members of colour, each bringing their [….]
Human connection overrules the constraints of the past in Francis Lee’s second feature BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Returning after a hugely successful breakout feature in the form of God’s Own Country, Francis Lee’s Ammonite is here to prove his deserved place in the queer cinema canon. This time, the love story ventures back in time to [….]
Ever wondered what a day in the life of a TikToker looks like? BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Let’s face it, Claire is the queen of TikTok. She might have only been creating queer content since the beginning of this year, but she’s managed to earn herself a following of 96K people with her hilarious and relatable queer mum [….]
