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VIEWS

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LAURA KAY

Why Jenny Schecter

deserves a second chance

24

OLIVIA JONES

Our biggest obstacle is a

culture of selfishness

25

REETA LOI

On shaping the

culture of diaspora

26

ELEANOR MARGOLIS

Why queer women and

suits are the perfect fit

27

JORDAN GRAY

The weird world of

wedding traditions

28

VALENTINO

VECCHIETTI

Celebrating intersex activists

who have paved the way

FEATURES

30

SHURA

On desire, faith and falling

in love in New York City

36

TOYA DELAZY

The Zulu pop-star-princess

doing things her own way

44

LGBTEASE

What really goes down at the

UK’s first LGBTQI strip club?

48

MINDFUL DRINKING

How queer women are

leading the sober revolution

TRENDS

10

VOICES

What the demise of Gay Star

News means for LGBTQI voices

11

PICK ’N’ MIX

Stuf f that ’s caught DIVA’s

eye this month

12

LGBTQI ICONS

Thea Wilkins illustrates

Claude Cahun

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WHY WE LOVE...

Young adult fiction author

Sophie Cameron

15

SHE SAID

Notable quotables from

women to listen to

18

STYLE

Your cheat sheet to dressing

like a celesbian songstress

UP FRONT

06

DICTUM

DIVA editor Carrie Lyell

celebrates queer culture

08

YOUR SHOUT

You tell us what you

think of DIVA

CULTURE

54

CARRIE

BROWNSTEIN

Sleater-Kinney’s new album,

The Center Won’t Hold

56

SCREEN

New film and T V from

women on top

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WALLIS BIRD

On womanhood and

breaking free of apathy

60

MUSIC

Our official guide to

October’s HearHer Festival

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LOTTE JEFFS

Carrie Lyell learns How

To Be A Gentlewoman

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BOOKS

Check out our sapphic

page-turners of the month

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