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    Lesbian charity single to premiere this Sunday

    A new charity single recorded by some of the UK's best new lesbian talent will get its premiere, this weekend....

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  • News
    Domestic violence charity launch new trans-friendly service

    UK charity Broken Rainbow will launch a new helpline for trans people as part of LGBT History Month celebrations. ...

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  • Lifestyle
    Top 5 (lesbo) things to do this weekend

    New girl crush Lana Del Rey’s long-awaited album finally hits the shelves on Monday. Here’s some things to keep your mind off it till then...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Film preview: Bombay Beach (Video)

    A haunting new documentary explores American poverty through the lives of the residents of an LA neighbourhood ...

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  • News
    Outrage as London church hosts 'gay conversion' conference

    Britain's gay community are outraged at the news that a gay conversion conference is taking place in central London, today....

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  • Comment
    The Rubbish Lesbian is... going grey. Down there.

    "It seems I have one grey hair. I'd call it the Lone Ranger, but it looks more like Tonto."...

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  • News
    Pretty Little Liars actress teases fans with details of storyline

    One of the actresses at the centre of Pretty Little Liars' lesbian storyline has revealed some surprising new details about the couples' on-...

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  • News
    Kylie Minogue to headline Sydney Mardi Gras

    Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has been announced as the headline act for this year's annual Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras in Sydney. ...

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  • Lifestyle
    Win a £50 DIVADirect store voucher by sharing our news on Twitter and Facebook!

    Win a £50 voucher for leading LGBT online store DIVADirect this month – simply by re-sharing our posts on Facebook and Twitter. ...

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  • Advice
    Hot Stuff: Why's my sex drive gone AWOL?

    DIVA's sexpert helps a reader whose lack of libido's causing her problems...

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  • Comment
    Comment: Why Cynthia's choice matters

    Gay rights activists have denounced the Sex and the City star's "damaging" claim that she chose to be gay - but are they right?...

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  • News
    Glenn Close receives Oscar nod for Albert Nobbs

    American actress Glenn Close has been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in critically acclaimed film Albert Nobbs....

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  • News
    Brothers to be charged over alleged anti-gay attack

    Two brothers who allegedly attacked a lesbian because of her sexuality will appear in court to face charges, it has emerged....

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  • News
    Cynthia Nixon reveals shaven head on U.S. TV

    Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon has once again made the headlines – this time for revealing her newly-shaved head on U.S. television....

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  • News
    President of Ecuador names lesbian as Health Minister

    The President of Ecuador has appointed a lesbian as the country's next official Health Minister....

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  • News
    The Iron Lady nominated for two Academy Awards

    The Iron Lady, directed by prominent gay director Phyllida Lloyd, has been nominated for two categories in the 84th Academy Awards. ...

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  • News
    Cynthia Nixon criticised for saying her sexuality is a choice

    American actress Cynthia Nixon has come under fierce criticism from members of the LGBT community after claiming that her sexuality is a cho...

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  • Comment
    Weekly WTF!?

    This week: The Mail, The Mirror and the LGBT Switchboard...

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  • News
    Melissa Etheridge's ex Tweets of break-up pain after reunion

    Tammy Lynn Michaels, the former lesbian partner of Melissa Etheridge, has voiced on-going upset about the pair's split after they were brief...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Catch Rachel Shelley in Casualty

    DIVA columnist and former L Word star Rachel returns to our TV screens in the BBC's long-running hospital drama...

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  • News
    Martina Navratilova calls Margaret Court's anti-gay views "outdated"

    Tennis champion and lesbian icon Martina Navratilova has publicly denounced Margaret Court's anti-gay views as outdated....

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  • News
    Jane Lynch to be honoured for pushing lesbian issues

    Glee star Jane Lynch will be given an award by a leading lesbian rights organisation for her work in promoting gay rights, it has been annou...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    All-star lesbian line-up for charity single

    Some of the best-loved names on the music scene have joined forces to raise money for anti-homophobic bullying charity...

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  • News
    Swedish truck-driver becomes online hit with lesbian Tweets

    A lesbian truck-driver in Sweden has become a web hit after Tweeting from the country's official online account....

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  • Lifestyle
    Top 5 (lesbo) things to do this weekend

    We’re over halfway through January and those New Year resolutions might be starting to slip. Seek comfort in every corner of the country…...

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  • Satire
    Scoop! Girl With Dragon Tattoo considering full sleeve

    Fictional computer hacker Lisbeth Salander unsure about additional tattoo...

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  • News
    Tracy Morgan parodied in 30 Rock after anti-gay rant

    Tracy Morgan, star of US series 30 Rock, has been parodied in the latest season of the show – months after offending the gay community....

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  • Lifestyle
    "I’m not rubbish. I’m a cliché."

    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that lesbians of a certain age have all experienced ‘The Cagney Crush’. Rubbish les is no exception....

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Interview: Ani DiFranco

    DIVA has a chat with the famously political singer-songwriter...

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  • News
    Piers Morgan describes Madonna's Golden Globe appearance as grotesque

    Former newspaper editor Piers Morgan has launched a verbal attack on Madonna – claiming her appearance at the recent Golden Globe awards was...

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  • News
    NHS North West and LGF launch healthcare quality scheme

    Manchester's Lesbian and Gay Foundation have teamed up with NHS North West to unveil a brand new quality benchmark for gay GP patients....

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  • News
    Rachel Maddow, Lady Gaga and Chaz Bono up for GLAAD Awards

    Nominations for the 23rd annual GLAAD awards have been announced - with Lady Gaga, Chaz Bono and Rachel Maddow....

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Lip Service second series to preview in Brighton

    The BBC3 lesbian drama returns this spring – catch the first episode free at a special screening...

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  • News
    Amsterdam's Chief Rabbi suspended over gay cure 'support'

    The Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam has been suspended after seemingly agreeing that homosexuality can be cured. ...

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  • News
    Girl admits sexual assault after posing as male to attract girlfriends

    A teenage girl posed as an adolescent male to have relationships with heterosexual girlfriends, a court has heard. ...

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  • Satire
    Scoop! DIVA to purchase Waterstones’ discarded apostrophe

    Magazine will buy unwanted punctuation mark for undisclosed sum ...

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  • News
    VIDEO: President Obama wishes Betty White a happy 90th birthday

    American President Barack Obama has wished Golden Girl actress Betty White a happy birthday in a hilarious video sketch....

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  • News
    Gay bookshop's jubilee will top The Queen's, says Sarah Waters

    Lesbian author Sarah Waters has celebrated a gay bookshop's anniversary today by claiming its eventual Diamond Jubilee will better The Queen...

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  • News
    Anger as Sweden continues to sterilise trans people

    Members of the Swedish government have announced they will not change the current law requesting transgender people to undergo sterilisation...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Review: The Ones That Got Away

    We take Jill Jackson's most recent album out for a spin...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    FILM PREVIEW: Margin Call

    At last! A film that passes the ‘Bechdel' test! With Demi Moore! And it’s sympathetic to bankers! What’s not to love?...

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  • News
    Gay's The Word bookshop celebrates 33rd birthday

    London's leading gay and lesbian bookshop Gay's The Word is celebrating more than thirty years of successful trading, today....

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  • Comment
    Wtf!? Weekly

    Piers Morgan disses Madonna's body, Meryl Streep gets shitty and one of New York’s least powerful lesbians tries to find somewhere to sleep....

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  • News
    Canada to close gay marriage loophole

    Foreigners who marry in the country to have their marriage recognised in Canada even if it is not recognised in their home jurisdiction. ...

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  • News
    Study shows gay parenting is equal to opposite-sex equivalent

    A research project conducted by the University of Amsterdam suggests that children of lesbian parents are no worse off than adolescents rais...

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  • News
    Lesbian youth worker awarded MBE

    Jess Wood, Founder and Director of Allsorts has been awarded an MBE in New Years Honours...

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  • News
    Gay rights activists plan protest at Australian Open

    Gay rights activists plan to stage a protest at the Australian Open following comments from championship winning tennis player, Margaret Cou...

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  • Lifestyle
    Top 5 (lesbo) things to do this weekend

    Holiday TV may have kept you indoors but 2012’s bright lights are beckoning, so here’s the weekend round-up of what’s hot for the girls…...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Web Series: DIVA's Top 3

    Looking for more authentic representations of LGBT lives, which mainstream cinema and TV do not provide? These days you’re literally a few c...

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  • News
    Feminist author launches protest against diet industry

    An author is urging women - and men - to participate in a London-based protest against the diet industry....

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  • News
    Jessie J, PJ Harvey and Kate Bush nominated for BRITS

    Bisexual singer Jessie J is celebrating after being nominated for three awards at this year's BRITS. ...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    VIDEO: Christina Novelli

    Former Candy Bar girl Danni Orsi (now PA to Christina Novelli) introduces the singer's debut track and video!...

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  • Comment
    "I shouldn't have put a ring on it"

    As the Rubbish Lesbian prepared to ring in 2012 her own ring began receiving some unwanted attention....

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Film: Top 5 Sundance Picks

    Sundance Film Fest's best LGBT-flavoured films for 2012...

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  • Advice
    Hot Stuff: Know when it's over

    Why it's best to end what you're in before you get into something new ...

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  • News
    Video of lesbian couple getting engaged becomes internet hit

    The video of a lesbian couple getting engaged in a touching airport scene has become an internet sensation. ...

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  • News
    DJ Samantha Ronson to release debut solo LP

    Lesbian DJ and media personality Samantha Ronson it to release a debut album of her own music, according to reports. ...

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  • News
    Ernst & Young top Stonewall's Top 100 Employers list

    Stonewall today publishes its Top 100 Employers 2012, showcasing Britain's best employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff. ...

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  • Lifestyle
    VIDEO: Shit straight girls say to lesbians!

    "You don't even LOOK like a lesbian!" Yep we've heard'em all. Welcome to the latest lez parody YouTube hit...

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  • Comment
    WTF?! weekly

    Fox News, Catholic forgiveness, Lady Thatcher and an infuriating new member of the family – it’s DIVA’s weekly mediawatch folks....

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  • News
    Pretty Little Liars actress says lesbian character helps fans

    A young actress on U.S. television show Pretty Little Liars has said that her on-screen lesbian character has resonated deeply with young vi...

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  • News
    Lesbians fail to win beauty pageant crown

    A lesbian who competed in the annual Miss California USA beauty contest, last weekend, failed in her impressive bid to take home the coveted...

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  • News
    Gay marriages will ruin humanity, says Pope Benedict

    The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has sparked new controversy this week after saying gay marriage will risk the futu...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Film review: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

    Campbell X previews the surprise lesbian hit of last year's Sundance Film Fest...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Lesbian choir launched in South Wales

    Got to sing? Gay women tune up in Cardiff...

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  • News
    Custody battle father fined for emailing lesbian pic of ex to in-laws

    A father embroiled in a bitter custody battle has been punished by the courts for emailing a picture of his ex-wife and her lesbian lover to...

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  • News
    American child actress Kristy McNichol comes out at 50

    One of American television's most enduring child actresses has revealed she is a lesbian – as she approaches her fiftieth birthday. ...

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  • Advice
    New year, new online dating you

    New Year’s resolutions are the sort of thing we all do every year, even though we know we most likely won’t stick with them. ...

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  • News
    DIVA magazine nominated for Xcite Award

    Europe's leading lesbian glossy magazine, DIVA, has been nominated for an award in the annual Xcite Books accolades....

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  • Lifestyle
    Nightlife: Bijou

    DIVA joins the mix at London’s "cocktail social" for gay and bi women ...

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  • News
    Miss Long Beach contender to compete in Miss California, this weekend

    A lesbian who made history by competing in America's Miss Long Beach beauty pageant will participate in the Miss California USA Contest, thi...

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  • News
    Reality TV star denies lesbian affair with Demi Moore

    A reality television star in the United States has denied having a same-sex affair with actress Demi Moore....

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  • News
    College crowd jeer Rick Santorum at U.S. conference

    Homophobic politician Rick Santorum has been booed by students at a U.S. university for his anti-gay opinions....

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  • Lifestyle
    Top 5 lesbian things to do this weekend

    Get out and about this weekend ...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Review: The Artist

    Silence is golden in this homage to early Hollywood...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Top 10 women we wish were gay

    Today's motto? Dare to dream...

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  • News
    Lesbian parents launch fundraiser for sick son

    The lesbian couple of a two year old boy from Leeds, who has severe health problems, have made a desperate plea for help in order to improve...

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  • News
    I'm saving for genital surgery, says Chaz Bono

    Chaz Bono, transgender son of Cher and Sonny Bono, has announced that he is saving up for genital surgery to complete his gender reassignmen...

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  • News
    Michele Bachmann drops out of U.S. Presidential race

    Famously anti-gay politician Michele Bachmann has dropped out of the Republican party's race for a Presidential candidate, today....

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  • Advice
    Hot Stuff: Back To Blighty

    DIVA's sexpert is leaving Paris - but will the girls in England be as easy to charm as the French?...

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  • Satire
    Sue’s Chart dating website a success

    Serial monogamist inspires dating site for sniping exes...

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  • News
    Couple's custody battle divides judges in Florida

    A landmark legal battle between two lesbians who each claim they are the mother of their child has divided the opinion of Florida's legal sy...

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  • News
    Carol Ann Duffy wins Costa Poetry Prize

    Acclaimed lesbian poet Carol Ann Duffy was been named the winner of the Costa Poetry Prize. ...

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  • News
    London Dyke March planned for 31 March

    A major lesbian parade has been planned to take place in London on 31 March – more than twenty years after the city's first....

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    INTERVIEW: TERI GENDER BENDER

    The nervous Mexican punk rocker is breathing new life into queer feminism...

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  • Comment
    WTF?! weekly

    Happy new queer! Menstruation, outrage, babies and older people – we’ve got the full life cycle covered....

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  • News
    Tesco deny they've u-turned on Pride pledge

    Supermarket giant Tesco have refuted claims it has u-turned on promises to help support London's World Pride 2012. ...

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  • News
    Coronation Street leads nominations in National Television Awards

    Long-running ITV soap Coronation Street is one of the main contenders at this year's National Television Awards, securing four nominations....

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  • News
    2012 Olympics arts head Sarah Weir granted OBE in New Year's honours list

    The head of arts for London's 2012 Olympics, Sarah Weir, features in the annual New Year's Honours list....

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year’s top lesbian stories.

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global gay news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it’s all about December...

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year’s top lesbian stories.

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global gay news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it’s all about November...

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year's top lesbian stories.

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global gay news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it's all about October....

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year's top lesbian stories.

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global gay news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it's all about Septembe...

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year's top lesbian stories.

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global gay news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it's all about August....

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year’s top lesbian stories.

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global gay news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it’s all about July....

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year’s top lesbian stories.

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global gay news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it’s all about June....

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  • Advice
    Hot Stuff: It's Seexxmaass!

    Our sex columnist comes over all seasonal... oo-er!...

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  • Lifestyle
    Top gazillion (lesbo) things to do over the holidays

    Strap on those party shoes and dance off that turkey – we’ve clocked some rockin’ parties over the Xmas break...

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year's top lesbian news stories

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global gay news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it's all about May....

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  • Comment
    BLOG: Angela Eagle

    The out lesbian Labour MP tells DIVA why she thinks the government's cuts make the outlook particularly bleak for women in 2012...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Manchester lesbian flies the flag in MTV’s search for the sound of 2012.

    Singer-songwriter Danielle Kerwick is a hot contender but she needs your support to get to the finals of MTV's Brand New....

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at year's top stories

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global lesbian news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it’s all about Apri...

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  • Lifestyle
    Marriage Vs Civil Partnership – what’s the difference?

    On 5 December significant changes were made to the Civil Partnership Act in the UK, granting gay couples more rights when forming a civil pa...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Interview: Kate Moennig

    The former The L Word star gives us five minutes...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Interview: Jennifer Saunders

    She's back! And she's still Ab Fabulous...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Cover interview: Sue Perkins

    What's it like being on the telly literally all of the time? DIVA finds out...

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  • News
    Special Christmas appeal for lonely LGBTs

    New campaign launched to stem loneliness on Christmas day...

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year's top stories

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global lesbian news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it’s all about Marc...

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  • Lifestyle
    Xmas gift guide: iPad/iPhone bits'n'bobs

    Can't live without your iPhone? Why not ask someone to get you one of these cool accessories?...

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  • Comment
    Wtf?! Weekly

    A new ABC show and an Australian tennis star spark outrage, and Dear Deirdre says we’re all a bit bi… it must be DIVA’s weekly mediawatch....

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year's top stories

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global lesbian news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it’s all about Febr...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Review: Misfits 3 DVD boxset

    If you missed it on telly, grab your chance to catch up with the cult C4 drama series on 26 December...

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  • Lifestyle
    Xmas gift guide: Stocking fillers

    Cute and random, just how we like our last minute stocking fillers...

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  • Lifestyle
    Xmas gift guide: More foodie treats

    Still not bought all your presents? Don't worry, we've found you an online hamper you can order until 22 December for next day delivery...

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  • News
    As 2011 draws to a close, we look back at the year's top stories

    Recapping the highs (and lows) of global gay news, we list the three biggest headline-grabbers of each month. Today, it’s all about January....

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Interview: Carol Morley

    "Joyce Vincent was special yet invisible. I wanted to give her a voice so I made this film." The director of 'Dreams of a life' speaks to DI...

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Theatre review: Copyright Christmas

    The queer pranksters from the Duckie collective have done it again with their dark take on Christmas consumerism...

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  • Lifestyle
    The top 6 (lesbo) things to do this weekend

    It's gonna be a queer, queer Christmas up and down the country judging by the shenanigans we've hand selected for you...

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  • News
    U.N. issue first in-depth report on homosexuality

    The United Nations has issued its first-ever official report calling for the protection of gay and trans people. ...

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  • News
    Gay marriage opponents in Scotland slammed for forged petition

    Scotland For Marriage, the campaign against same-sex marriage, have come under strong criticism for wrongly including the names of equal mar...

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  • News
    Labour M.E.P.s sign Tatchell's Equal Love campaign

    Peter Tatchell's Equal Love campaign received a boost yesterday, when Labour's Members of European Parliament all unanimously backed it....

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  • Lifestyle
    Xmas gift guide: Cheap treats

    Because Christmas stocking fillers don't need to cost a packet ...

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  • Comment
    Rubbish the red-lipped Lesbian

    Rubbish lez finds that getting the lippy out gets her more than she imagined...

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  • Lifestyle
    Xmas goodies: Savoury food

    Try these tasty treat ideas over the festive break...

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  • Lifestyle
    Xmas gift guide: Fragrances

    Make her day this Christmas with a fragrance to suit...

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  • News
    Lesbian couple face Michigan Mayor over Facebook slur

    A lesbian couple from the United States have publicly addressed Michigan Mayor Janice Daniels after she posted a homophobic comment on socia...

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  • News
    Amber Heard slams Hollywood peers who stay in closet

    Openly-gay actress Amber Heard has publicly criticised her Hollywood peers who aren't open about their homosexuality....

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  • News
    Baroness O’Cathain's proposed amendment to civil partnerships fails

    Early this afternoon a motion was successfully defeated in the House of Lords which would have banned the celebration of civil partnerships ...

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  • News
    Islamic extremists call for death of lesbian author

    Islamic extremists called for the death of a prolific lesbian author after storming a conference in Amsterdam, recently....

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  • News
    250,000 sign petition for LGBT support in Russia

    A petition with 250,000 signatures was today presented to the High Representative of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, and Members of th...

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  • News
    Penny Wong announces birth of first child

    Australia's lesbian Finance Minister, Penny Wong, has publicly announced the birth of her and her partner's first child....

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  • Arts & Entertainment
    Backstage with Christina Novelli

    Cannonball, Christmas and cuddling: We catch up with Christina at last nights' gig...

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  • News
    Peers urged to support gay unions on religious premises

    A UK-based equality group are urging peers in the House of Lords to support same-sex unions on religious premises....

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  • News
    Rosie O'Donnell sends Gaydar Gun to Michelle Bachman

    Lesbian TV presenter Rosie O'Donnell has sent anti-gay politician Michelle Bachman a tongue-in-cheek Christmas gift – a Gaydar Gun....

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  • News
    Mary Portas delivers recommendations for high street revival

    Television star and fashion adviser Mary Portas has unveiled plans to revive UK high streets, which she says are in dire straits....

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  • Lifestyle
    Xmas gift guide: Festive tipples

    ‘Santa’ sick of milk and cookies? Try one of these festive offerings instead...

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  • Lifestyle
    XMAS GIFT GUIDE: All we want for Christmas is chocolate

    The problem with chocolate is that you can never get enough of it - but at least Xmas gives you an excuse to try…...

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  • Lifestyle
    Moany Old Cow's Gift Guide

    Your Christmas present traumas resolved...

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  • Comment
    The Weekly Wtf!?

    Madonna gets some girl-on-girl action with La Minaj, girls around the nation do the walk of shame…it's DIVA’s weekly mediawatch....

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  • News
    Gingrich's gay half-sister backs Obama in Presidential race

    The lesbian half-sister of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has said she'll vote for Barack Obama in 2012 - not her sibling. ...

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