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Totally technicolored, hugely over-hauled and seriously up-sophisticated, DIVA magazine has had something of a make-over! Join The L Word actress Rachel Shelley and DIVA Magazine editor extraordinaire, the very regal Roxy Bourdillon , as they toast this illustrious May issue. The monarch of all magazines, delivered directly to your device by golden carriage in this, the week of the King's coronati...

It's Lesbian Visibility Week and to celebrate, podDIVA is spotlighting LGBTQIA plus lesbians and queer women from around the globe. Every day this week, pod DIVA highlights the life of one of our listeners from beyond our borders. This series of lyrical features is weaved together from the listener's raw footage, to create evocative audio postcards. Connecting and strengthening a community of lesb...

It's Lesbian Visibility Week and to celebrate, podDIVA is spotlighting LGBTQIA plus lesbians and queer women from around the globe. Every day this week, pod DIVA highlights the life of one of our listeners from beyond our borders. This series of lyrical features is weaved together from the listener's raw footage, to create evocative audio postcards. Connecting and strengthening a community of lesb...

It's Lesbian Visibility Week and to celebrate, podDIVA is spotlighting LGBTQIA plus lesbians and queer women from around the globe. Every day this week, pod DIVA highlights the life of one of our listeners from beyond our borders. This series of lyrical features is weaved together from the listener's raw footage, to create evocative audio postcards. Connecting and strengthening a community of lesb...

4Pride has been nominated for LGBTQ Network of the Year at the DIVA Awards - for the second year running! Discover everything about this amazing Employee Resource Group and the great impact it's having on staff and company alike. Featuring, amongst many others, the fantastically funny Rosie Jones and the audaciously awesome Tom Allen . Want to hear more about 4Pride and all things LGBTQIA? Grab yo...

It's Lesbian Visibility Week and to celebrate, podDIVA is spotlighting LGBTQIA plus lesbians and queer women from around the globe. Every day this week, pod DIVA highlights the life of one of our listeners from beyond our borders. This series of lyrical features is weaved together from the listener's raw footage, to create evocative audio postcards. Connecting and strengthening a community of lesb...

It's Lesbian Visibility Week and to celebrate, podDIVA is spotlighting LGBTQIA plus lesbians and queer women from around the globe. Every day this week, pod DIVA highlights the life of one of our listeners from beyond our borders. This series of lyrical features is weaved together from the listener's raw footage, to create evocative audio postcards. Connecting and strengthening a community of lesb...

Art School Girlfriend is one of the coolest lesbians on the indie music scene – a singer-songwriter, a DJ, a producer, a football player no less.  In this episode of podDIVA, Polly Mackey talks to DIVA’s editorial assistant Georgia Dimdore Miles about finding her name, the pain behind queer joy, and making sweet music with her partner Marika Hackman . Who just happens to drop in… Want to hear...

This week's interview is the 24-carat gold, National Treasure that is Dame Kelly Holmes . Having won two gold medals at the Athens Olympics in 2004, Dame Kelly has gone on to work tirelessly for young people, setting up the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust in 2008. Our much celebrated cover star talks openly to DIVA deputy editor Nic Crosara about her army career her coming out journey her charity work Wan...

You loved it so much we thought we'd give you more. Laurel Holloman laughing her pretty socks off. Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman's charity auction started Monday April 3rd. All proceeds go to GLSEN. Head over to Charity Buzz to find out more. Want to hear more about all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's April issue here. If you're an LGBTQIA plus woman or non binary person, podDIVA is...

There's so much to celebrate in this episode! It's Lesbian Visibility Month - should be 12 of them, really - which culminates April 23rd with Lesbian Visibility Week and the queer-tastic DIVA Awards on April 28th! Not only do we have National Treasure Dame Kelly Holmes on our 24-carat cover, we also have a jam-packed issue full of fresh, mind-expanding features. Join The L Word actress Rachel Shel...

Everything you need to know about Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman's charity auction starting Monday April 3rd. All proceeds go to GLSEN. Head over to Charity Buzz to find out more. Want to hear more about all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's April issue here. If you're an LGBTQIA plus woman or non binary person, podDIVA is your weekly podcast. Edited and produced by Rachel Shelley with...

When Jennifer Beals laughs like this, you can't help but join in :) Look out for more bonuses from podDIVA, Wherever You Are In the World. Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman's charity auction started Monday April 3rd. All proceeds go to GLSEN. Head over to Charity Buzz to find out more. Want to hear more about all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's April issue here. If you're an LGBTQIA plus...

It may be the end for The L Word Generation Q, but with talk of an L Word New York spin-off, perhaps Bette and Tina's happy-ever-after is just the start of something new. Hear your L Word favourites Jennifer Beals (Bette Porter) and Laurel Holloman (Tina Kennard) sharing all the joy with Rachel Shelley (Helena Peabody) - talking, laughing, loving, breathing... thinking, dreaming. In this fun, inti...

Over on TikTok, the queer scene is thriving. And that’s where today’s guest on podDIVA first made her name as a singer-song writer, becoming a social media sensation.  Jade Le Mac is from the beautiful Vancouver Island, where she’s been making music since she was 12 years old.  We’re lucky enough to feature a couple of those tracks in this episode – Car Accident and Constellations....

Welcome to the Relationship Room here at podDIVA! The Relationship Room is a safe place to discuss ideas that help us navigate interpersonal relationships. Ali Hendry , DIVA magazine’s own Holistic Relationship Coach (PCC) and columnist, digs in with curiosity, compassion and a sweet garnish of humour.  Today's topic: Create The Life You Want. Ali talks to the author of Feeling Myself , Natal...

Special offer on pod DIVA today: three amazing guests for the price of one ! That's three of the stars of Scare BNB: The Hosts , a fun thriller with an all-queer lead cast, that's now airing on DIVA Box Office . Lily Richards , Sterling Victorian and Mandahla Rose chat to DIVA's Izzie Jones about the power of working on a queer production, getting snowed in together and Sterling also talks about b...

It's March, the days are getting longer, and it's time to get outside and celebrate the sweet, sweet smell of spring! Join The L Word actress Rachel Shelley and DIVA Magazine editor extraordinaire Roxy Bourdillon as they forest bathe under the blossom and dance in a ring. Together they dig deep into your favourite LGBTQIA plus glossy magazine. Discussing: Our luminous cover star and gay icon Cate...

Actor Paula Andrea Placido is riding high right now. Not only does she get to play Roxy on The L Word Generation Q , Dani's "fun friend"... She's also Ava's tenant on the fabulous TV comedy show Hacks . AND... She has a new show Sugar starring Colin Farrell heading to your screens later this year on Apple TV+ . DIVA's new Editorial Assistant Georgia was the lucky duck who got to interview her...

The groundbreaking activist, model and writer Munroe Bergdorf talks to DIVA deputy editor Nic Crosara about her latest memoir and manifesto - Transitional. The DIVA alumni - Munroe was once a DIVA columnist - shares her secrets about finding Trans joy on social media, the importance of media representation, and reading Vogue in the loo. Want to hear more from Munroe Bergdorf and all things LGBTQIA...

Many pod DIVA listeners fell in love with Emily Hampshire' s portrayal of the cynical, deadpan Stevie Budd on the ground-breaking and hilarious TV show Schitt's Creek . In this serving of Queers For Your Ears, our amazing February cover star talks to DIVA's deputy editor Nic Crosara (congrats Nic!) about her latest role in Prime Video's The Rig . They also chat about the importance of telling dive...

It's February, the month of love, so get on board the love train to celebrate LGBT+ History Month! L Word actress Rachel Shelley and DIVA Magazine editor extraordinaire Roxy Bourdillon are riding the love train into February's issue - hop on board and share the love! Together they dig deep into your favourite LGBTQIA plus glossy magazine. On route, they'll be calling at - Schitt's Creek with adora...

The fiercely fantastic vocalist and musician Grace Gaustad talks to DIVA's Nic Crosara about their pathway into music, their upcoming releases and their sexuality journey. Grace gets candid about being outed in high school, sharing a powerful message against people having control of their narrative taken away from them. Tune in to hear more about their amazing Black Box project, blkbxproject.org ,...

Ever since its release, Mindy Kaling and J ustin Noble 's show, The Sex Lives of College Girls , has been a huge success. Many podDIVA listeners and DIVA magazine readers love the refreshing way in which the show explores Leighton's queerness. DIVA's Nic Crosara interviewed the four fabulous leads of this laugh-out-loud show: Renee Rapp who plays Leighton Alyah Chanelle Scott who plays Whitney Amr...

Jennifer Beals is an icon. You'll know and love her for playing Bette Porter on Showtime's The L Word for very nearly 20 years. But her illustrious career has spanned a plethora of culture-defining cinematic moments and performances. The show's current iteration, The L Word Generation Q, sees her navigating the choppy waters of teen parenting, with and without her long term significant other, Tina...