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Diva (magazine)
''DIVA'' is a European magazine targeted towards lesbian and bisexual women. The magazine contains features on lifestyle issues affecting young lesbian and bisexual women and allies as well as political developments in the lesbian scene. It also contains articles on travel, music and the latest cinema releases in the sector. The current publisher is Linda Riley. History The monthly magazine was first launched in March 1994 by Millivres Ltd, under the editorship of Frances Williams. Linda Riley became publisher of the magazine in 2016. In September 2021 DIVA announced a new editor, Roxy Bourdillon, who has been with the magazine since 2015. Bourdillon has recruited a dynamic and diverse team to help DIVA truly represent the community it reflects. DIVA features articles by and for lesbians and bisexual women on a range of subjects, from celebrity interviews and in-depth news features, travel pieces and arts reviews. Celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Keira Knightley, Samira Wi ...
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Linda Riley
Linda Riley is a British journalist, publisher and LGBTIQ+ rights advocate. She is the publisher of ''Diva'' magazine and founder of the Lesbian Visibility Week that has been observed since 2020. Career Riley was joint publisher of the magazines ''g3'' and ''Out in the City''. She later worked as an executive in the diversity and inclusion sector, and founded the Global Diversity List, European Diversity Awards, and the Pride Power List. She was a board director of GLAAD from 2013 to 2019 and has been patron of the LGBT homelessness charity Akt and the anti-bullying charity Diversity Role Models. She became the publisher of ''Diva'' magazine in 2016. In 2020 she founded the Lesbian Visibility Week Lesbian Visibility Week (related to Lesbian Visibility Day) is an annual observance in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries dedicated to increasing the awareness of lesbian Woman, women and their issues. It was originally ce ... that is currently observed in mu ...
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Courtney Act
Shane Gilberto Jenek (born 18 February 1982), better known under the stage name Courtney Act, is an Australian drag queen, singer and television personality. Courtney first came to prominence competing on the Australian Idol (season 1), first season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2003. After the show, she signed to BMG Australia (now Sony Music Australia), and she released her debut single, "Rub Me Wrong", which peaked at No. 29 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Singles Chart and eventually gained a gold certification. While auditioning for Australian Idol, she also became the first LGBTQ contestant to openly appear on a reality TV talent show. In 2014, Courtney was one of the runners-up in RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6), season six of ''RuPaul's Drag Race.'' In 2014, Courtney returned to recording music and released the extended play ''Kaleidoscope (Courtney Act EP), Kaleidoscope'' (2015), which included the title-track which was the official song for the 2016 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi G ...
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Magazines Published In London
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combination of the three. Definition In the technical sense a ''journal'' has continuous pagination throughout a volume. Thus ''Business Week'', which starts each issue anew with page one, is a magazine, but the '' Journal of Business Communication'', which continues the same sequence of pagination throughout the coterminous year, is a journal. Some professional or trade publications are also peer-reviewed, for example the '' Journal of Accountancy''. Non-peer-reviewed academic or professional publications are generally ''professional magazines''. That a publication calls itself a ''journal'' does not make it a journal in the technical sense; ''The Wall Street Journal'' is actually a newspaper. Etymology The word "magazine" derives from Arabic , t ...
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Monthly Magazines Published In The United Kingdom
Monthly usually refers to the scheduling of something every month. It may also refer to: * ''The Monthly'' * ''Monthly Magazine'' * '' Monthly Review'' * ''PQ Monthly'' * ''Home Monthly'' * ''Trader Monthly'' * '' Overland Monthly'' * Menstruation Menstruation (also known as a period, among other colloquial terms) is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. The menstrual cycle is characterized by the rise and fall of hor ...
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Lesbian Culture In The United Kingdom
A lesbian is a homosexual woman.Zimmerman, p. 453. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexuality or same-sex attraction. The concept of "lesbian" to differentiate women with a shared sexual orientation evolved in the 20th century. Throughout history, women have not had the same freedom or independence as men to pursue homosexual relationships, but neither have they met the same harsh punishment as homosexual men in some societies. Instead, lesbian relationships have often been regarded as harmless, unless a participant attempts to assert privileges traditionally enjoyed by men. As a result, little in history was documented to give an accurate description of how female homosexuality was expressed. When early sexologists in the late 19th century began to categorize and describe homosexual behavior, hampered by a lack of ...
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1994 Establishments In The United Kingdom
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 South African general election, in which he was elected South Africa's first president, and which effectively brought Apartheid to an end; NAFTA, which was signed in 1992, comes into effect in Canada, the United States, and Mexico; The first passenger rail service to utilize the newly-opened Channel tunnel; The 1994 FIFA World Cup is held in the United States; Skulls from the Rwandan genocide, in which over half a million Tutsi people were massacred by Hutus., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1994 Winter Olympics rect 200 0 400 200 Northridge earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Sinking of the MS Estonia rect 0 200 300 400 Rwandan genocide rect 300 200 600 400 Nelson Mandela rect 0 400 200 600 1994 FIFA World Cup ...
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List Of Lesbian Periodicals
A list of notable lesbian magazines, periodicals, newsletters, and journals. Africa South Africa * ''Closet Magazine'' – c. 1998–? * ''Legacy'' – Lesbian Arts Magazine – Johannesburg, 1990 * ''The Quarterly'' * ''Sunday's Women'' – 1990s? * ''Umzabalazo'' – official newsletter of the Coalition of African Lesbians, a continent-wide organization of lesbians in Africa – Johannesburg, 2007–present * ''Womyn'' – 2000–2003 Asia and the Middle East China * '' Les+'' – Beijing, longest running lesbian magazine in China, 2005–2012 Indonesia * ''Goya Lestari'' – published by group Chandra Kirana, 1993–? Israel * ''Klaf Hazak'' – lesbian feminist quarterly from KLaF/CLAF (Kehila Lesbit Feministit/Community of Lesbian Feminists), c.1990–? Japan 1970 to 1980 *Feminist Forum: Feminism in Japan and the World (Tokyo, Japan, 1979–1985) * ''Hikariguruma'' – 1978 * ''Subarashii Onnatachi'' – Tokyo, lesbian feminist magazine of Wakakusa no Kai – , 19 ...
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Rebecca Loos
Rebecca Loos (born 19 June 1977) is a Dutch former personal assistant, glamour model, and media personality. Loos first came to public attention following her claims that she had conducted an affair with the married footballer David Beckham while she was employed as his personal assistant. The allegations led to Loos appearing on several reality television series, magazine covers, and in other media for a few years thereafter. Early life and education Loos was born in Madrid, Spain, but holds Dutch citizenship. Her father, Leonard Loos Bartholdi, was a Dutch diplomat, and her mother, Elizabeth Loos, is originally from Surrey, England. Loos was privately educated at Runnymede College in Madrid. She is a second cousin of Piers Morgan, who was editor of the ''Daily Mirror'' tabloid newspaper when Loos initially gained media attention. Career Loos became the personal assistant to former England national football team captain David Beckham, when he transferred to Real Madrid in July 2 ...
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Suranne Jones
Sarah Anne Akers (née Jones; born 27 August 1978), known professionally as Suranne Jones, is an English actress and producer. She rose to prominence as Karen McDonald in ''Coronation Street'' between 2000 to 2004. Upon leaving, she furthered her television career in drama series including ''Vincent'' (2005–2006), '' Strictly Confidential'' (2006) and ''Harley Street'' (2008). Her portrayal of convicted murderer Ruth Slater in the mini-series ''Unforgiven'' (2009) received acclaim. Between 2011 and 2016, Jones starred as Detective Rachel Bailey in the police procedural ''Scott & Bailey'', her second collaboration with screenwriter Sally Wainwright after ''Unforgiven''. She garnered further attention for her roles in ''Single Father'', '' Five Days'' (both 2010) and ''The Crimson Field'' (2014), as well as stage work including productions of ''A Few Good Men'' (2005), '' Blithe Spirit'' (2009), ''Top Girls'' (2011), '' Beautiful Thing'' (2013) and ''Orlando'' (2014). For her ...
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Heather Peace
Heather Mary Peace (born 16 June 1975) is a British actress, musician and LGBT rights activist from Bradford, England. She is best known for her hit role as Nikki Boston in the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'' from 2012 to 2014. Her other credits include Sally 'Gracie' Fields in ITV's long-running series '' London's Burning'', Fiona Murray in Kay Mellor's drama series '' The Chase'', Sam Murray in the BBC Scotland drama series ''Lip Service'' and as Eve Unwin in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. Early life Heather Peace was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She has been playing piano since she was six years old, and guitar since her teens. Peace decided to be an actress at an early age and credits her parents for the encouragement they gave her to achieve that goal. She went to ''St Joseph's Primary School'' in Little Horton, Bradford, and St Joseph's Catholic College in Manningham, Bradford. Her mother was a long-serving cantor at St Joseph's Catholic Chur ...
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Sue Sanders
Sue Louise Sanders is Emeritus Professor Harvey Milk Institute 2015 (born in 1947 in London). She is, an " out and proud" lesbian, a British LGBT rights activist who has specialized in challenging oppression in the public and voluntary sectors for over forty years. Career After studying at London's New College of Speech and Drama (now part of Middlesex University) where she received a teaching diploma, Sanders studied counseling on alcohol-related problems as well as gestalt therapy and contribution training. She also holds qualifications on dealing with stress and trauma. Since 1967, she has been a teacher, tutor and a lecturer on women's studies, drama and homophobia in schools, universities and other organisations, both in London and in Sydney, Australia. Since 1984, Sanders has worked as a management consultant and trainer for the public and voluntary sector. She was a member of the LGBT Advisory Group to the Metropolitan Police (since 1999), was an independent advis ...
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