Diva

Way a DIVAn?t kna like! I?ve been buying this magazine for 3 years now. (well my girlfriend has). I first came across it when I was left in her flat alone for the first time. Now I shouldn?t really admit to this, but I was snooping ?as you do?, I was in the middle of my snoop when I came across this magazine. Imagine my delight, when on the front cover I saw the most beautiful looking woman my eyes had ever come across. That was it, my hunt for any juicy items in my girlfriends flat had stopped, and there was I engrossed in a magazine. Now this is my magazine of choice, each month I pop into WH Smiths and buy it. 2.25 into the till, and with a ...

I bought this when I was still 'closeted' hoping to 'discover' and share in the news and interests of my 'own kind'. It has all of the usual magazine topics: letters, news, gossip and interviews. But of course, all targeted at the British lesbian. It tends to be a bit of a lottery with this magazine. One month you'll get a few articles that are really interesting reading. The next there will be nothing. I've never hit the 'jack pot' yet with a fully enjoyable magazine. The front, colourful glossy cover tends to be a bit of a trick to make you buy it. I picked it up and expected to see a fully, colourful and ...

Diva is quite literally one of a kind, it's the only nationwide UK lesbian magazine. It's the 'sister publication' of GayTimes and is aimed at lesbians (and bisexual women) in The United Kingdom and also in Europe. It has a diverse range of articles from gardening tips to TV features, from clubbing guides to fashion features. Although Diva is fairly good many of its readers feel disgruntled that it appears to be aiming at too wide an audience. At a rough estimate 15% of UK women are lesbians, that's 4.5 million potential readers and Diva trys to appeal to every single one of them. The problem with that is that the magazine comes across as a ...