Kate Osborne is the Labour Member of Parliament for Jarrow, a gay woman who's served her South Tyneside constituency since 2019.

In this episode of podDIVA, Kate talks to Rachel Shelley from New York where she is attending the UN's annual Commission on the Status of Women.

Kate is not only a tireless campaigner for her constituents, she also focuses much of her work on equality issues, including trans and all LGBTQIA plus rights.

In this episode we discuss

• her own intimate reflections on 'coming out' to her mother as a teen
• her pathway into politics through trade unions at the Post Office
• dealing with on-line abuse and incendiary language in politics

Stay in touch:

Kate Osborne on Twitter

Have you heard our top-rated ep? TheLWordGenQ with Rachel Shelley

Want to hear more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's latest issue here.

Edited and produced by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVA

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DIVA - the world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary people

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DIVA magazine's editorial assistant Ella (aka your personal queer newsreader) brings you the hottest and most important headlines from the last two weeks in our new segment: DIVA Digest. 

Want to see more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's December issue here.

Edited by Ella Gauci.

The world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary people.

Check out our podDIVA back catalogue with over 100 episodes - where you can find all your favourite LGBTQIA voices.

Are you living outside of the UK? Get in touch: [email protected] and tell your LGBTQIA story to the world!

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Today we’re visiting the Relationship Room with DIVA magazine’s very own resident relationship coach, the awesome Ali Hendry.

Ali is talking to Jem Ayres – a certified Sex Geek and Orgasmic Embodiment Coach. She’s a Sex Coach and Tantra practitioner. 

Together they’re discussing:

·      Creating micro-pleasures

·      Reframing failure

·      Unearthing tantric touch

There is so much fascinating stuff to learn in this ep!

Stay connected:

Jem Ayres website

Jem Ayres Facebook

Jem Ayres Insta

Ali Hendry website

Ali Hendry Insta

Have you heard our top-rated ep? TheLWordGenQ with Rachel Shelley

Want to hear more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's December issue here.

Edited and produced by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVA

podDIVA: Queers for your Ears

DIVA - the world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary people

Get in touch: [email protected]

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The amazing Beverley Knight is our stunning cover star, and in this spirited, energy-infused episode she talks to DIVA magazine's Deputy Editor Nic Crosara about

• celebrating 50 glorious years of life
• stepping into her power and confidence
• her endless love of music making
• accidentally becoming a gay icon

Now also an Olivier Award winning West End star, Beverley's latest brilliant album The Fifth Chapter released at the end of last year.

Have you heard our top-rated ep? TheLWordGenQ with Rachel Shelley

Want to hear more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's February issue here.

Edited and produced by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVA

podDIVA: Queers for your Ears

DIVA - the world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary people

Get in touch: [email protected]

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Beverley Knight is on the cover, people! You know Everything is Going to be Alright...

And what a cover!

It's a bumper issue of DIVA magazine and a bumper episode of the DIVA Debrief, with the right royal Roxy Bourdillon, editor supreme, and The L Word star Rachel Shelley (aka Helena Peabody).

Discussing

• LGBTQ History Month
• Twenty years of The L Word - TWENTY!
• Whether it's time to phase out the term "openly gay"
• Ella Gauci's special report on our elderly LGBTQIA+ community

Plus an exclusive Beyond Borders feature starring you, the DIVA listener.

Wherever You Are In the World.

This month: Libbie from Maryland, USA. 

Thank you Libbie!

The DIVA Debrief - one gorgeous glossy in your ear.

Have you heard our top-rated ep? TheLWordGenQ with Rachel Shelley

Want to hear more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's February issue here.

Edited and produced by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVA

podDIVA: Queers for your Ears

DIVA - the world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary people

Get in touch: [email protected]

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DIVA magazine's editorial assistant Ella (aka your personal queer newsreader) brings you the hottest and most important headlines from the last two weeks in our new segment: DIVA Digest. 

Want to see more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's December issue here.

Edited by Ella Gauci.

Produced by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVA

podDIVA: Queers for your Ears

The world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary people.

Check out our podDIVA back catalogue with over 100 episodes - where you can find all your favourite LGBTQIA voices.

Are you living outside of the UK? Get in touch: [email protected] and tell your LGBTQIA story to the world!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ali Hendry's Relationship Room with author of “NeuroQueer” CJ DeBarra

CJ DeBarra (they/them) is a non-binary, queer journalist and author from Ireland and based in Nottingham. Today we discuss:

·        Sex, Kink and ADHD

·        ADHD queer dating

·        ADHD self-advocacy

·        Why there are so many queer neurodivergent humans

Stay connected:

CJDeBarra Twitter

CJDeBarra website

Have you heard our top-rated ep? TheLWordGenQ with Rachel Shelley

Want to hear more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's December issue here.

Edited and produced by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVA

podDIVA: Queers for your Ears

DIVA - the world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary people

Get in touch: [email protected]

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On this week's #podDIVA we spoke to the enigmatic singer-songwriter Marika Hackman about her new album Big Sigh.

Join us as we dig into what inspires her music, the trials and tribulations of the "old queer longing", having crushes on girls in the year above at school, and about how she met her partner and DIVA-fave singer Art School Girlfriend!

Editorial Assistant Ella Gauci dives into the making of this highly anticipated album.

Have you heard our top-rated ep? TheLWordGenQ with Rachel Shelley

Want to hear more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's December issue here.

Edited by DIVA's amazing Editorial Assistant Ella Gauci

Additional editing and produced by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVA

podDIVA: Queers for your Ears

DIVA - the world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary people

Get in touch: [email protected]

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podDIVA is off nibbling mince pies with Sapphic Claus this week, but we didn't want to leave you with empty stockings!

A Gentleman Jack bonanza!

Featuring the married folk duo Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow, creators of THAT theme tune!

We're celebrating this smash HBO / BBC TV show in all its sapphic glory!

With star Suranne Jones on this month's DIVA cover.

Hear amazing tales of love, self-actualization, joy and music-making that Gentleman Jack has inspired.

Including contributions from Patricia Esgate, Neve Elizabeth, Liv Woodward, Meg Maguire, Jill Liddington, Donna Raney, Esther Newton and Sarah Wingrove.

podDIVA: Queers for your Ears

Wherever you are in the world.

Produced and co-edited by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVA

Additional editing by the awesome Nic Crosara.

Get in touch: [email protected]

This episode originally aired April 2022

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Today on podDIVA we have a special episode of The Relationship Room with Moe Ari Brown. 

Moe Ari is the Love and Connection Expert for the dating app Hinge – Hinge is now the UK’s number one trending dating app!

Moe is also a Mental Health Expert in Transgender Identity and a Licenced Marriage & Family Therapist

In this episode, Moe talks to your host of The Relationship Room and DIVA Magazine’s Ali Hendry about Deepening Our Love Goals.

And as we enter the holiday period -  how can we use connection to support our mental health?

Stay connected with Moe Ari Brown:

Insta: @loveoutproud

The DIVA Debrief - one gorgeous glossy in your ear.

Have you heard our top-rated ep? TheLWordGenQ with Rachel Shelley

Want to hear more of all things LGBTQIA? Grab your copy of DIVA's December issue here.

Edited and produced by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVA

podDIVA: Queers for your Ears

DIVA - the world's leading brand for LGBTQIA plus women and non-binary people

Get in touch: [email protected]

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