Diva Magazine Celebrates 200th

DIVA editor Jane Czyzselska recently told PinkNews.co.uk what has changed since the queer women’s title was launched in 1994 and what she believes still needs changing.

"We got a stellar roll call on the cover of DIVA’s 200th issue including...

Lucy Spraggan, Heather Peace, paralympian Claire Harvey, authors Stella Duffy and Sarah Waters, Pratibha Parmar, Paris Lees, Jane Hill, Allegra McEvedy Maggi Hambling –  something DIVA’s first editor, Frances Williams wouldn’t have dreamed possible in 1994.

Back then our aim was to showcase everything that was fun glamorous and edgy about lesbian culture. This was lesbian chic as worn by lesbians, not supermodels like Cindy Crawford.

Finally we had our own magazine and were being written about by ourselves, not by outsiders gawping at us. In 1994 there were precious few media resources available to us – no internet, no TV shows, only a handful of out and proud celebrities who were household names".

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Published: 31-Jan-2013: (1737)