DIVA

I came out as a lesbian, and then realised I was bi. Here’s why that’s okay

Clichéd it may sound, but growing up I always felt a little different to other girls. Drawn to dungarees over dresses in my early years, I was largely tomboyish until the age of about six, when I decided that all I wanted to wear in life was my pink fairy dress.

At 16, I embarked on a new friendship with a girl at sixth form. Sharing the same musical and literary tastes, she was exciting to me. For the first

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from DIVA

DIVA2 min read
Books
By Chloe Michelle Howarth In this atmospheric, sapphic coming-of-age romance, set in the early 90s in the Irish village of Crossmore, we meet Lucy, who’s struggling with feeling out of place. Through this novel, the author offers the reader a tender
DIVA3 min read
THrIVing
Despite women making up over half the global population with an HIV-positive diagnosis, HIV is surrounded by a stigma that excludes women from the conversation entirely. This lack of representation has shrouded HIV in a culture of shame for women, pu
DIVA2 min read
The Pairings That Give You Bi Panic
For me, bi panic is defined in no better way than the night I watched the Eurovision 2021 final. The minute the Italian rock group Måneskin waltzed on stage, I simply didn’t know where to look. One minute I was drooling over lead singer Damiano David

Related