DIVA

“If you hide, it doesn’t go away…”

ike many, I frequently spend my nights curled up in bed, scrolling aimlessly on TikTok. It’s an eternally fast-paced app and new trends emerge each day. Many are hilarious, but few are really touching. That’s one of the reasons I was so moved to see the latest trend, based on MGMT’s seminal release Little Dark Age, platforming LGBTQI stories in a unique and powerful way. Centred around the lyrics, “Just know that if you hide, it doesn’t go away”, LGBTQI people have been taking to TikTok to share their coming out stories,

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

More from DIVA

DIVA2 min read
I’m Putting On My First Ever Pride Event And It’s A Big Deal
I often get asked what Middlesex means – what that area actually is. It is somewhere that was officially named Middlesex (alongside Sussex and Essex); the space than narrowed down until it was a postal area, the title then removed in the 1990s to acc
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
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 Books & Audiobooks