It cannot be denied that the past 50 years have seen huge strides made by the LGBTQIA community as a whole but, even now, so many of the victories that are now taken for granted – equal marriage, the right to serve in the military, the right to adopt children – have been laid at the door of gay men. The DIVA Power List is one of the highlights of Lesbian Visibility Week, a time where we celebrate a community that has for so long existed on the margins – under-appreciated, undervalued and under-represented. Tough for those who missed out, but what an endorsement of the depth of talent in our community of strong, proud women. Today, seven years later, we have – very reluctantly – been forced to be more ruthless than ever as we have faced the unenviable task of not including a host of high achievers from the list. When DIVA magazine launched the DIVA Power List just seven years ago, with the aim of shining an unashamedly bright spotlight on some of the incredible women in our community, we struggled to find 100 out-and-proud women to make up the numbers. Meet the visionaries blazing a trail for LGBTQIA women and non-binary people
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