We couldn’t be more excited for the 2025 DIVA Awards. LGBTQIA women and non-binary people are increasingly visible across entertainment, politics, business and more. Every year DIVA, the world’s leading magazine for LGBTQIA women and non-binary people, celebrates our amazing community and the trailblazers serving as role models to the generations who follow them.

 

Our 2025 celebration will be our biggest yet – so big that we have 15 incredible categories:

 

Media Moment of the Year

Writer of the Year

Celebrity Ally of the Year

Inspirational Role Model of the Year (c)

Diversity Champion of the Year (c)

Corporate Ally of the Year (c)

Community/Charity of the Year

Influencer of the Year

Actor of the Year

Musician of the Year

Advertiser of the Year (c)

Future Leader of the Year (c)

Campaigner of the Year

Sports Person of the Year

Lifetime Achievement

 

Join us as we celebrate our incredibly talented community.

 

Legacy

 

Established in 2017 by Linda Riley, the DIVA Awards are integral to DIVA’s history. Linda is a trailblazer for LGBTQIA visibility, having founded the European Diversity Awards, British Diversity Awards, Lesbian Visibility Week, the Rainbow Honours, and notably receiving the accolade for Trans Ally at Trans In The City 2021.

 

When DIVA Magazine began in 1994, Section 28 was still in place, and LGBTQIA publications often failed to speak for queer women and non-binary people. We’re proud that DIVA was founded by this demographic, for this demographic.

 

The awards celebrate how far we have come, while remembering how far there still is to go and looking to the future of queer visibility.

 

Now over three decades later, we’re still celebrating LGBTQIA women and non-binary people proving that the power of community can overcome prejudice.