Magazine - Diva May 1998

Object

Magazine

Production date

May 1998

Object number

2022.92

Physical Description

Magazine, May 1998 issue of 'Diva.' The front cover features a model wearing a black t-shirt with the slogan 'Girls Who Do Girls' Inside the magazine at the back their is an advert for the 'The Workshop' (Lenthall Road, Haggerston).

Object history

Diva magazine was created for lesbian and bisexual women. On this cover the model is shown wearing a t-shirt designed and printed by Gonul Zeki at the Lenthall Road Workshop, Haggerston.

After funding for the radical screen-printing collective the Lenthall Road workshop was withdrawn, photographer Gonul Zeki used the workshop as a commercial enterprise to print T-shirts and other merchandise for the developing lesbian and gay community, in particular for lesbians who were less catered for.

An advert in this magazine describes The Workshop as offering the largest selection of lesbian and gay t-shirts in Europe.

Personal experiences

Gonul was the one who had the first t-shirts out that said 'I think my girlfriend's a lesbian' for instance which you see all over the place. 'I can't even think straight' is another one that was all over the place and there's lots and lots of people who do it.

Associated Organisation

Lenthall Road Workshop

Associated Person

Zeki, Gonul

Associated Place

Haggerston (Place)

Material

Paper

Dimension

Length: 297mm
Width: 210mm

On display?

Inscription

Diva
Lesbian life & style
May 1998 £2.00

Looking Back In Anger
10 years of Section 28

Looking Forward With Hope
homeless lesbians speak out

The Perils of Babedom
a warning

[On T-Shirt] Girls Who Do Girls

Coming Out
it can be scary, but it's worth it. Real life stories

Millivres publication

Now Monthly
The Workshop
The Largest Selection of Lesbian And Gay T-Shirts In Europe

1. I CAN'T EVEN THINK STRAIGHT
2. GIRLS WHO DO GIRLS
4. BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN STANDS AN AMAZED GIRLFRIEND
5. BOYS WILL BE BOYS, GIRLS WILL BE WOMEN
6. VORSPRUNG DYKE TECHNIQUE
7. QUEER BABE
8. THE FUTURE IS FEMALE AND SHE'S PISSED OFF
9. THE THINKING DYKE'S CRUMPET
10. DYKE BITCH FROM HELL
11. BRAZEN HUSSY
12. MEDIA DYKE - A LEGEND IN HER OWN MIND
15. JUST ONE OF THE GIRLS
16. YES I AM
17. WHITE TRASH
18. BOYS WHO DO BOYS
19. CLOSETS ARE FOR CLOTHES
20. I AM A WOMAN - DON'T GIVE ME SHIT
21. DRAMA QUEEN
22. THE FAMILY LINE ENDS HERE
23. GET A LIFE - NOTHING POLITICAL IS CORRECT
24. IT'S A GAY THING YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND
25. FRIENDS OF DOROTHY
27. OUT PROUD AND IN YOUR FACE
29. TOMBOY
30. FRILLY BUTCH
31. HIGH DRAMA - IT'S A GAY THING DON'T GET INVOLVED
32. UPPITY DYKE
33. GAGGING FOR IT
35. DIPSTICK LESBIAN
36. NEVER JUDGE A DYKE BY HER LOVER
37. IT'S A BITCH BEING BUTCH
38. NEVER MIND THE PECS, HOW'S MY TIARA?
39. HETEROSEXUALITY IT'S NOT NORMAL, IT'S JUST COMMON
41. I'M JUST A GIRL WHO CAN'T SAY NO
42. NOWT AS QUEER AS FOLK
43. GET REAL. LIFE IS NOT LIKE THEY TOLD US
44. QUEER - YOU CAN'T BEAT THE FEELING
45. SIMPLY PROUD
47. THERAPY IS FOR THERAPISTS
48. GIRLS KICK ASS
50. JEZEBEL
51. SLAPPER
52. BITTER AND TWISTED
53. WAIT I FEEL A SONG COMING ON!
54. DYKE IT'S MORE THAN A FOUR LETTER WORD
55. GIRLFRIEND
56. HELLO GIRLS
57. WITHOUT LESBIANS THERE WOULD BE NO MELODRAMA
58. SELF APPOINTED SPOKESWOMAN
59. PRIDE - STRAIGHT PEOPLE ARE JUST JEALOUS
60. GIRL POWER
61. ELLEN IS NOT ALONE
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