Linda Riley

Linda Riley is a British journalist and LGBTIQ+ rights advocate. She is the publisher of the Diva magazine and founder of the Lesbian Visibility Week.

Linda Riley
Known forPublisher of Diva and founder of Lesbian Visibility Week
Websitewww.lindariley.co.uk

Career

Riley was joint publisher of the magazines g3 and Out in the City. She later worked as an executive in the diversity and inclusion sector, and founded the Global Diversity List, European Diversity Awards, and the Pride Power List.[1][2] She was a board director of GLAAD from 2013 to 2019 and has been patron of the LGBT homelessness charity Akt and the anti-bullying charity Diversity Role Models.[1]

She became the publisher of the Diva magazine in 2016. In 2020 she founded the Lesbian Visibility Week that is currently observed in multiple countries.[3][4][5][6][7]

References
  1. "Linda Riley". Stonewall. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. "Pride Power List". Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. O'HaraApril 22, Mary Emily; 2020. "How Lesbian Visibility Week Forces Brands to Pay Attention". Retrieved 2021-09-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Lesbian Visibility Week 2021: 26 April - 2 May". Stonewall. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  5. "'We do like a rave!' Inside the UK's last lesbian bars". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  6. "Lesbian Visibility Day: LGBT+ women in sport share advice on sexuality". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  7. Wilson, Lena (2020-06-30). "How Women Did Pride in a Pandemic Year". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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