We took a look at some of the most popular streaming services in the UK (three services from British broadcasters like iPlayer, and three international streaming giants, like Netflix) to check out their accessibility features in a bid to find the best.

Whilst homosexual filmmakers can relish in the growing success of gay male narratives on screen, lesbian characters, on the contrary, are much less likely to avail of the spotlight. However, despite poor portrayals resulting in lesbian invisibility on mainstream screen, organisations such as LesFlicks are dedicated to furthering positive change in lesbian filmmaking. 

Disgraceful Magazine is a new not-for-profit magazine centred on showing women that it’s OK to break from society’s gender expectations, and that it’s OK to be a little more… well, disgraceful.

Founded by Liv Little in 2015, gal-dem is devoted to telling the stories of women and non-binary people of colour. With its workforce of over 70 women and non-binary people of colour, gal-dem is confronting the current journalistic landscape of 94% white and 55% male.

Just how elitist is the UK’s media industry? A mere 7% of the UK’s population is privately educated but a report from The Sutton Trust shows how the privately educated are disproportionately represented across the UK media industry.

A study by the International Women’s Media Foundation found that women represent only one third of the full-time journalists across the 522 companies surveyed. Undoubtedly, gender inequality is an issue worldwide but what is being done about it within media?