The World’s Best Gay Magazine. We pride ourselves on exclusive content and we are the premier destination for film, music, sports and pop stars plus LGBT heroes and allies that want to speak directly to gay men. Each issue has a balance of features on a diverse range of subjects, with block busting A-list celebrity exclusives and in-depth analysis of news and issues affecting the LGBT community. No other gay magazine can come anywhere near Attitude’s star pulling power, with celebrities such as James Franco, Tom Hardy, Elton John, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ian McKellen, Liam Payne, Take That, Matthew Lewis and countless more giving exclusive gay press interviews to us. Plus we have the likes of Paris Lees, Matt Lucas, David Furnish, not only appearing in the magazine but also writing for it.
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Stigma busters • Cabaret writer and producer Jason Reid shares his HIV coming out story and explains why role models such as Gareth Thomas and Jonathan van Ness are vital in the fight against shaming
The Rules • …for getting ready for Brexit
That’s what friends are for…
#INSTAMAN @danlingy • ARCHITECT DANIEL LINGY IS A KEEN TRAVELLER — AND WE’RE, AHEM, DIGGING HIS PENCHANT FOR SKIMPY SPEEDOS
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One rainy winter’s night in NYC changed everything
Gossip gurls • GUILLOTINA MUNTER, Glasgow’s first lady of drag, spills the tea on the queens’ latest exploits
Start your engines… • …oh hang on, there aren’t any engines. This is the all-electric Jaguar I-Pace. And with four of the most fabulous drag queens, two hot boys and £20,000 on the line for charity, this is what we did last summer
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LIVING THE DREAM • In days gone by, ensuring you had the home of your dreams probably meant you had to buy. But renting has changed — and no one knows that better than the award-winning rental experts at Get Living
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Pronouns prorogued • It may have taken a long time, but Sam Smith has finally found a way to love themself. Having come through a mighty battle to identify as non-binary, they are a fitting winner of our Person of the Year Award, supported by Virgin Atlantic
There is nothing like a dame • Once renowned as Britain’s bad girl, gay icon Joan Collins has had five husbands, four divorces and a few high profile flings, but she is most famous as Dynasty’s devious doyenne
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Rebel rebel • Fifty years ago, a group of gay men, lesbians and drag queens fought back against police oppression – unware they were kick-starting the LGBTQ rights movement…
Heaven sent • After staring down homophobia at the start of his pop career, Mika is now making unapologetically queer music that also processes his past pain
Taron Egerton FOR ROCKETMAN
Sweet taste of success • Not happy with just shaking up the music scene with one of the year’s best pop songs,
As queer as ever • He’s been bringing gay characters to our screens for 30 years and with a searing new series about the Aids epidemic in the pipeline, Russell T Davies is a more-than-worthy winner of our Culture Award
Just what the doctor ordered • Not just our favourite TV doctor, Ranj Singh is also an advocate for diversity and the health of children through LGBTQinclusive education
American angel • Ruth Coker Burks may not see herself as a hero, but given that she cared for more than a thousand dying gay men during the Aids epidemic, we beg to differ
The day it snowed in May • The joys of headlining Glastonbury...