Attitude Magazine

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.

Meet the team • WHAT WAS YOUR BEST CHILDHOOD LEWK?

UP & DOWN • WHAT WE’RE ROCKING AND BLOCKING

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The Rules • …for being a fashion queen on a budget

LAND OF THE FREE? • With Joe Biden’s feet now firmly under the desk in the Oval Office, journalist and reporter Jordan Mazza looks at the challenges facing the new president

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It’s official: style is dead

#INSTAMAN • CALVIN CERVONI IS A FITNESS TRAINER. HE IS ALSO A PRO AT POSING FOR THE CAMERA: SIMPLY STARE INTO THE DISTANCE LOOKING AS THOUGH YOU’VE CAUGHT A WHIFF OF SOMETHING FUNNY; HMM, I THINK I’VE STEPPED IN DOG POOP. NAILED IT!

Gott Save the Queens • RuPaul’s Drag Race marked another moment in herstory when Kade Gottlieb, aka Gottmik joined season 13 as the series’ first trans male contestant. He talks to Cliff Joannou about coming out to a religious family in Arizona, being welcomed by the drag community, and how they handle Drag Race drama…

DESIGN OF THE TIMES • At the forefront of fashion, British designer Daniel w. Fletcher puts a pin in how the industry must move forward, spicing things up with Victoria Beckham and when he first realised he could lead a happy life as a gay man

The Princess Diaries • When Bimini Bon Boulash paid homage to Princess Julia as their gay icon on Drag Race UK, it brought the counter-culture queen to mainstream attention. Cliff Joannou meets the “first lady of London’s fashion scene” to discover a history of queerness that spans countless nights out across six monumental decades… oh, and two gay husbands

Mind, body and Saul • Get the lowdown on British fashion designer and dancer Saul Nash – we’re, ahem, sew excited about this rising LGBTQ+ star

School of thought • Thomas Wiltshire, 29, an English teacher at Saint Gabriel’s College, a secondary school in Lambeth, south London, shares his thoughts on teaching during lockdown and how the closure of schools has disproportionately affected LGBTQ+ children

PLUCK OF THE IRISH • Liam Campbell has spent the past five years meeting local LGBTQ people in cities around the world, photographing them and gathering their storiesto publish in Elska, the magazine he founded. Here he recalls his most recent journey to Belfast — where lingering anti-gay prejudice means its queer community still struggles to shake off the shackles of the past, as they look to the future

AUTHOR PROVOCATEUR • Turning heads with the title of her debut novel Detransition, Baby, author Torrey Peters talks to Shon Faye about representing trans people in art and the politics that come with it

Soft Lights and Sweet Music • Stephen Bourne remembers Elisabeth Welch, the legendary cabaret diva who, with her beauty, elegance and style, won the hearts of the LGBTQ community, as well as the likes of Cole Porter and Derek Jarman

Rory Hutton • Founder & creative director of Rory...