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 • WHICH AWARD WOULD YOUR FRIENDS NOMINATE YOU FOR AND WHY?

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UP & DOWN • WHAT WE’RE ROCKING AND BLOCKING

Editor in Chief’s Letter

On the covers

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The Rules • …for winning an Oscar

Carry on cottaging

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BEATS & PIECES

Jaguar F-Pace SVR • There are those who promote and subscribe to the notion that size doesn’t matter. Proof here that it does…

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Strike A Pose • CATEGORY IS… MAN OF THE YEAR, AND THERE COULD ONLY BE ONE WINNER: BILLY PORTER. SMASHING CEILINGS, THE ACTOR, WRITER, STORYTELLER AND RED-CARPET EXTRAORDINAIRE LIVES HIS LIFE UNAPOLOGETICALLY AND ISN’T AFRAID TO SPEAK HIS TRUTH – 10, 10, 10, 10’S ACROSS THE BOARD

Golden BOY • AS THE FIRST TEAM GB DIVER TO WIN FOUR OLYMPIC MEDALS, TOM DALEY HAS BEEN ON AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY SINCE HIS 2008 OLYMPIC DEBUT IN BEIJING. THE GOLD MEDALLIST AND GAY RIGHTS ADVOCATE IS AN INSPIRATION TO MANY, BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE WATER

Casting call • BEN ALDRIDGE IS TAKING A SIGNIFICANT STEP FOR GAY MEN ON TELEVISION WITH HIS NEW LEAD ROLE AS A QUEER DETECTIVE IN ITV’S GROUND-BREAKING CRIME DRAMA, THE LONG CALL, MAKING HIM THE WORTHY WINNER OF OUR TV AWARD — CASE CLOSED

Original SIN • HEARTBREAKING, PROVOCATIVE AND OFTEN HILARIOUS, IT’S A SIN, RUSSELL T DAVIES’ CHRONICLE OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC AND ITS IMPACT ON THE LONDON GAY COMMUNITY OF THE EARLY ’80S, HAS EARNED THE ATTITUDE INSPIRATION AWARD AND AWAKENED A NEW GENERATION TO THE RAW TRUTH OF THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS AND ITS AFTERMATH

West End girl • THROUGHOUT HER GLITTERING CAREER AS QUEEN OF BOTH THE LONDON AND BROADWAY STAGES AND AS A MUCH-LOVED RADIO PRESENTER, SHE HAS BEEN A FIRM FRIEND TO THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. TAKE A BOW, ELAINE PAIGE

Too cool for school • IT SURE SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT AS SEX EDUCATION CONTINUES TO SHAKE UP THE TV LANDSCAPE WITH RICH, REBELLIOUS, R-RATED STORYTELLING — AND WHEN IT COMES TO REPRESENTATION, THIS GAMECHANGER PASSES THE TEST WITH FLYING COLOURS

The Greatest Showman • TODRICK HALL, THE HIT SINGER-SONGWRITER, BROADWAY AND TV STAR, CHOREOGRAPHER AND CREATOR HAS BLOWN US AWAY WITH HIS UNIQUE TALENT. HERE HE TALKS TO ‘ADOPTED MOTHER’ MICHELLE VISAGE ABOUT RACISM, REPRESENTATION AND ONLINE HATE

Super-man • STANDING UP FOR THE BEAUTY BETWEEN THE BINARY, ARTIST AND AUTHOR CHELLA MAN IS THE RALLYING WINNER OF THE ATTITUDE HERO AWARD

Racing to the top • WHETHER THEY ARE STRIKING A POSE OR RULING THE RUNWAY, DRAG SUPERSTAR BIMINI BON BOULASH WAS A SHOO-IN FOR OUR STYLE AWARD. BUT JUST AS FIERCE AS THEIR FASHION IS BIMINI’S ACTIVISM AND DEVOTION TO THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY – STANDING TALL AND SPEAKING UP FOR THE MARGINALISED AND REPRESSED WILL ALWAYS BE IN SEASON

Stepping up • FEW POP STARS ARE AS JOYOUS AND DAY-GLO BRIGHT AS STEPS. AFTER SURVIVING A HEADLINE-HITTING SPLIT IN THE EARLY NOUGHTIES, THE BAND HAVE...