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.

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SHOW. ME. THE. RECEIPTS. • With his eye-wateringly offensive lyrics, Eminem has sold over 220 million records via flagrant controversy and publicity-baiting, but his views on LGBTQ+ issues are more nuanced. Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?

Love is not love

What’s in a name? • Should we get rid of labels defining sexuality? Four voices from the LGBTQ+ community offer their take

“My ex-boyfriend took his own life. It took me years to process losing him” • Christopher* talks about growing up in Poland, coming to terms with his sexuality and finding freedom in the UK

TEA TIME Raja • “My mum, who’s a Virgo, used to get angry with me [as a kid] because my favourite thing to tell her was: ‘Whatever!’” says a Clueless-channelling Raja of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: All Winners fame, after we praise the franchise veteran’s famously chilled and balanced energy. “That’s really how I feel about life,” explains the star. “You get the day, and some duties and responsibilities you’re meant to go through… But really — fuck it! Whatever!” Suffice to say, after the following mind-expanding chat, we want the Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses as our life coach.

THE PODIUM • Raja ranks the drag of three queens from season three

Beware the love-bomber

THE OUTER RIM • Exploring the furthest reaches of the multiverse

Aston Martin DBX707 • This SUV from a sports and supercar marque is, says its maker, “a sabre in a sector of sledgehammers”. Which, however poetic, actually undersells it by a margin that seems barely credible

All it takes is a look… • A new Attitude China campaign with beer brand Budweiser highlights how Chinese LGBTQs can share their feelings discreetly and that all love is equal

MEIN HERR • As he stuns as a surreal Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Callum Scott Howells talks rising to fame in It’s a Sin, trading Wales for the Big Smoke and embracing his queerness

A STAR’S TREK • After a seven-decade TV career and ahead of his West End debut in Allegiance, Star Trek icon George Takei talks coming out, ageism and the biggest regret of his life

SANTA, THE SERIAL KILLER • Although Bruce McArthur, who came to be known as the ‘Santa Claus killer’, is now behind bars, how did he remain free to kill for so long? BBC reporter Mobeen Azhar, who travelled to the Canadian city in search of answers, tells Cliff Joannou more

WELCOME TO THE TALLINN SHOW • A burgeoning drag scene is taking centre stage in the Estonian capital, thanks to an influx of foreigners and Estonians returning from Western Europe and bringing its culture with them

A FINE BROMANCE • In an exclusive interview with Attitude, Bros star Luke Macfarlane says he “wouldn’t change anything” about the first gay rom-com to be made by a major film studio,...