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 • HAVE YOU EVER WON AN AWARD FOR ANYTHING?

UP & DOWN • WHAT WE’RE ROCKING AND BLOCKING

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The Rules …for having a COVID Christmas • RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Divina De Campo really is here to sleigh… as she shares her top tips for surviving this Christmas. Here to spread seasonal joy, the queen also has a new EP, Red & Silver — all killer, no stocking filler — and even a telly special, Red & Silver Christmas, that is sure to be a cracker.

END CREDITS? • Film critic Guy Lodge looks at the challenges facing the silver screen in a COVID-19 world

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Jaguar F-Type • In which the revised sports car flagship retains beauty, but demonstrates both brawn and brilliance

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF’S LETTER

Evans sent • THE WELSH VALLEY BOY WHO MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO HOLLYWOOD — BUT KEPT HIS FEET ON THE GROUND — IS OUR (SMOKIN’ HOT) MAN OF THE YEAR. HERE, LUKE TALKS ABOUT PLAYING GAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, RETURNING TO HIS MUSICAL ROOTS AND HOW HIS SEXUALITY HAS NEVER BEEN A SECRET

Voice of Reason • THIS YEAR’S HERO AWARD GOES TO ACTIVIST MUNROE BERGDORF, WHO HAS CAMPAIGNED TIRELESSLY TO CHALLENGE SYSTEMIC RACISM AND RAISE AWARENESS OF TRANS INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY

Wit and wisdom • THE LEGENDARY SIMON CALLOW CONTEMPLATES THE MULTIPLE TALENTS OF THIS NATIONAL TREASURE

Funny GIRL • ATTITUDE COMEDY AWARD-WINNER ROSIE JONES SPEAKS LOUDLY AND PROUDLY ABOUT BEING A DISABLED, GAY WOMAN, AND EXPLAINS WHY THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA IS, WELL, A JOKE. IF THERE WAS A TROPHY FOR MOST INFECTIOUS SMILE, SHE’D WIN THAT, TOO…

She’s the 1 • FROM 16-YEAR-OLD MUSICAL WONDERKID TO ALL-GROWN-UP SINGER-SONGWRITER WITH TEN GRAMMYS AND A RAFT OF ‘FIRSTS’ TO HER NAME, THERE’S ONLY ONE AWARD FOR TAYLOR SWIFT: ICON

Show and tell • PASSIONATE IN HIS BELIEF THAT ART IS FOR EVERYONE, SCREEN STAR RUSSELL TOVEY IS THE DESERVING WINNER OF THE ATTITUDE CULTURE AWARD

House of Visage • MICHELLE VISAGE’S SURNAME MAY MEAN ‘FACE’, BUT THE RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE STAR AND OUR ATTITUDE ALLY AWARD-WINNER HAS BEEN USING HER VOICE TO FIGHT FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES

Let the Music Play • THE BOYS IN THE BAND IS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GAY PLAYS EVER. NOW A MAJOR FILM WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST AND POWERHOUSE PRODUCER RYAN MURPHY AT THE HELM, IT’S A WORTHY RECIPIENT OF THIS YEAR’S FILM AWARD

Yours, Faithfully • PREGNANT, RECORDING AND PROMOTING A NEW ALBUM DURING A PANDEMIC AND ACTING AGAINST TYPE IN A MAJOR TV SHOW, PALOMA FAITH HAS NEVER BEEN BUSIER, BUT SHE’S ALWAYS STOOD UP FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS, WHICH IS WHY SHE WINS THE ATTITUDE HONORARY GAY AWARD

Rainbow Heroes • THE ATTITUDE AWARDS’ FIRST-EVER COMMUNITY AWARD GOES TO THE UNSUNG HEROES WHO PUT THE NEEDS OF OTHERS BEFORE THEIR OWN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WE ASKED SOME OF THE TEAM FROM ST MARY’S HOSPITAL IN PADDINGTON, LONDON, TO JOIN US IN...