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 IS YOUR FAVOURITE SONG LYRIC?

UP & NO WD • WHAT WE’RE ROCKING AND BLOCKING

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Christmas Gift Guide • Shopping is no sweat with our hand-picked selection, with the perfect present for everyone

The Rules • …for beating the winter blues

Frisky business • Dr Michael Brady, medical director at the Terrence Higgins Trust, gives some advice for safe sex during the pandemic

Why drag is my lifeline

#INSTAMAN @lexcottone • NEW YORK-BASED DANCER ALEX COTTONE HAS A HABIT OF DANCING IN HIS BIRTHDAY SUIT – AND WE ARE VERY MUCH HERE FOR IT

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A Lipa Faith • Reigning supreme in the charts, Britain’s pop princess holds court about misogyny in the music industry, trolling, and fighting for the rights of her LGBTQ fans

THIS CHARMING MAN • Tom Allen’s fast-talking, caustic wit has made him a regular fixture on our TV screens. Here the comic talks about writing his new autobiography, embracing his eccentricity and his queerness, and poking fun at his native Bromley

SWEET SIXTEEN • AS WE APPROACH THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF A MILESTONE IN THE UK’S LGBTQ HISTORY, HUGH KAYE LOOKS AT THE LONG BATTLE TO WIN AN EQUAL AGE OF CONSENT

Going Supernova • Buddies Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci deliver career-defining performances in this poetic and poignant snapshot of a couple facing down the spectre of terminal illness together

IN FULL BLOOM • Entering a new era of their music career, The Vamps reflect on feeling reborn, personal struggles and the nuances of sexuality

Keeping it real • Author Brandon Taylor reveals how he sought to break free from black stereotypes in literature in his new, Booker Prize-nominated book, Real Life

The Many Worlds of Sunil Gupta • At the tender age of 15, photographer Sunil Gupta found himself transplanted from the bustling streets of India to the bewildering quietness of all-white Canadian suburbia. His childhood passion for photography remained his one constant, setting him on a lifelong journey of intimately recording the gay experience

MEMORY LANE • In his directorial debut, Hollywood star Viggo Mortensen plays a gay man looking after his ailing — not to mention homophobic — father

Queer power • THE MARVEL UNIVERSE RECENTLY CELEBRATED ITS FIRST SAME-SEX SUPERHERO WEDDING WHEN GAY POWER COUPLE HULKLING AND WICCAN GOT MARRIED, BUT, AS JOHN HARRIS DUNNING WRITES, QUEERS IN COMICS HAVE BEEN COMING OUT (SLOWLY) FOR DECADES…

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Travel • THE WORLD IN FOCUS

Just the TICKET

Telling it strait • Joseph Ryan-Hicks gets a taste of Turkey’s delights at Six Senses Kocatas Mansions beside the Bosphorus

Portrait Firenze • FLORENCE

Active • MIND, BODY AND WELL-BEING

Hitting the right note • Former Union J boy band star Josh...