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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The Trump challenge • With Trump’s return to power, what’s the worst-case scenario for America’s LGBTQ+ community?

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Dear landlords, here’s what you need to know about LGBTQ+ renters • Generation Rent acts as a voice of private renters, campaigning to make homes safe, secure and affordable. Here, Ben Twomey, chief executive, and Tilly Smith, campaigns and partnerships officer, explain how discrimination in the rental market affects LGBTQ+ people

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When anger is a positive emotion • Experiencing rage for the first time over their poor treatment by an ex-boyfriend, Amrou is finally starting to value themself

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“In Nepal, most queer people live double lives” • Growing up in rural Nepal as a queer person, Aayam Poudel felt unable to live as his authentic self. Now, as a drag performer and LGBTQ+ tourism entrepreneur, he’s paving the way for acceptance in a society still grappling with change

Shilajit: the new super supplement? • Dr Ranj Singh on this traditional Ayurvedic medicine

Aston Martin Vanquish • It looks a million dollars (but costs less than half that) and — all credit to its maker — combines new tech with brutal, old-school power and glory

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FULLY ENGAGED • After a string of buzzy roles in the decade’s biggest TV shows, Companion actor Lukas Gage is emerging as a thoroughly modern movie star. Here, the unassuming king of virality talks cock socks, coming out, and being an accidental spokesman for sex-positivity (“it’s so normal!”)

SISTER ACT II • As they prepare to light up our lives once more with a 20th-anniversary tour next year, the Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis discuss the upcoming shows, performing in anti-LGBTQ+ countries, and what a new album would sound like

PURRFECT BALANCE • Drag Race royalty Kitty Scott-Claus shares her journey of physical transformation, quitting drinking, body dysmorphia, and how prioritising fitness has changed her life

KWESI’S STORY: BEATEN, BLACKMAILED, BANISHED • When Kwesi visited his family in Ghana, the last thing he expected was to be lured into a honeytrap by a man, beaten by the police and blackmailed

Istanbul: pride in the face of oppression • Meet the faces creating space for Istanbul’s queer community, as the increasingly hostile Turkish government makes LGBTQ+ lives harder by the day

“YOU’RE A NOTHING. YOU’RE NOT A BOY OR A GIRL” • For much of her life, 63-year-old Yvonne Grey, who was born intersex, endured erasure and horrendous abuse by her family, who forced her to live as a man rather than as a woman. She also suffered shocking mistreatment by teachers and doctors. Here, as she continues her fight for intersex recognition and equal rights, she tells her...