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Quick On The Draw
After starting off his illustration career a decade ago designing a small range of sartorial greeting cards which he sold at every gift fair and independent shop he could get into, Alistair Stuart is used to hard graft. Back then he was still working
Attitude Magazine2 min readLGBTQIA+ Studies
Dear Attitude readers,
We’re honoured to be back as a partner at this year’s Attitude Pride Awards. It’s safe to say that last year’s Awards were nothing short of spectacular and we know this year’s event is going to be another incredible day of celebrating the most amazin
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The Voice Of Now
‘IT’S PRETTY UNEXPECTED,” says Victoria Canal on receiving her Attitude Pride ICON Award, supported by Magnum. “I definitely am so honoured, and I’m encouraged that you don’t have to do anything overly loud for it to be real.” But that’s exactly why
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Jukebox
Joseph Ryan-Hicks shakes things up with another listen to Dead or Alive’s Youthquake After a lukewarm response to their debut album in 1984, Dead or Alive, fronted by the late Pete Burns, were in need of a fresh new sound for their sophomore effort.
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Sasha Velour
From the moment she screamed her way onto our screens, we knew Sasha Velour was a gal with something to say. The self-proclaimed ‘thinking queen’ has used her winner’s platform to not only showcase her fabulously unconventional drag, but also to shar
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Attitude LOVES
Give yourself some me time with Unplugged, a collection of 17 off-grid cabins around London and Manchester. These back-to-basics stays give guests the option to stash their digital devices in a lockbox and swap them for an old-school Nokia, a physica
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Full Volume
‘MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER always told me that, ‘Everyone is beautiful; every body is beautiful.’” This message is one that Barbara Butch has carried with her since childhood. The French DJ, lesbian activist and body-positivity advocate has weathered homo
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The Rise and Rise of michaela Jaé Rodriguez
Last year, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez won a Golden Globe for her searing work in Pose, the Ryan Murphy-produced drama about the queer New York City ballroom scene and the Aids crisis. Rodriguez was the first trans person to win a Globe, and also the firs
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Down To Earth
From the moment we meet in Bethnal Green so that I can witness his typical working day, it’s clear Polanski is a man who doesn’t stop for anything. After I admit to being scared of biking it around London, he quickly shows off a cycling injury on his
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Queer Classic
Gillian Freeman/Valancourt Books. First published 1961 This classic, gritty, British love story follows Dick and Reggie, two disaffected working-class London 18-year-olds with a love of leather gear and motorcycles. Through their involvement in a sma
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Ben Jackson
After joining the home improvement business 20 years ago as a store manager and progressing up the ladder through various roles, Ben Jackson became Wickes’ first-ever head of inclusion and diversity this year. Jackson began his retail journey at Tesc
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Guiding Light
ON 6 FEBRUARY 2023, London Fire Brigade temporary sub officer Tracy Doyle had taken the night off to visit her girlfriend near Birmingham, who she hadn’t seen for two weeks due to shift patterns. Then Tracy got the call. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake ha
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Let’s Talk About… Douching
I never thought I’d find myself writing about this topic, but it’s time to address the elephant in the room: I’ve become absolutely obsessed with douching. As a gay man, I like my hole to be clean and sparkling. I want my back door to glisten like a
Attitude Magazine4 min readGender Studies
Pride, Not Prejudice
‘I’VE BEEN A Rolls-Royce mechanic, a heavy metal DJ in Ibiza, a fishmonger and a builder!” laughs Sarah Savage. “But nothing felt right; nothing made me happy…” The right vocation found her in the end, though. After transitioning on a Channel 4 TV sh
Attitude Magazine7 min readPopular Culture & Media Studies
Work bitch!
Caleb Marshall aka The Fitness Marshall is as energetic during our Zoom interview as he is in his many dance workout videos. A self-proclaimed “modern-day Richard Simmons meets Britney Spears”, Caleb brings joy to exercise with his workouts set to th
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Queer Classic
Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson Queer American filmmaker Ira Sachs has Passages, a fabulous new polysexual relationship drama, coming out this autumn — more on that then — so it’s a good time to brush up on his achingly sensitive,
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A Very Pink Pride
Random fact: Jujubee and Scott Evans have history! And, no, not that kind of history, you dirty dawg. The pair first met while working at an arts summer camp, long before Juju first donned a wig and heels and sashayed onto the stage of a gay bar, and
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Get Your Rocks Off (or On)?
Most men, especially in their youth, take their erections for granted. Getting hard is seen as a given. Sometimes an inconvenience. Remember those days on the school bus? However, up to 50 per cent of men between the ages of 30 to 80 years will exper
Attitude Magazine3 min readLGBTQIA+ Studies
Our Annual Pride Awards Share The Love For LGBTQ+ Heroes
Six months ago, the eyes of the LGBTQ+ community were focused on Qatar as ‘public enemy no. 1’ for queer equality when it hosted the FIFA World Cup. Last month, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, w
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Jaguar F-Type 75
I’m not over-keen on anything definitively final, Cup Finals aside (though, as a West Ham fan, I’ve seen only two won in 43 years, so even that’s hard to be sure about). I’m great at hellos but dreadful at goodbyes, cried all the way through ‘Your So
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Beauty Bar
Leave-in Perfecting Cream, 75ml, £28, Project Earth Vegan Champo at Selfridges Shine+ Argan Oil of Morocco Heat Protect Spray, 177ml, £5.50, OGX at ASOS Rosemary Mint Weightless Conditioner, 250ml, £20, Aveda at Harvey Nichols Super Garden CBD + CBG
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Alison Goldfrapp
From ‘Strict Machine’ to ‘Ooh La La’, Goldfrapp’s speciality has long been synth-heavy pop bangers that pulsate with confident, subversive sexuality. “There’s a directness there that people can relate to, and I myself am quite ambiguous about my sexu
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Just The TICKET
Costa Navarino is Greece’s latest hotspot. Located on the mainland southwest of Athens and an hour’s drive from Kalamata Airport in the region of Peloponnese, this coastal development was first opened to the public in 2010 but is now making headlines
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Bsides
A callback to the start of Elton’s career, ‘Skyline Pigeon’ is set against a stripped-back harpsichord and is reminiscent of 60s contemporaries The Mamas & the Papas and The Beatles. Far removed from the extravagant glam rock he later became known fo
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Father Figures
WHEN MICHAEL AND PAUL Atwal-Brice first met two-year-old identical twins Levi and Lucas, they felt an overwhelming connection and fell instantly in love. Although social workers told them that the boys were experiencing developmental delay, they went
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Editor’s Pick Asos
Mighty Hoopla? The Attitude Awards? Glastonbury? Where would us gays be without ASOS? (Our art director would have nothing to wear to an event, that’s for sure.) Kitting us out in co-ords, crop-tops and colourful suits, ASOS always make sure our look
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“I Put On A Skirt For The First Time And Was Like, ‘OK, Bestie, You’re Slaying!’”
After spending the first 18 years of my life in Malaysia, I came to the UK to study music in London. I’ve basically always written music, but growing up in Malaysia, a country that’s very small, it feels like everyone knows what you are doing. I felt
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Meet Our New Team Members!
Hi, I’m Aaron, a sensitive, creative soul who values authenticity, vulnerability and deep connection. I believe in the power of storytelling and the beauty of our humanness as we navigate a life that speaks true to who we are at our core. Thinking on
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Young Love
Brandon Taylor/Jonathan Cape A writer of exquisite dexterity and precise, penetrating insight, Brandon Taylor’s stunning first novel, Real Life, was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, soon followed by Filthy Animals, his critically acclaimed coll
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