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A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

This is my final issue of Attitude and I’m going through all kinds of emotions as I unleash it into the world.

The word on the st reet

What’s the most awkward thing that’s happened to you in bed?

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THE THINGS WE LOVE THIS MONTH

NIZA JAY NCOYINI

Up-and-coming South African actor Niza Jay Ncoyini

THE RULES

for dating an older man

PATRICK CASH

BRISTOL-BORN THEATRE WRITER, JOURNALIST, CAMPAIGNER, POET AND ACTIVIST PATRICK CASH HAS ADDED “SONG WRITER” TO HIS BIO WITH KDA’S POWERFUL DANCE TRACK HATE ME

CLIFF JOANNOU

WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN at the centre of my life. And

MOORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

With a part in the high-school gay romcom Love, Simon, Clark Moore’s star is rising. He talks to Attitude about the role, his own experience of school and diversity in Hollywood

LEO IN LA LA LAND

It turns out that Hollywood isn’t very different to Croydon, at least not to LEO RICHARDSON

Getting off Scott-free

BEN WHISHAW PLAYS THE GAY LOVER OF A LEADING UK POLITICIAN IN A NEW BBC DRAMA WHICH CENTRES ON POSSIBLY THE GREATEST SCANDAL EVER TO HIT THE BRITISH ESTABLISHMENT

DANNY LEE WYNTER

Speaking up for birthday boy — and my hero — Kenneth Williams

PAUL FLYNN

Rebooted gay TV shows form the surprise new frontline in the war against Trump

IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR UNIFORM

Simon James Green, the author of Young Adult novel Noah Can’t Even, argues that gender-neutral uniforms will help all pupils

CARATS AND STICK

HAVING HAD HIS (MIS)FORTUNE TOLD, JAMES BARR FINDS SOLACE IN KYLIE’S GOLDEN AGE

FRENCH FRANK

MOVING AND POWERFUL DRAMA ABOUT REAL-LIFE AIDS ACTIVISTS IN PARIS IN THE NINETIES PACKS A PUNCH

Culture club

Maybe VILLAGE PEOPLE really did bring gayness to the masses

WITCH CRAFT

MADELINE MILLER STRIKES GOLD AGAIN WITH ANOTHER REIMAGINING OF ONE OF THE CLASSICS

SIN THE AGES OF

Uli Lenart meets prize-winning novelist MICHAEL ARDITTI to ind out more about his latest novel

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MODEL BEHAVIOUR

RICKY MARTIN IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST-PROFILE GAY MEN IN THE WORLD. AND NOW HE’S HELPING TELL THE TRAGIC STORY OF ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE GAY MAN IN AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE

FRENCH REVOLUTION

NEARLY A YEAR SINCE IT DAZZLED AUDIENCES AT CANNES, FRENCH AIDS DRAMA 120 BEATS PER MINUTE IS FINALLY GETTING A UK RELEASE. ADAM DUXBURY TALKS TO THE FILM’S DIRECTOR AND TWO OF THE LEADING ACTORS TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE RADICAL ORGANISATION THAT INSPIRED THE FILM

GOLD GOOD AS

IN A REVEALING INTERVIEW, KYLIE OPENS UP ABOUT WHY SHE’S SO PROTECTIVE OF HER PRIVATE LIFE, HOW SHE DEALS WITH ANXIETY, AND WHY HER NEW ALBUM IS HER MOST PERSONAL YET

INHERITANCE TAX

TIM HEAP GOES BEHIND THE SCENES TO FIND OUT ABOUT A NEW TWO-PART PLAY, DIRECTED BY STEPHEN DALDRY, WHICH LOOKS AT THE LEGACY OF THE HIV/AIDS CRISIS IN NEW YORK CITY

THE LAST RESORT

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT QUEER PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO SMOKE, USE ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, ATTEMPT SUICIDE AND SUFFER MENTAL-HEALTH PROBLEMS THAN THEIR STRAIGHT COUNTERPARTS. AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO PROBE THE REASONS WHY, CLIFF JOANNOU VISITED RESORT 12 — AN LGBT REHAB FACILITY IN THAILAND — THAT AIMS TO HELP THE HEALING PROCESS

BACK TO BASICS

GROOMING: Jason Crozier at Stella Creative Artists

TW SIDES

Monochrome will never go out of style but there are always ways to liven it up

CRUSH

Your monthly fashion need-to-know

AT HOME WITH DAVID

We finally get to see what David Beckham keeps in his

TROLLEY DASH

Summer is almost here so it’s time to start injecting

IS FOR VITOR

We mixed some summery pastels with tougher leather pieces on model Vitor Melo

BIG BROTHER

AFTER AN INJURY ENDED HIS RUGBY CAREER, MAX EVANS FOLLOWED IN HIS YOUNGER BROTHER THOM’S FOOTSTEPS, ENTERING THE WORLD OF REALITY TV — AND THE PAGES OF ATTITUDE

ACTIVATE

THE LATEST TECH, GEAR AND FITNESS NEWS

FOCUS

THIS MONTH, MATT LISTER HAS DONE SOME SOLE SEARCHING TO BRING YOU THE LOWDOWN ON FITNESS FOOTWEAR. SO PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD…

REAL BODIES

{OPEN UP ABOUT YOUR BODY }

love island

IN SEARCH OF A ROMANTIC WEEKEND BREAK, DEPUTY EDITOR ADAM DUXBURY AND HIS FIANCÉ FOUND A SURPRISING “OTHER SIDE” TO MASPALOMAS IN GRAN CANARIA

escape to the Cotswolds

SALLY SHALAM CONCLUDES HER TRAVELS AROUND THE UK BY CAR, WITH THE HELP OF LEADING CAR HIRE COMPANY HERTZ, BY VISITING THE BEAUTIFUL COTSWOLDS

just the ticket

TRAVEL TIPS AND A ROUND-UP OF ALL THE LATEST HOLIDAY NEWS

flip flops

Bullied at school for his love of Madonna and Kylie, Stuart Edmonds has shaken off the shame he was made to feel and is now celebrating his joy through the podcast, Unflopped

man of the month

Each month we profile one of you guys, our readers, to find out what you get up to in your life

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Get yourself a property with a winning view at this

JOY RIDE

VALUE IS RELATIVE. BUT WHEN THERE ARE CARS WITH MILLION-POUND

buddy brilliant

In a celebration of queer friendship, we ask best mates some telling questions and find out just how well they really know each other

table for two

Arif and Richard dined at M Victoria Street, London

a problem sha red

Got a problem? DR RANJ SINGH and WAYNE DHESI are here to offer their advice…

stepping out

We all remember that exciting, nerve-racking night when we made our debut on the scene. So what was it like for you, the first time you walked through the door of a gay venue?

BIG IN A WIG

COCO PERU IS ONE OF THE MATRIARCHS OF THE US DRAG SCENE AS WELL AS A STAR OF SCREEN, STAGE AND YOUTUBE