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WHAT WAS YOUR CRINGE-IEST LOOK BACK IN THE DAY?

Editor in Chief’s Letter

In January, I received the news that a friend who I

attitude LOVES

The Jaguar F-Type, as a coupé or convertible, has long

Families don’t have to be biological

Martin Leitch, head of fostering operations at Five Rivers Child Care, says it’s vital to have LGBTQ people as foster parents

The Rules

…for reinventing your look

There’s a reason I’m so picky

FRENCH SINGER YOHANN BEAUFILS IS HITTING ALL THE RIGHT

big in a wig

Sweet dreams are not made of this: “drag nightmare”

PICKING THE LOCKE

Star of Netflix’s new supernatural fantasy thriller Locke & Key, all-Canadian boy Connor Jessup talks to Attitude about coming out, falling in love, and why acting is like chasing a breeze

Dancing through the darkness

Director Levan Akin and rising star Levan “Gelly” Gelbakhiani delve into the drama behind Georgia’s first explicitly gay-themed film

GHOST IN THE MACHINE

As the part-human, part-cybernetic life-form Borg, Hugh, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jonathan del Arco became an instant gay favourite. Now, as he reprises the part in Star Trek: Picard, he reveals the heartbreak that inspired him to take the role in the first place

A beacon of hope

The British Library has added an oral history of HIV health-care workers to its archives, to record the stories of those on the front line of the Aids crisis in the Eighties and Nineties. Contributor Ricky Gellissen provided end-of-life care at London Lighthouse, a vital HIV/Aids centre and hospice

LIVE WIRE

Gender-fluid pop star Dorian Electra is ready to cut a tache through life and the music industry

In l full l cry

Cub Sport’s Tim Nelson and Sam Netterfield open up to Thomas Stichbury about falling in love, mixing business with pleasure and their trippy-sounding sex life…

Perfect stranger

Fleabag star Kadiff Kirwan cuts through the yellow tape as a gay detective in a new thriller. He tells Thomas Stichbury about diversity in the industry and, of course, pencil haircuts

John Bruce & Paulo Ribeiro

Co-founders of PRM Agency

Just the TICKET

If you’re among those hooked on The Two Popes and The

Basque to the future

Markus Bidaux discovers a region steeped in tradition that’s recovered from oppression to become a different destination for LGBTQ travellers going to Spain

3 OF THE BEST…

Your time away should be an opportunity to relax and if a glass of something strong helps you unwind then these distillery-based hotels might be the place to raise a glass

In the Palma my hand

After discovering a different side to the Spanish island of Mallorca, Thomas Stichbury well and truly puts his foot in it…

HOT HOTEL

TCliff here’s no way I can be called a stranger to

ACT OF WAR

Part-time drag queen — the towering Cybil War — part-time CrossFit champ, Mark Whistler, 31, decided against heels when he joined the latest season of SAS: Who Dares Wins

RUDY AWAKENING

Normally seen wielding a whip on stage, burlesque performer Rudy Jeevanjee cracks down on toxic thoughts and self-destructive behaviour, and talks about learning to love yourself

A PROBLEM SHARED

I recently noticed some blood in my urine. I’ve never had anything like this before and it’s freaking me out. I’m a healthy young man and look after myself – I only drink at weekends and have the occasional cigarette. What could it be?

CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

If your goal in the gym is to lose weight, but it’s not happening and you can’t put your fi nger on why, Matt Lister suggests some culprits, and how to change your routine and get back on the right track

SASHA VELOUR

Drag R ace winner and visual artist

THE WORD ON THE STREET

Which drag queen’s style do you most admire?

Books

Former EastEnders star Michael Cashman delivers a captivating

HOMO FOMO

QUEER THEATRE, FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS AND MORE

A FLARE FOR movies

BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival returns in March, with a blistering line-up of the world’s finest queer films. Three of the event’s lead programmers pick their favourites for Attitude

GOLDEN BOY

There’s always been something irresistible about a

c.r.u.s.h

French label Equipment has always been known for an

DSQUARED2 X PEPSI

Fashion will always have an affection for all things

A WHOLE LOTTO LOVE

Primark are taking a stroll into streetwear by teaming

GROOMING

Hair-stylist Andrew Fitzsimons’s clientele includes

Hot summer nights

Spring-summer 2020 is indulging in the past, while

Luke Edward Hall

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