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Letter from the Editor

It’s that time of the year again! No, not Halloween (although I’m actually rather excited at the prospect of “Queer Christmas” rolling around once more) — but the Attitude Awards

The Word On The Street

WHERE: SAVAGE @ METROPOLIS, LONDON

Big in a Wig

BOURGEOIS & MAURICE ARE THE OPINIONATED, AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL SATIRISTS WITH A DARK DISPOSITION. THE DUO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY’D SAY TO THERESA MAY AND HAVE ADVICE FOR JEREMY CORBYN

Agenda

THE THINGS WE LOVE THIS MONTH

North Morgan

PART-GREEK, PART-BRITISH, THE 36-YEAR-OLD GAY NOVELIST AND BLOGGER TELLS ATTITUDE ABOUT HIS LATEST BOOK, LIVING IN AMERICA, AND ONE RATHER UNUSUAL MAN HE MET THROUGH A WELL-KNOWN DATING WEBSITE

We Have to Unite to Keep Trump — and Pence — Out of the White House

The Republican duo present a scary future for LGBT+ people with support for conversion therapy, cuts to the budget in the fight against HIV/Aids and backing for the Religious Right, says Juan Paul Brammer

Frankie Grande

He may not have collected the most votes on Celebrity Big Brother, but Ariana’s older brother FRANKIE GRANDE— the host of Style Code Live— won in every other way

Mawaan Rizwan

If the haters in cyberspace are making your life hell, funnyman Mawaan Rizwan has a few tips to help you get on top of them — so to speak

Joe Stone

The straights are catching up with us and that’s the naked truth

Revival Still Hits The Mark

TWENTY YEARS AFTER ITS TITLE — POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS ITS CONTENT — CAUGHT THE EYE, MARK RAVENHILL TELLS ATTITUDE ABOUT THE LATEST REINCARNATION OF SHOPPING AND F***ING

The Rules

for stealing the show at an awards ceremony

PARIS LEES

Literary appropriation can be inappropriate — and dangerous

Paul Flynn

Vaz sting shows our view of sex workers — not unlike those on drugs — is hypocritical, shameful nonsense

Music

ALONE AGAIN, UNNATURALLY, JAMES BARR GOES ALL NORDIC IN AN ATTEMPT TO CHEER HIMSELF UP — AND THAT’S THE NIEKED TRUTH

Ford Focus Could Bring Oscar Glory

HAUNTING THRILLER HAS TRUE CHARACTER AND BENEFITS FROM DIRECTOR’S BEAUTIFUL PACING AND STAR TURNS FROM ITS TWO LEADING ACTORS

Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea

GAY ARAB POET FACES OFF AGAINST SATAN AND DEATH IN A TALE OF QUEER HISTORY, GAY SEX AND MODERN MYTHOLOGY

Iconic

Stranger things have happened but it’s interesting to see that WINONA RYDER rides again

MOSS BROS: TAILOR ME

MOSS BROS already have a large range of options for

Crush

Your monthly fashion need-to-know

Smoking Hot

The smoking jacket done right can be a perfect antidote to a dull black-tie event — but get it wrong at your peril

Grooming Black Magic

The best new fragrances for this autumn-winter season are all about evoking dark glamour

Trolley Dash

Original Penguin take us on a journey inspired by the silver screen

Dear readers,

It’s been a tough year since the last Attitude Awards;

Welcome

TO THE 2016 ATTITUDE AWARDS TO BENEFIT THE ELTON JOHN

Wentworth Miller

BRITISH-BORN HOLLYWOOD STAR WENTWORTH MILLER KNOWS ALL ABOUT DESPAIR AND DEPRESSION, SELF-LOATHING AND THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE. BUT HE’S BEATEN THEM ALL TO STAR IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST TV HITS OF ALL TIME — AND CAME OUT IN A VERY PUBLIC WAY. NO WONDER HE’S OUR MAN OF THE YEAR

Omar Sharif Jr.

THE GRANDSON OF FAMOUS ACTORS, WITH A MUSLIM FATHER AND JEWISH MOTHER, OMAR SHARIF JR. WANTS TO HELP BRING ABOUT ACCEPTANCE AND TOLERANCE IN HIS EGYPTIAN HOMELAND

Mnek

MNEK WENT FROM WRITING HITS FOR THE SATURDAYS AT THE SPRIGHTLY AGE OF 15 TO WORKING WITH BEYONCÉ AND MADONNA LESS THAN FIVE YEARS LATER…

John Tiffany

FROM IRAQ WAR PLAY BLACK WATCH TO CLOSETED FOOTBALLERS IN THE PASS, VIA HIT MUSICAL ONCE, JOHN TIFFANY IS THE MAN WHOSE VISION HAS CREATED MANY OF THE UK’S MOST PRAISED PRODUCTIONS. THIS YEAR HE ADDED ANOTHER HIT TO HIS CANON WITH HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

Paul Keating ‘Classac Act’

IT MAY BE PAINFUL TO WATCH BUT KENNY MORGAN, THE REIMAGINING OF TERENCE RATTIGAN’S LOVE LIFE, SHOULD CATAPULT THE LEADING MAN INTO THE BIG TIME

Robbie Williams ‘He’s The One’

AS IF MEGA SUCCESS WITH TAKE THAT WASN’T ENOUGH, ROBBIE WILLIAMS HAS FORGED THE SORT OF SOLO CAREER MANY POP STARS CAN ONLY DREAM ABOUT, AND FOR 25 YEARS, HE HAS NEVER FAILED TO ENTERTAIN US

Frank Ocean ‘Sight & Sound’

FRANK OCEAN COMMANDED THE WORLD’S ATTENTION WITH CHANNEL ORANGE. THIS YEAR PROVED HE WAS AN UNSTOPPABLE ARTISTIC FORCE WITH THE RELEASE OF A GENRE-BUSTING MAGAZINE, VISUAL ALBUM AND STUDIO ALBUM

25, Adele ‘Hometown Glory’

WITH HER THIRD ALBUM SELLING MORE THAN 20 MILLION COPIES — GOING DIAMOND PLATINUM IN AMERICA — AND SCORING FIVE-STAR REVIEWS AROUND THE WORLD, ADELE TOPS THE LOT

Pietro Boselli

MAYBE IT’S LUCKY NONE OF US WERE TAUGHT BY PIETRO BOSELLI BECAUSE IT’S UNLIKELY WE WOULD HAVE LEARNT A THING, OTHER THAN EVERY CONTOUR OF HIS BODY. THE TEACHERTURNED-MODEL SCORED FULL MARKS IN OUR SEARCH FOR THE MOST STYLISH MAN OF THE YEAR — ALTHOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE PREFERRED HIM WEARING A BIT LESS …

Andreja Pejic

AFTER BEING SCOUTED AT THE AGE OF 17, IT TOOK ANDREJA PEJIC JUST TWO YEARS TO BECOME THE FACE OF ANDROGYNOUS FASHION, MODELLING FOR THE LIKES OF JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, VIVIENNE WESTWOOD AND MARC JACOBS. AT THE TENDER AGE OF 23, SHE BECAME THE FIRST TRANSGENDER MODEL TO BE PROFILED BY VOGUE

Alan Carr

THE BLOKE YOU’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE A DRINK WITH, THE TV CHAT SHOW HOST WHO CAN’T STOP LAUGHING, ALAN CARR IS EXACTLY THE SAME ON A SKYPE CALL FROM BALI. AND HE’LL TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM HOMOPHOBIA TO ALCOHOLISM

Amanda Barrie

ON STAGE AT THE AGE OF FOUR, IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER GIRL AT 11, AND A STAR OF CLASSIC COMEDIES, SOAPS AND SHAKESPEARE, AMANDA BARRIE IS MORE THAN WORTHY OF RECEIVING OUR ICON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Tyler Oakley

WITH NO ROLE MODELS OF HIS OWN TO FOLLOW, TYLER OAKLEY IS REACHING OUT TO HELP AND SUPPORT MILLIONS OF YOUNG LGBT+ PEOPLE

Team LGBT

EIGHT OF THE 44 LGBT+ ATHLETES AT THE RIO OLYMPICS REPRESENTED TEAM GB — THAT WAS MORE THAN ANY OTHER NATION. SEVEN TOOK HOME MEDALS BUT ALL WERE WINNERS IN OUR EYES

Beverley Knight

FROM FIRING HER ENTIRE BAND BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO PLAY PRIDE TO NURSING HER BEST FRIEND AT HOME BEFORE HE DIED FROM AN AIDS-RELATED ILLNESS, BEVERLEY KNIGHT HAS BEEN FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS SHE’S BEEN SINGING

Rylan

HE WAS SEEN AS A BIT OF A JOKE WHEN HE APPEARED ON X FACTOR IN 2012, BUT, GIVEN WHERE HE FINDS HIMSELF NOW, IT’S RYLAN WHO’S DOING THE ALL THE LAUGHING

Metro ‘Vigil Victory’

WITH THE SAME OLD NEWSPAPERS AND REPORTERS TROTTING OUT THE SAME OLD IGNORANCE AND PREJUDICES, ONE TABLOID — AND ONE AMAZING IMAGE — STOOD OUT AS A BEACON OF HOPE

Geri

A SPICE GIRL WHO SUNG ABOUT IT RAINING MEN, SOMEONE WHO JUST GETS US AND OUR STRUGGLES, GERI HORNER (NEÉ HALLIWELL) IS AS CLOSE TO BEING A GAY MAN AS IT’S POSSIBLE TO BE

Cannon Fire

MODEL AND FITNESS ATHLETE ALEX CANNON FINISHED SEVENTH IN THIS YEAR’S BIG BROTHER. THE 28-YEAR-OLD LIVERPUDLIAN TELLS ATTITUDE ABOUT STAYING FIT IN THE BB HOUSE AND THE LAUNCH OF HIS SUPPLEMENTS RANGE

Focus

THIS MONTH, MATT LISTER LOOKS AT THE BENEFITS OF PROTEIN SHAKES AND THE BEST INGREDIENTS TO ADD TO THEM

Real Bodies

I see my body as a work in progress but

Man of The Month

What’s a day like at work? Being self-employed and based

Table For Two

Mark and Rob dined at M Restaurant Victoria Street, London

Family Guys

Chickenpox left one little boy sore all over and not sleeping well for four days. He’s fine now — but his dads are still recovering

Travel Ski Special

Lots of gay men claim to hate sport and have no interest in football, cricket or rugby, other than possibly ogling macho guys in tight clothing. But winter sports — and skiing in particular — are rather different. So here is the Attitude beginner’s guide to enjoying yourselves on the slopes

A problem shared

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

R U Coming Out?

We look at how you tackled the whole coming out thing

Je Suis Fatty Gay

Healthy, happy and free, it’s the end of a story — and the start of another

Finding Love Again

After 18 years together, Stephen Byrne lost the man he loved to cancer. Starting over was a long, hard road, but he wasn’t going to let grief win