Which album has shaped your summer?

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On spreading queer love and understanding through TV

Queer love on British television screens has —

FROM THE ARCHIVE

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FIRST CUTS

PECCADILLO Director Olivier Peyon explores the powerful force

NOTHING TO SEE HERE

In a sea of rectangular slabs, Londonbased startup

SHINE ON

Summer is about sparkling, and that’s why fine

THE SUITE LIFE

The Portuguese capital has gained a touch of

CHEEK TO CHEEK

How many times have you been walking around

WHAT A CARRY-ON

A new sustainable luggage brand, Harper Collective, founded

SHOW. ME. THE. RECEIPTS.

Thought The Donald was bad? The governor of Florida might just trump Trump. As such, we strongly advise you get familiar with staunch Republican Ron DeSantis, tipped as a future leader of the GOP Party and possibly the next US president…

The reality of rape

Have you ever woken up with someone inside

Exclusion zone

As Bisexual Awareness Week approaches, four bisexuals tell us if they feel accepted in 2023

Danny Beard

What’s a fact about you that no one

“Being non-binary makes me feel free”

Moira lives in the Philippines, a country that is heavily dominated by religion and with a long way to go as regards LGBTQ+ rights. They have identified as non-binary since last summer, and here they share how writing and art have helped them on their journey

In honour of Lana Del Gay

The gays have had an enduring love affair

Three MCU series we can’t wait for

Exploring the furthest reaches of the multiverse

Daddy issues

Stu Oakley looks at one of the most divisive talking points within the queer community: parenting

Polestar 2

In which we are introduced to one of the world’s newest car brands, with style and sustainability at its heart, and discover that if we’ve seen the future, it works

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BACK TO SCHOOL

As Heartstopper returns for a more serious and mature second season, the cast discuss meeting new challenges with nothing but love

MOVING ON UP

If there is one over-arching theme for Heartstopper

THE L WORD

One of the most joyous moments of Heartstopper

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Season two of Heartstopper not only sees the

A TEACHABLE MOMENT

A yell of “QUIET!” echoes around the Truham

ENEMY OF THE STATE

Fifty years on, Peter Tatchell looks back on being threatened and beaten up in East Germany for staging the first LGBT+ rights protest in a communist country, and helping to spread the ideas of LGBT+ liberation under the noses of a hostile regime

“I had breakfast at RuPaul’s mansion”

Fresh from his All Stars 8 win, Canada’s finest queen Jimbo talks business ventures, breaking blueprints, and turning drag looks into homeware

CALL OF DUTY

Playing a badass martial arts military man in the second season of Apple TV+’s sci-fi series Foundation is just one of a raft of new roles for Dino Fetscher. The onetime Mr Gay UK reflects on changes in how the LGBTQ+ community is portrayed in TV and film, and how he believes only queer actors should play these roles

ROUGH TRADE

Thailand’s male and trans sex workers are struggling to make a living in the wake of COVID-19. Would decriminalisation help?

“I COULDN’T SUPPRESS HER ANYMORE”

Within hours of announcing her transition in late July, Adore Delano shared her story with Attitude

Showing our PRIDE

The 2023 instalment of the annual Attitude Pride Awards, in association with Magnum, was our glitziest ever, with a Spice Girl and a Eurovision queen in attendance. But it was the everyday LGBTQ+ heroes who really stole the show…

PEER REVIEW

Former Stonewall CEO, Oxford University Student Union president, and now Life Peer, Baroness Ruth Hunt speaks about “always being head girl”, why she came off Twitter for good, and her reasons for leaving Stonewall

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PROFILE

Sharing the load

Activewear brand Gymshark shows its Pride to raise money for the Attitude Magazine Foundation

Just the TICKET

SAFETY FIRST Nearly four in five (79 per

Forget everything you ever knew about cruising…

Not that kind of cruising. The seeingthe-world-one-port-at-a-time kind of cruising. We take to the high seas for three very different adventures

The Wooden One

A traditional Turkish gulet offers an authentic sailing experience with just enough mod cons, great value for money, and some truly magical moments

The Gay One

Groucho Marx once said: “I’d never join any club that would have me as a member.” So, why join an all-LGBTQ+ cruise? Two words: chosen family…

The New One

Who wants to go first? That’s how we ended up at the pointy end of a debut summer season aboard a ship just returned from Antarctica

Setting the scene

Salzburg is the birthplace of Mozart, the location of The Sound of Music and, as we discover, the home of a small but intimate queer community

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WELCOME TO BURLESQUE

Non-binary burlesque dancer Jake DuPree shares what it’s like working with Dita Von Teese and discusses representation in 2023

Dancing caused my anxiety… now it’s my cure!

Dr Ranj Singh discusses current health issues

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DAN & OLLIE: THAT’S AMORE!

Fresh off the BBC’s gay dating series I Kissed a Boy, Dan and Ollie discuss body image in the gay community, growing up, and their favourite things about each other

IT’S A BARBIE WORLD

LOOSE CHANGE

JUKEBOX

Joseph Ryan-Hicks gives Tina Turner’s hit comeback album

B SIDES

This issue, Cliff Joannou pays homage to Mariah Carey

Don’t look back

Prophet Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché/Jonathan Cape From

QUEER CLASSIC

Escape to an Autumn Pavement

Affairs of the heart

Passages Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos

Pastels, please

PORTFOLIO

SUMMERTIME SADNESS

Crop tops, tanks, puffer jackets, and baggy jeans mean you can be ready for anything the fickle British weather throws at you

BEAUTY

REVIEW WOOLF KINGS X The struggle to find

CRUSH

ICE COLD Rimowa is taking its luggage collection

RÓISÍN MURPHY

From Moloko to Mercury Prize-nominated solo albums, songwriter, producer and fashion icon Róisín Murphy does it all. As she returns with her sixth album, we put her fabulosity to the test…