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A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Should sexuality be a factor when we vote in this year’s general election? Now that gay men have equal rights in most parts of the UK, it’s a question many of us are asking.
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CLIFF JOANNOU
Fear is a very useful tool for control
THE RULES
For babysitting nieces and nephews
BALLOT-BOX CLEVER
None of the leaders of the main political parties has a perfect record on LGBT+ issues, so choose where to put your cross carefully on polling day, says writer JACK MAY
DANNY LEE WYNTER
Continuing to dream of life in a mansion still inspires me
CABIN FEVER
It’s time for another Pirates of the Caribbean adventure, and this time there’s a swashbuckling new heartthrob on board in the shape of Australian hunk BRENTON THWAITES. Just be careful you don’t fall overboard and drown in his eyes…
LEO IN LA LA LAND
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ELLIOTT KINGSLEY
ACTOR ELLIOTT KINGSLEY TELLS ATTITUDE ABOUT APPEARING IN A RE-IMAGINED VERSION OF ROMEO & JULIET WHERE THE PAIR OF STAR-CROSS’D LOVERS ARE BOTH MEN
PAUL FLYNN
There’s a certain uncertainty to the PM’s words
WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN…
WITH SUMMER ON THE HORIZON, JAMES BARR HAS THE ALL THE BEST TUNES — IF NOT THE BODY — FOR THAT BEACH PARTY
SECOND COUSIN
SAM CLAFLIN LOOKS THE PART IN A NEW VERSION OF DU MAURIER’S SUSPENSE-FILLED STORY
ENGENDERING SOMETHING NEW
JUNO DAWSON IS PERFECTLY SUITED TO WRITE ABOUT BINARY LIMITATIONS — AND DOES SO WITH WIT AND HONESTY
Culture club
Why, 20 years on, I’m still a sucker for gay TV classic BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
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BIG GAY FOLLOWING
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FEATURES
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HE WON OLYMPIC GOLD IN THE 100M BREASTSTROKE IN 2016 — TEAM GB’S FIRST IN RIO — AND HOLDS THREE WORLD RECORDS. NOW, THE AMAZINGLY BUILT ADAM PEATY TELLS US ABOUT AN EARLY HATRED OF THE WATER, HIS WORK ETHIC AND INSPIRING OTHERS
SWIMMING AGAINST THE T IDE
DESPITE REPRESENTING A NATION WHERE HOMOSEXUALITY IS STILL OUTLAWED, TONGAN OLYMPIC SWIMMER AMINI FONUA HAS THRIVED AND IS AIMING TO BE A BEACON OF HOPE FOR OTHER YOUNG GAY ATHLETES
SPIES LIKE US
THE TALISMAN OF GCHQ, THE GOVERNMENT’S COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS, IS ALAN TURING, ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC FIGURES IN GAY HISTORY. BUT IN THE 1950s A GOVERNMENT EDICT PROHIBITED THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FROM EMPLOYING GAY MEN. MANY OF THOSE ALREADY WORKING AT THE ORGANISATION WERE REMOVED AND THE POLICY REMAINED IN PLACE UNTIL AS LATE AS 1993. HOWEVER, JUST FOUR MONTHS AGO, GCHQ WAS RANKED 75TH ON STONEWALL’S WORKPLACE EQUALITY INDEX, WHICH MEASURES THE MOST LGBT+ FRIENDLY EMPLOYERS IN THE UK. NOW ATTITUDE HAS BEEN GRANTED EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO FIND OUT HOW AND WHY SUCH A MONUMENTAL CHANGE HAS TAKEN
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CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF QUEER GLASTONBURY
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“A LOT OF GAY MEN AS A CONSOLATION PRIZE BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T BE WOMEN”
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STYLE
BURTON X JAMIE REDKNAPP
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BEACH BOY
When the mercury’s rising, cool off with a dip in some formfitting swim briefs, or pull on shorts and a shirt for cocktails at the beach bar
BRIEF
Sometimes simple can make a big impact
ACTIVE
RED ALERT
BORN IN A BRITISH ARMY CAMP IN GERMANY, NEIL JONES GREW UP PLAYING LOTS OF SPORT. BUT FROM AN EARLY AGE, AND DESPITE WARNINGS THAT HE WOULDN’T EVER MAKE IT, ALL HE EVER WANTED TO DO WAS DANCE…
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TRAVEL
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THE MALDIVES IS PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE’S IDEA OF HEAVEN ON EARTH BUT PRESENTS A THORNY PROBLEM FOR LGBT+ TOURISTS. SO, ASKS ADAM DUXBURY, IS IT REALLY PARADISE?
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Table for two
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Stepping out
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DRAG & CABARET
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