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GOLDEN GRAHAM

After 25 years in broadcasting, at the grand age of 60, Drag Race UK judge, Wheel of Fortune host and novelist Graham Norton is busier — and happier —than ever. Here, he reflects on his incredible life and career, from finding love in his fifties to hanging out with Cher, Dolly and Madonna. Here’s to a man of many talents…

THE FULL SCOOP

From Vote Leave to Partygate, Welsh-English journalist Paul Brand has helped break some of the biggest stories in recent memory. Here, the UK editor of ITV News talks juggling family life alongside a 24-hour news cycle 

LOVE HER

After releasing her debut solo album, Mid Air, Romy is rightly being celebrated as an LGBTQ+ icon and trailblazer in this year’s Film, TV, and Music category, supported by LA Tourism

TOTO IMMERSION

Drag queen Miss Toto combines her twin loves of drag and marine conservation with Drag ‘N Tag, an annual show put on for customers on shark-tagging fundraising expeditions in Miami

ONE VISION

After organising a peaceful protest in support of trans rights last October, model and campaigner Jaxon Feeley is determined to bring about change for trans people

ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE

A top lawyer who helped to bring about the decriminalisation of homosexuality in his native India, Krishna Omkar is at the forefront of the battle for LGBTQ+ equality

THE NEXT BIG DING

With its celebration of masculinity and sex positivity, Zhongzhi Ding’s MA menswear collection made the fashion world sit up and take notice, marking the London College of Fashion MA graduate out as one to watch. Here, he explains more about creating his collection and the inspiration behind it 

MASTER STROKE

Being diagnosed with a rare neurological condition as a teenager wasn’t the end of Lauren Rowles’s sporting career, it was just the beginning…

PASSPORT TO FREEDOM

John O’Ceallaigh had a sheltered upbringing in Galway; today, he’s the founder of luxury travel consultancy and content agency LUTE. Here, he looks back on the journey that turned him into a travel writer, before setting up his own successful business

DRIVING FORCE

Wayne Bruce, Bentley’s chief communications and D&I officer, talks about his passion for cars and his role in the firm’s enlightened approach to diversity and inclusion, with five different employee networks established

BREAKING THROUGH

Bella Ramsey on The Last of Us, writing a “scary” movie and BAFTA recognition: “It’s been a year of change” 

101: this year’s class of LGBTQ+ trailblazers

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Should LGBTQ+ spaces be reserved for LGBTQ+ people?

Four community members share their thoughts on allowing others into safe spaces 

SHOW. ME. THE. RECEIPTS.

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A step too far

I had been steering clear of dating and

Tammie Brown

If you were an animal, which would it

“Coming out at 15 proved to be an ill-fated revelation”

RAINBOW WORLD

This ‘monster’ is deserving of love

O n stage and in drag, I’m uncompromising.

3 video games we’re looking forward to in 2024

Exploring the furthest reaches of the multiverse

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Who doesn’t love a mashup? In which Bentley takes two of its greatest hits and, by virtue of an extended mix, creates a third. You’ll be Hung Up on this one…

ACTING ON INSTINCT

All of Us Strangers star Andrew Scott on the power of representation, embracing queer identity and the importance of understanding that sex is communication

IN THE LINE OF FIRE

Years before Putin’s troops first fired on Ukraine, Russia began an ideological war against the LGBTQ+ community. Now, the community on both sides is paying the price

A WORK OF ART

Mufseen Miah shares his story about growing up as a queer South Asian gay man in the UK and his experiences with chronic pain

“A world without drag is unthinkable”

In February 2009, RuPaul’s Drag Race made its TV debut, introducing the world to an ebullient art form that was once confined to darkened nightclubs. Fifteen years on, drag superstar The Vivienne , winner of series 1 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and former All Stars contestant, tells Attitude what the show has meant to her and the LGBTQ+ community

Fighting for freedom

The Erasing 76 Crimes project helps LGBTQ+ people who have been imprisoned for their sexuality around the world 

DAVID TENNANT

From Hamlet to the tenth and fourteenth incarnation of the Doctor, David Tennant’s stellar acting career has seen him excel in many a huge role, with his latest as host of the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards. However, he now faces his biggest challenge to date: sitting in the hot seat for Attitude’s fabulosity test

Just the TICKET

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BEST FESTS

We love a good music festival — see you at Mighty Hoopla this summer — but if you’re looking for a festival to tickle your grey matter, check these out

Lights Up

Attitude’s Jamie Tabberer finds love and luminescence in northern Norway and the country’s glistening slice of the Arctic Circle

HOT HOTEL

HOTEL DE LEN 

A CABARET CLASSIC

Attitude heads back to south London’s home of drag — the Two Brewers

KARAMO BROWN

CARLOS MEDEL ‘You’re in London? I was just

WORLD VIEW

As the Five Films for Freedom programme between BFI Flare and the British Council turns 10 years old, Briony Hanson, head of film for the British Council, takes a look back at some of the movies it has featured so far and the light these have shone on the differences in LGBTQ+ lives around the world 

FILM

BOYS WILL BE BOYS: Yori (Hinata Hiiragi) and

B SIDES

With ‘Murder On the Dance Floor’ storming the charts thanks to Saltburn, we deep-dive into the discography of Ms SEB

JUKEBOX

Joseph Ryan-Hicks spices up his life by giving Northern Star by Melanie C another spin

ASK THE AUTHOR

Otamere Guobadia, poet and writer of Unutterable Visions, Perishable Breath, on the authors and books that mean the most to him

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