Drag gave me the confidence to be me

Editor in Chief’s Letter

You’re born into it — and exist in it until you pop

attitude L♥VES…

Sure, that Rolex you got for your 30th is pretty, but

Eating disorders must be seen as a mental-health issue

Tom Quinn, the director of external affairs at charity Beat, explains why it’s vital to get help as early as possible

Poster Boy

Squashing stereotypes and bending gender rules, singer Aaron Porter, 27, tells Attitude why he wants to be the music role model he never had

The Rules for being a basic bear

Navigating the world as a plussize gayer can be a tricky business: which daddy dom top do you date for maximum social kudos? Where do you buy a leather harness for a 56in chest? Scottee has some hints for becoming a proper basic bear…

Kameron Michaels

Build up a sweat with self-styled“body-builder Barbie” and RuPaul season 10 finalist Kameron Michaels. With those bulging biceps, this queen certainly has flex appeal

Culture Club

The Swimming-Pool Library gives us a snapshot of two eras of gay history

Being in the altogether, is altogether a better thing

I first started getting naked in about 2000. I’d moved

McLaren 600LT Spider

Less weight, more muscle, best seen topless — what’s not to like about a car that confirms McLaren’s upward trajectory?

HOMES

Blackheath will once again be the starting point for

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Camp follower

Go-go dancer, model, digital entrepreneur… religious leader? Cliff Joannou finds out why Matthew Camp, 34, is ready to ascend to the next level of notoriety

A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME

A celebration of Harlem’s Eighties ball scene, queer family drama series Pose aired in the US last summer, winning acclaim from both the community whose stories it seeks to tell — and a wider audience

Love Simon

Bringing his life (sort of) to the silver screen, Simon Amstell talks heart-break, mental health and the long road to self acceptance

Richard Dean

Co-founder of Shapesmiths CrossFit

State of the (body) art

My first tattoo says: “The most difficult phase in

“My disability won’t ever define me”

Born with cerebral palsy, Neil Dunk insists on leading the same sort of life as everyone else: having sex, fighting with his boyfriend, going out to work every day and travelling overseas

DOCTOR’S ORDERS

Attitude booked a special appointment with resident columnist Dr Ranj Singh to find out about the ways some of us regularly harm our bodies

What it’s like to be a trans man in the gym

Model and trans activist Kenneth Ethan Jones reveals the pain and anxiety he had to overcome to fulfil his desire for a muscular physique

Just the TICKET

Virgin Voyages will be setting sail when the first

A man for all seasons

Forget your skis or snowboard, there’s so much to do in the Alpine resort of La Plagne without the wintery weather — as Steve Brown discovers

HOT HOTEL

After a week of traveling around the island of Taiwan

ACTIVATE

At uni, I remember splashing a bit of my precious student

GROOMING

Sometimes simple is best and The Bluebeards Revenge

SHARK BAIT

Shipwrecked star – and Attitude sales executive – SEAN LINEKER lifts the lid on the show’s sexy secrets, being trolled and body-image insecurities

BALANCING ACT

No matter how tough the workout, you are not going to get the best results unless you are eating properly. Attitude fitness expert Matt Lister has some tips to help…

DANIEL JAEMS

Daniel Jaems walked into Models 1 agency at the age

THE WORD ON THE STREET

What is the most surprisingly sexy part of the male

Table For Two

CHARLES AND DAVE DINED ATM STREET VICTORIA

BUDDY BRILLIANT JOE

In a celebration of queer friendship, we ask best mates some telling questions and find out just how well they really know each other

Reach for the Dark stars

Opening book of trilogy is so good it should have a special place in the history of literature

Wild card

Tale of rent boy’s desperate fight to survive — and find love — is sometimes tough to watch but well worth the effort

Give thanks

There’s no place in James Barr’s home — or heart – for anyone dissing Ariana Grande

FLARESHARE

You know Spring has sprung when queer film festival Flare returns to the BFI on London’s South Bank. Three lead programmers reveal some of their favourites from the films and documentaries exploring LGBT+ life

Eating disorders must be seen as a mental-health issue

Tom Quinn, the director of external affairs at charity Beat, explains why it’s vital to get help as early as possible

HOMO FOMO

QUEER THEATRE, FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS AND MORE

crush

When Attitude’s fashion team popped along to M&S’s

BOYS WILL BE BOYS

There’s nothing wrong with a bit of playful rough and tumble between good friends

Fashionlista

Left, right or even around the waist, cross-body bags remain a firm favourite

WILDEST DREAMS

TIED UP AND DRESSED DOWN

Leigh Keily

The list of celebrities who photographer Leigh Keily