PACKING HEAT

Editor in Chief’s Letter

I find it a little ironic that the annual Attitude

ATTITUDE LOVES

Whether you’re travelling for work or to escape every-day

To go or not to go? That is the question

Should we avoid travelling to anti-gay countries? Or does tourism help change local views of queer people? Travel writer Peter Jordan explores the issue

Karnage Kills

The self-described grime Barbie, aka 21-year-old Karnell Murray, is changing the rules -- one gay lyric at a time

The Rules

On how to engage a flight attendant

Happiness is doing less

GERMAN FILMMAKER AND PHOTOGRAPHER NIKLAS BAUER IS GIVING

Big in a wig

“I’m getting cremated, with my ashes made into pressed

Culture Club

Not only was Queer as Folk, which is getting a Netflix reboot, a masterpiece, it was also highly influential for a whole generation

Is LGBTQIAAP+ getting lost in translation?

GUILLOTINA MUNTER, Glasgow’s first lady of drag, spills

Jaguar XF Sportbrake

This must-have tourer is one of the cool kids — as much 21st century as any Apple product

HOMES

Getting home from London’s O2 arena is always a pain

Lift off

Alex Landi tells Attitude about the joy of playing Grey’s Anatomy’s first openly gay male surgeon – including that kiss in the elevator

RIO GRAND

Intrepid Myra DuBois digs for all the dirt on Bianca Del Rio but comes up with films, wine, living the high life and refusing to be a victim

Let ’s talk about sex!

Netflix’s new teen comedy drama series Sex Education aims to plug the gap left by inadequate school teaching and unrealistic porn. Attitude meets one of the stars and the writer to get a first lesson

One for the record books

The UK’s most famous LGBT+ bookshop is celebrating its 40th anniversary having negotiated a fair share of plot twists over the years

OPENING DOORS

Comedian Kieran Hodgson — Gordon in Two Doors Down

Matthieu Jost

Founder and chief executive of misterb&b

Just the TICKET

How does a line up of 30 international DJs across five

TRAVEL TRENDS FOR 2019

Travel trends for 2018 are, well, so last year. Here are some of the types of trips people are likely to be taking in 2019 — and why

Strait from the heart

Taiwan made headlines for the wrong reasons recently: voters came out against same-sex marriage in a referendum. But it might still be the the most queer-friendly country in Asia

The only gay on the stag

Tumbling down the rabbit hole of his straight mates’ stag dos, Thomas Stichbury lives to tell the tale — and reveals why he wants to return to this testosterone-fuelled celebrations

THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY

At the immensely popular techno club Bassiani in Tbilisi, Georgia, it’s not just about dancing until the sun comes up. It’s a social movement, and a hub for the country’s severely oppressed LGBT+ community

In a winter wonderland

Anthony Gilet heads to Miami Beach to party — but finds a lot more than mirror balls on offer

5 OF THE BEST… Prides

There are over fifty Pride events across the UK over the summer, at least another fifty across Europe, and only Gaga knows how many more around the world. Here are Attitude’s pick of the year’s best celebrations of queer life and love

Savoir flair

Monsieur Joannou is ready to tear off his shirt and join the Parisian gays dancing the night away in what is described as the most romantic city on the planet… quelle horreur!

HOT HOTEL

Royal Savoy Hotel and Spa

GROOMING

This winter, let Dsquared2’s latest scent, the strong

CUT TO THE CHASE

When dance teacher MARK KANEMURA, 35, first donned a wig and recorded himself dancing to Carly Rae Jepsen’s pop banger, Cut to the Feeling, he never thought his videos would rack up millions of views and result in the chance to perform with the star herself

BACK UP PLAN

So much of what we do every day — for work or pleasure — puts terrible pressure on our backs, which can lead to long-term complications. Matt Lister reveals some of the worst situations and suggests ways to counteract the problems

A PROBLEM SHARED

Got a problem? Dr Ranj Singh is here to of er his advice

PEARL WISDOM

Even though queer Ugandans face discrimination, Michael Kajubi has launched a travel company to offer LGBT+ tourists a safe way to discover the beauty that his home land has to offer

TOBY CAMPION

Toby Campion is a UK national poetry slam champion

A NEW BODY OF THOUGHT

Colin Munro Seymour, aka drag artist Crystal Beth, talks about embracing both masculine and feminine traits and the importance of making your body work for you, rather than have it define you

THE WORD ON THE STREET

Which film setting (fictional or real) would you most like to visit, and why?

Table For Two

NICHOLAS AND THOMAS DINED AT M VICTORIA STREET, LONDON

BUDDY BRILLIANT

In a celebration of queer friendship, we ask best mates

Behind the scenes

Rock Hudson’s double life as a Hollywood heartthrob and closet queer is laid bare in Mark Griffin’s biography

A play list for twenty-bi-teen!

If 2018 was twenty-gay-teen, 2019 is twenty-biteen!

French fancies

Keira Knightley brings Colette, France’s famously bisexual actress, feminist and writer of Gigi, to life

HOMO FOMO

QUEER THEATRE, FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS AND MORE

DO THE LOCOMOTION

Alessio Pozzi takes the Venice Simplon-Orient- Express, dressed in the finest luxury fashion

BAE-WATCH

Go back to your favourite shows and styles of the Nineties

Jordan von Netzer

One of Oklahoma-born and raised Jordan von Netzer’s