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Kickstarting CHANGE

“I’m a footballer and I’m gay” — in just six words Australian midfielder Josh Cavallo became the world’s only openly gay male player in the game’s top flight, but he could never have guessed the butterfly effect his announcement would have on other LGBTQ+s around the globe, both within the sport and beyond, as he tells Attitude

Taking the stand

THE BROADCAST AWARD Robert Rinder

ROCK GODDESS

Songwriter, ferocious frontwoman of Skunk Anansie, and “clit rock” icon Skin opens up about carving out her own sonic aesthetic and her disinterest in playing by music industry rules. She also touches on race and sexuality and the importance of owning your uniqueness

Queens of the scene

Sink The Pink

NEW RULES

As he returns for the new series of Jack Whitehall’s BBC comedy Bad Education — with his character, fabulously flamboyant pupil, Stephen, now an irresponsible, lookturning teacher — The Culture Award-winner Layton Williams schools Attitude on inner confidence and overcoming adversity

THE BOY IS FINE

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Viva La Diva

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STEPPING OUT

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HOT LIKE FIRE

From busking on the South Bank to supporting Ed Sheeran on tour and creating the nakedly emotional ‘Go’ — the second biggest-selling song of the summer, — rising star Cat Burns was the obvious choice for this year’s Music Award

LOVE, SWEET LOVE: how Heartstopper changedthe world

A realistic and joyful depiction of two teenage boys falling in love for the first time, Heartstopper is a runaway TV hit that represents sexuality and gender in all their technicolour glory. Attitude talks to creator Alice Oseman and lead actor Joe Locke to reflect on its success

A NEW CHAPTER

Decades of abusing drugs and drink tore Fat Tony’s life apart. After getting sober, he began the long journey of rebuilding his life and career. In his Sunday Times bestselling autobiography, I Don’t Take Requests, the DJ speaks candidly about his battle with addiction, childhood sexual abuse and his HIV status. Here, he tells Attitude how writing it forced him to finally face his demons

A question OF SPORTY

After a Sink The Pinkempowered gear change and on the eve of the release of her tea-spilling new memoir, Who I Am, Attitude sits down with pop icon Melanie C to talk LGBTQ allyship and Spice Girls deep cuts

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Attitude Awards 2022: here’s to our fabulous winners

I t’s that time of year when the

FROM THE ARCHIVE

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ONE LAST TIME

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WE ARE FAMILY

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DIVE IN

The phrase ‘exactly what it says on the

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Words & styling Joseph Kocharian Photography Dean Ryan

SHOW. ME. THE. RECEIPTS.

Whether you love or loathe her, or claim to be completely disinterested in her (really?), you can’t deny that Kim Kardashian wields incomprehensible influence. But is TV’s GOAT an LGBTQ+ ally? We try to keep up…

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ALAMY; CORINNE CUMMING M y boyfriend James (yes,

“I can’t walk down the street without being sexually harassed”

Maria* on life as a trans woman living in a small town outside Caracas, Venezuela

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There’s no shame in queer joy

T here’s something about celebrating one’s queerness that

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Less a mode of transport and more an objet d’art, the latest iteration of ‘the best car in the world’ is genuinely that. Although a French Riviera encounter wants for a swimming pool moment…

PRIME CANDIDATE

New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and grandfatherof-four Grant Robertson chats to Attitude about becoming the country’s first gay prime minister and his friendship with the world’s first out trans politician

PROFILE Neil Piper

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A matter of Pride…

The sixth annual Attitude Pride Awards, newly in association with Magnum, landed at London’s Langham hotel at the end of July, prompting a gathering to celebrate and salute 10 very special winners from across Europe’s LGBTQ+ community

Pride without prejudice

Attitude finds out why attending Leicester Pride is so important to the East Midlands branch of mental health charity, Samaritans

Just the TICKET

WINTER WONDERLAND For more than 40 years, Colorado

Freedom Nation

We explore our wild side in South Africa’s Shambala Private Game Reserve, before sampling city life in Johannesburg, staying at a hotel so elegant Beyoncé namechecked it on a recent track

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VITAL SIGNS

New LGBTQ+ London space Zodiac serves up an unpretentious and friendly atmosphere — tell everyone you know, immediately

JUKEBOX

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B SIDES

Attitude goes beyond the hits to unearth hidden musical treasures… For this issue, James Hodge celebrates Kate Bush

COME FROM AWAY

IN THE AIR: Come From Away is an

SISTER ACT

Touring the UK and Ireland after a summer

Jock-meets-nerd gay romcom is a laugh-out-loud classic

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