ATTITUDE LOVES

Editor in Chief’s Letter

Gay men have lived on the fringes of society for hundreds

What price Pride?

Finding the right balance between sponsorship and a sell-out is a problem that’s not going to go away, says Matthew Todd

DRAGGED DOWN BY DRAG’S RISE

The move into the mainstream is not always beneficial, says Reuben Kaye

THE RULES

For Winning Pride Season

BIG IN A WIG

She gave us an iconic moment in Drag Race herstory

Sean was everything — and at the same time, nothing — to me

VANCOUVER HOTTIE COHEN DE COHEN IS CANADA’S SEXIEST EXPORT SINCE RYAN GOSLING. *FRANTICALLY GOOGLES FLIGHTS*

Culture Club

Sex and gender have been normalised by the ground-breaking Hollyoaks

We’ve come far but still have a way to go to win true liberation

We’ve come far but still have a way to go to win true

Jaguar I-Pace

Welcome to the future: SUV space, supercar pace, off-roading grace. Oh, and zero emissions

HOMES

Designed by award-winning international architectural

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To mark the arrival of New Attitude here’s an off er

EYES RIGHT

Queer Eye’s fab five reveal who they most – and least – want to make over, how they lost their virginity, how they view modern masculinity, and why they struggle to follow their own advice

WORDS CAN INDEED HURT US

Freedom of speech is not an inalienable right if it provokes violence — and certain remarks do just that, argues Ben Smoke

BETTE ON IT

She’s been an ally of the LGBT community pretty much for ever — she’s not known as Bathhouse Bette for no reason — and now Bette Midler appears in a new film about a gender-bending teen

The American nightmare

A documentary sheds new light on Whitney Houston’s desperate — and ultimately tragic — struggles

Moving the goalposts

A new gay love story looks at homophobia in football. We talk to one of its young stars, Aaron Altaras, to find out why he thinks everyone should see it, how he prepared for the nude and intimate scenes, and shocking real footballers

Aiming for the stars

She may have missed out on Drag Race glory again, but you can’t keep a good girl down. With a solo world tour and an upcoming role alongside Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born, Shangela is lighting up the sky

Everything she wanted

Aussie songstress Dannii Minogue has been a friend to the LGBT community for almost as long as her older sister. She tells Attitude of her joy that same-sex marriage is now legal in her homeland and about her plans for the future

NO MORE SUFFERING IN SILENCE

As the independent inquiry into childhood sexual abuse continues, The Truth Project offers survivors a safe space in which to tell their harrowing stories

Michael Bonsor

Managing director, Rosewood London

Just the TICKET

Luxury holiday company Belmond are organising an LGBT-exclusive

Walk on the wild side

The Argentinian puna is not only one of the most extreme locations in the world, but also one of the most majestic. Between the volcanoes and salt flats, a breath-taking adventure awaits

3 OF THE BEST… Wine tours

Summer has arrived and so have the leaves and plump grapes in vineyards across the globe. Here are a few gay-owned wine tours to whet your fancy…

A breath of fresh Aires

Argentina’s capital has far more to offer the LGBT traveller than you might think, so we packed Markus Bidaux off to Buenos Aires — where he found intimate dancing, speakeasies and, errr, well-hung beef…

Brighton city guide

It might be something of a gay mecca but the seaside resort has a range of sights and sounds to entice a wide range of visitors so pack your bags now…

HOT HOTEL

Daios Cove

ACTIVATE

Confession time: I’m not good when it comes to drinking

GROOMING

Eight & Bob have created a special fragrance to

DANCE HAUL

Dancing with the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing professional GLEB SAVCHENKO can dance rings round most people on the gym floor as well as in the ballroom. He tells us why he’s never happy with his body, and why he’d gladly pair up with a male contestant

SKIP THROUGH THE EXCUSES

More and more of us are embracing an active gym lifestyle — but even the best of us have moments when we can’t face going. We’ll fix that…

A PROBLEM SHARED

I’ve just starting seeing a guy and he told me that he’s HIV positive. I’m negative, and he’s on treatment, but I hate to admit that I’m still worried. What are the actual chances of my catching it? I’m also worried what some of my friends might think.

The architecture of bigotry

When he was 19, Garrard Conley was coerced by his devoutly religious parents to attend a conversion-therapy programme, which he recounts in his new memoir Boy Erased

DARREN STYLES

Entrepreneur, publisher, philanthropist

STEEL WORKS

London’s Kings Cross Steelers became the world’s first gay rugby union team when it was founded in 1995. There are now more than 250 members and the 1st XV went through last season unbeaten. Attitude meets five players to understand the impact the sport has had on their bodies as well as their body image

THE WORD ON THE STREET

What’s the secret to living your best life?

Table For Two

TOM AND MARK DINED AT M VICTORIA STREET, LONDON

BUDDY BRILLIANT

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

Like a prayer

Brilliant first novel imagines the inside story of Truman Capote’s final work

Back for good

We’ve had to wait a long time for a new album from Years & Years but having heard it, James Barr reckons it’s been well worth it…

HOMO FOMO

QUEER THEATRE, FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS AND MORE

#LoveNotLabels

River Island have teamed up with anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label for a new Pride collection

Crush

Marks and Spencer are injecting plenty of modernity

FOOTBALL JOURNAL

It’s time to embrace football fever with soccer kits and sportswear

Fashionlista

Inject some colour into your casual shoes this summer

WATCHES

What’s better than a Rolex? A gem-set, rainbow Rolex

Collar Pop

Smart, sexy and simple, summer is all about the polo shirt

RUF LOVE

Rufskin take us to Costa Rica to reveal what they’ve got for spring-summer

Favourite Things Ashish

Ashish Gupta is the undisputed king of sequins. He’s