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Meet the team

WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST MOMENT OF THE YEAR?

Editor in Chief’s Letter

“How do you measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets

LOVES

Ah, the Nineties — what a decade. It gave us the Spice

A show of faith

Gay Christian and self-professed lover of tea, cake, Disney and Lorraine Kelly, Joey Knock tells Attitude why Christmas is a religious holiday to be enjoyed by all

Clean conscience

Theatre director Adam Spreadbury- Maher tells Thomas Stichbury why, despite being more than 30 years old, the West End revival of Kevin Elyot’s gay play Coming Clean could not be more timely

The Rules

John Lewis & Partners (the department store not the solicitors) have given us the green light and Christmas is HERE once more. Rejoice! Or perhaps not. Sadly, Christmas doesn’t have a safety word to escape the Clist relatives whose name you barely remember. But fear not! I, Myra DuBois (yes, off the telly) am here with some sage advice…

Let’s make this festive season more selfless and less selfish

Let’s make this festive season more selfless and less

big in a wig

“I’d bring in mandatory voting. If we’re going to hell

“Merry” gentlemen’s tidings of discomfort and little joy

“Merry” gentlemen’s tidings of discomfort and little

Culture Club

Everything about Hellraiser makes it part of gay history

Vauxhall Grandland X

A quarter of all new cars sold in Europe are now compact SUVs, and no wonder — they are handy to have around. Just in case

BATH TIME

We’re not shallow queens who only care about appearances

SLEEP EASY

It’s important to try something new in the bedroom

#TRENDING: BLUE RIBBON

Don’t be bummed by the winter blues. Embrace them instead

OUR BEST SUBSCRIPTION OFFER EVER!

To mark the arrival of New Attitude, here’s an offer

KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE

When you get the chance to interview Donatella Versace, you want to send someone who understands fashion, who understands class, who understands diversity. We told Jodie Harsh to pack her bags and get the hell to Milan…

Solid as a Rock

TV star Cheyenne Jackson pulls back the curtain on being out in Hollywood, his struggles with addiction, and the joys of being a father

Old haunts

Ghost stories have become as much of a Christmas tradition as tinsel and crackers. Now, Simon Callow stars in a new creepy — and gay — tale written by Mark Gatiss

Christeene’s kiss my- arse message

In her alternative Christmas message, “drag terrorist” Christeene trashes The Greatest Story Ever Told, before taking aim at the far right, Brexit and the festive season

SPIRITED AWAY

A cultural genocide in Canada almost destroyed one of history’s most progressively LGBT-friendly communities

JACK SADDLEBACK

CULTURAL & PROJECTS CO-ORDINATOR FOR OUTSASKATOON

MELODY WOOD

INDIGENOUS SYSTEMS CO-ORDINATOR AT SASKATCHEWAN INDIGENOUS CULTURAL CENTRE

WARREN AND OSEMIS ISBISTER-BEAR

HUSBANDS ON THE TWO-SPIRIT POW WOW COMMITTEE

KEVIN SEESEQUASIS

ORGANISER OF SASKATCHEWAN’S FIRST TWO-SPIRIT PRIDE

MARJORIE BEAUCAGE

TWO-SPIRIT ELDER AND FILMMAKER

Setting the record straight

It’s taken a long time but Ed Dyson has come to see that branding all men gay to some extent, can amount to homophobia

Sam Dumas

Sam Dumas left his job at the publisher Condé Nast

Indian summer

India finally moved with the times when it ended its colonial-era ban on homosexuality. Thomas Stichbury finds out what impact the ruling has had

Just the TICKET

Tucked away on a mountain slope just a five minute

Over the rainbow

Despite the fact that almost 98 per cent of people in Malta are Catholic, this small Mediterranean island has embraced LGBT+ rights, and sits proudly at the top of Europe’s Rainbow Index

HOT HOTEL

The Gainsborough Bath Spa

PACKING A PUNCH

Strictly Come Dancing’s CHARLES VENN traded in his boxing dream to become an actor but we think you’ll agree that he’s still a knockout

ACTIVATE

As we gain greater understanding of the positive effect

EATING ON A BUDGET

Although Matt Lister would quite like to binge on donuts all day, he inds that “watching the macros” helps him balance the carbs, proteins and healthy fats in his diet. It’s the new go-to itness journey…

A PROBLEM SHARED

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

FINDING PEACE — AND YOURSELF:AMONG THE MAYHEM

Ryan Lanji’s rediscovery of Bollywood music was the key to reconciling his sexual identity with his Indian heritage, and now he’s helping other queer Asians do the same

LAVINIA CO-OP

Working-class radical drag-performance artist

OBJECT OF THE EXERCISE

Office manager by day and burlesque performer by night, Phil Dzwonkiewicz talks about his body insecurities and how his HIV+ diagnosis affected his confidence

THE WORD ON THE STREET

Homotopia’s theme this year was I Will Survive — what’s the one thing you can’t survive without?

REVIEWS

Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek Robert Redford claims

Six of the best never felt so good

James Barr has the musical cure for when the festivities get a bit too much

Table For Two

Dean: To have a fun evening, eat nice food and meet

HOMO FOMO

QUEER THEATRE, FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS AND MORE

NEW BEGINNINGS

As January blues set in start feeling and looking your best with our new year survival guide

crush

Mickey Mouse and Lacoste are celebrating their 90th

Fashionlista

Think like Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele

WATCH

Charlie XCX and Troye Sivan stirred up cosy feelings