When a unicorn met a Fox

Editor in Chief ’s Letter

I was a child when Margaret Thatcher delivered

ATTITUDE LOVES

POWERBEATS PRO Turns heads with these bestselling earphones

How COVID-19 relit Pride’s fire

A global pandemic meant that trans rights, Black Lives Matter and the Gay Liberation Front took centre stage over commercialisation and clubbing, returning Pride to its protest roots in its 50th year

The Rules

There is more to being that hot Insta

big in a wig

Just May Being the world’s premiere Geri Halliwell

MAKING WAVES

Rising star Jake Picking takes a cruise with screen icon Sharon Stone to talk about his latest role in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix hit  Hollywood playing Rock Hudson — who Sharon knew as a young starlet

MAKING IT BIG

Since making his runway debut in 2015, larger-than-life dancing queen Dexter  Mayfield has shaken his stuff with Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. Now, he’s set his sights on becoming the first “fat-bodied” superhero. For Dexter, size ain’t nothing but a number…

SWEET HARMONY

Music legend Rufus Wainwright tells Thomas Stichbury why he’s returning to pop, and how revisiting his past has helped him find happiness

THE TROUBLE WITH ONLINE RAGE

Former BBC Radio 1Xtra host and new author Ashley ‘Dotty’ Charles cuts through the virtual noise to discuss how we should channel our anger online

Turning the tide

Juno Dawson is the UK’s foremost trans author. She speaks to Shon Faye about her fears that the UK is taking a step back from LGBTQ acceptance, the controversy around JK Rowling’s transphobia, and why the trans community needs its gay allies

LIVING WITH A FOREIGN BODY

Trans women in Mexico City are suffering from ‘modelants disease’ – the devastating result of injecting oils and silicones into their bodies to achieve feminine curves

Transcending parenthood

Ahead of a documentary charting their extraordinary journey, director and writer Jake Graf opens up about the difficult road to becoming a parent with his wife, Captain Hannah Graf (née Winterbourne)

Michael Stephens Co-Founder of Create Space Retreats

D espite a successful career in the creative

3 OF THE BEST. .. Staycation property finders

A getaway in the UK can be just as relaxing and restorative as one in foreign climes. Here are three websites to help you find the perfect self-catering holiday on home turf

Chasing rainbows

From Tangier to Thailand, Calum McSwiggan reveals how travel has opened his eyes to the rich queer culture spanning the world

Bonjour-hi, Montréal

Moosehead, Mount Royal and Cabaret Mado – Montréal’s got plenty beyond an incredible Pride to offer, as Will Stroude discovers

TALKING STEROIDS

As lockdown eases, many gay men will find themselves hitting the gym again, either to lose weight or stack on the muscle. For some, that means using steroids. Matt Lister looks at the taboo subject of illegal steroid use

A PROBLEM SHARED

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

The time is now

In the first of our new mental health series, psychotherapist Owen O’Kane looks at mindfulness and the power of being present

A NEW CHAPTER

The plot thickens as book reviewer and writer Luke Marlowe turns over a new leaf to become more open, body-positive and, in this instance, naked…

EDMUND WHITE

Writing A Saint From Texas taught me that

Books

Plotting the world’s gay landscape Queer people paint

Music

Keiynan Lonsdale Play these loud and proud Britney

Films

MAKE UP 4/5 Molly Windsor, Joseph Quinn, Stefanie

SELF(IE) LOVE

If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?

PRETTY IN PASTELS 

These suga ry-sweet pieces will put you in the mood for an o verp riced 99’ in the sum mer sun 

Signature scents

You’re not fully dressed without a smile — or a sensational aftershave…

Favourite Things Katherine Jenkins

As the UK’s biggest-selling classical singer, Katherine Jenkins