Letter from the Editor

Naomi Campbell is on the cover of Attitude. Again. Almost 22 years after her first appearance, in the seventh issue (November 1994) of the world’s most popular gay magazine, she’s back

The Word on the Street...

Siouxsie Sioux. So you can wear black pvc, drink vodka

Big in a Wig

DANNY BEARD SHOT TO FAME IN 2015 AFTER WINNING DRAG IDOL UK. MORE RECENTLY, THE 24-YEAR-OLD LIVERPUDLIAN WOWED THE JUDGES ON THIS YEAR’S BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT, REACHING THE LIVE THE SEMI-FINALS

The A-List

The things we love this month

#Black Lives Matter

Filmmaker and co-founder of rukus! Black LGBT Archive Topher Campbell issues a rallying call to put an end to all forms of racism and homophobia

Nimmo

Childhood friends Sarah Nimmo and Reva Gauntlett (aka NIMMO) may just prove to be top of the class when it comes to gay female singers

Joe Stone

When it comes to boyfriends, I can stalk the stalk not walk the walk

Lindsay Kemp

After 15 years away — and having lived in places from Barcelona and Rome to an abandoned hilltop monastery in the Italian region of Umbria, esteemed dancer, mime, teacher and artist LINDSAY KEMP is back in the UK. Born in Cheshire, the man credited with teaching David Bowie to dance as well as inspiring his look, interest in make-up and his stage shows, first left Britain in the Seventies. He spent the past five years in Livorno, a little seaport town near Tuscany, where he’s continued to dance and draw at the age of 78. Why break the habit of a lifetime?

The Rules

fo being a catwalk superstar

Paris Lees

Education, education… SEX EDUCATION

Paul Flynn

Political vandals will never be able to find true north

Music

HEAT RADIO'S JAMES BARR ROUNDS UP HIS CHOICE OF THE HOTTEST NEW SOUNDS TO MAKE UP FOR THE CRAPPY WEATHER

Q&A

THE DIRECTOR BEHIND NEW DOCUMENTARY TICKLED SHINES A LIGHT ON THE WEIRD WORLD OF COMPETITIVE TICKLING, TO UNCOVER SOMETHING DARKER BENEATH ITS SURFACE —YES, YOU READ THAT RIGHT…

Film

DRAMA AND LOVE BLEND FOR TWO MEN AFTER A NIGHT OF UNEXPECTED SEXUAL PASSION AT A CLUB IN GAY PARIS

Books

ICELANDIC TALE BLENDS SEX, FANTASY AND REALITY IN A SMALL TOWN AS THE REST OF THE WORLD TEARS ITSELF APART

Iconic

There are many reasons to continue carrying a torch for TORCHWOOD and Captain Jack

Big Gay Following

THE STARS, THE UNIVERSE AND INTERGALACTIC TRAVEL. THE LIFE OF THIS BRIAN IS DIFFERENT TO OURS BUT WE STILL FEEL A STRONG BOND TO THE WORLD’S HOTTEST SCIENTIST

A/W '16 Style

WHEN IT COMES TO TRENDS, avoiding reiterations in menswear can

Portfolio

It’s time to plan ahead for the colder months and you’ll need some stylish staples to stop you becoming bedraggled like Jon Snow of the north. Here is our pick of the Autumn/Winter 2016 essentials to go for

Violet Chachki

After her triumph in series seven of RuPaul’s Drag Race last year, 24-year-old Violet Chachki has gone from strength to strength — and there’s more to come

Fashion

We round up our favourite denim pieces on the high street for Autumn and Winter ’16

Fashion

Brazillian model JHONATTAN BURJACK heats up Autumn Winter ’16

Stockists

GROOMING by Scott Jordan at Taylor Taylor using Bumble and

Martin Holmén

MEET MARTIN HOLMÉN, THE MAN BEHIND THE THRILLER WORLD’S SEXY NEW BISEXUAL ANTI-HERO…

Pedro AlmodÓVar

Director PEDRO ALMODOVAR — back with a new film — reveals the influences behind his sometimes controversial work, his love of strong female characters and what he thinks of Caitlyn Jenner

Zoe Lyons

MYRA DUBOIS MEETS ZOE LYONS TO FIND OUT ABOUT HER NEW SHOW, COPING WITH TOUGH AUDIENCES AND LOOKING AT REJECT VEGETABLES IN THE SUPERMARKET

Naomi & Jussie

THE WORLD’S MOST ICONIC SUPERMODEL IS BEST MATES WITH AMERICA’S MOST PROMINENT GAY ACTOR. OBVIOUSLY. SO, WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT EMPIRE AND ALIEN: COVENANT STAR JUSSIE SMOLLETT EXCLUSIVELY FOR OUR COVER, NAOMI CAMPBELL SIMPLY INSISTED ON SWINGING BY

Feature

ATTITUDE CAUGHT UP WITH 21-YEAROLD LEWISHAM-BORN AMCK MODEL, TROYE ANTHONIE COPELAND

Focus

IN A NEW COLUMN, MEDAL-WINNING CANOEIST MATT LISTER GIVES YOU HIS EATING AND EXERCISE TIPS. THIS MONTH, HE ZOOMS IN ON SHEDDING THOSE EXTRA INCHES OFF YOUR WAIST

Real Bodies

When I was 30, I had to appear naked in

Man of the Month

What’s your morning routine? Prior to a hearty breakfast (usually

Travel

It may be smaller than Greater London, but Malta — with its mix of European and Arabic influences — is an island packed with interesting places to see and an even more awe-inspiring history

Family Guys

Any idea of downtime is a wind up with the son of anarchy!

A Problem Shared

Got a problem? DR RANJ SINGH and WAYNE DHESI are here to offer their advice

R u Coming Out?

We look at how you tackled the whole coming out thing

Fatty Gay

Finally — in a room full of people with similar problems — the answers start to fall into place

My Private Hell

The homophobia suffered by a pupil at one of the UK’s top public boarding schools overflowed into his adult life and continues to plague him almost to this day