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Meet the team

WHAT FASHION PIECE CAN YOU NOT LIVE WITHOUT?

UP & DOWN

WHAT WE’RE ROCKING AND BLOCKING

Editor in Chief’s Letter

Welcome to LGBT History Month. Let’s talk about rainbow

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Game of Thrones may be returning soon but until then

Always and for ever

Lev Rosen calls for our past and present to be shouted out loud – and proud – so it can never be relegated to a footnote in history

@Russian revolution

Escaping homophobic abuse at home in Russia, singer Saint Daniel – aka Danila Stepin – moved to the UK and found refuge in song

The Rules

for owning Fashion Week

History shows we can thwart new threats from those who still hate us

History shows we can thwart new threats from those

BIG IN A WIG

Describe yourself in three emojis. Describe your drag

CULTURE CLUB

The homo-eroticism in Interview with the Vampire is unmistakable

Over to you…

The film is great and the book is even better. Anne

Gossip gurls

GUILLOTINA MUNTER, Glasgow’s first lady of drag, spills the tea on the queens’ latest exploits

A labour of love isn’t hard work

“My darling, I am worried to death about you,” starts

BMW i3

Electric cars work best when they are a clean-sheet design — and BMW’s revamped baby is the daddy

PROPERTY

How instagrammable a place is should not dictate where

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Squaring the circle

Fashion twins Dean and Dan Caten tell Joseph Kocharian how they stay ahead of the game, why it’s important to have a gay voice in the industry and about their drag past…

Boy oh boy!

Joel Edgerton was so intrigued by Garrard Conley’s memoir about how his parents put him into a “gay conversion” programme that he bought the rights to the story. Since then, he’s written and directed the film version of Boy Erased. He tells Matthew Todd what attracted him to the tale and how he convinced A-listers to sign up to star in it

Making a name for themselves

French film director Camille Vidal-Naquet and leading man Félix Maritaud tell Attitude about their new film, which delves into the world of male prostitution

DARK CLOUDS GATHERING

Since the election of far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro, the rights of Brazil’s LGBT+ community are under threat. Attitude speaks to six queer people to find out about their hopes and fears, and how they feel about the future

Blue ribbon

As the BFI releases a new collection of Derek Jarman’s greatest works to mark the 25th anniversary of his death, Brian Robinson looks back at the gay filmmaker’s life and career

MAN OF THE MOMENT

Boodi Kabbani, the world’s first openly gay Syrian actor, tells Attitude what it’s like to live in a dictatorship and about making cinematic history

Claus Lindorf

Co-founder of Ron Dorff

3 OF THE BEST…Designer hotels

When we say designer hotels, we are talking places designed by style VIPs. These are some of our favourites…

Bordering on perfection

San Diego offers great food, beautiful sights and a striking coastline, and as a bonus, it’s within striking range of Tijuana in Mexico

HOT HOTEL

Il Sereno

THE BEST BARRE NONE

OLEG IVENKO, the 22-year-old ballet star, brings the legendary Rudolf Nureyev to life in new ilm The White Crow

BOWFLEX MAX TRAINER M7

By 2 January, my Christmas/New Year hangover has just

FIND THE RIGHT FIT

The holidays are well and truly behind us and that

A PROBLEM SHARED

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

MY FANTASTIC SISTER

Performer and IT support boss Serge Kluit reveals the joy and happiness his younger sibling, who was born with Down’s syndrome, brings him

JULIAN SMITH

Designer, DJ and drag queen

LEARNING TO LOVE MY BODY

Parliamentary aide and proud Welshman Mark Lewis, 37, opens up about struggling with his weight as he takes a stand against body-shaming on the gay scene

THE WORD ON THE STREET

Which celebrity would you most like to give a style make-over?

Table For Two

RICARDO AND GRANT DINED AT M STREET VICTORIA

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

Forest of fear

Tale of childhood demons is poignant, powerful and captivating

Forging a new path

Terrific performances from Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant turn an interesting tale into a fascinating one

Self love

Confirmed singleton James Barr’s play-with-yourself playlist

HOMO FOMO

QUEER THEATRE, FESTIVALS, EXHIBITIONS AND MORE

CLASS OF 2019

National Student Pride returns to London in February, with a programme marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York

W.A.T.C.H

In the early 20th century, Edward VII referred to Cartier

c. r. u. s. h

Saint Laurent are giving us plenty to lust after with

ELEVATE

Spring-Summer ‘19 is stepping it up

Fashionlista

Last year was all about brands joining forces for major hype and exposure, and it seems 2019 is going to be even bigger, with some exciting collaborations on the horizon

The Walker

Step into the hottest fashion the high street has to offer this spring

Christian Cowen

After graduating from Central Saint Martins and the