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WHAT’S YOUR BEST FESTIVAL MEMORY?

Alastair James SENIOR WRITER I only broke my

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

After swapping the rolling hills of Emmerdale for a muddy London rugby pitch in 2022’s hit sports movie In from the Side, rising star Alexander Lincoln is a name you need to know

In memory of Attitude icon, Paul O’Grady

The morning before we went to print on

FROM THE ARCHIVE

December 2006, Shortbus Move over, Brokeback Mountain, in

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SHOW. ME. THE. RECEIPTS.

He’s the media’s Freddie Krueger: er: no matter how hard he falls (sacked as the Daily Mirror editor in 2004; quit his job as Good Morning Britain host in 2021 after you know what), he just keepseps coming back. But after 35 years in the game, has the face of Murdoch’s TalkTV moved on from the nastiness that defined his tabloid years?

It’s raining men

I have just returned from a weekend in

Seeing is believing

Why do we still need Lesbian Visibility Week in 2023?

Peppermint

Forget your All Stars and your vs the Worlds, some RuPaul’s Drag Race stars forge a career with a singular appearance on the show. And this bitch didn’t even win the damn competition, placing runner-up on season 9 — possibly the best one ever. “We set a standard on our season, I think,” opines Peppermint. “Also, it was the first season in the States to go to VH1, so it was really polished by the time it opened up for a lot of people. It was also a standout because it had the first lip-sync smackdown as the finale, and [it was] the first time they’d had a final four. People seem to really like that format.” Peppermint has since released two studio albums and, as Pythio in The Go-Go’sinspired musical Head Over Heels, become the first trans woman to originate a lead Broadway role. It’s a privilege to catch up with this fierce talent.

“At 15, I moved to Italy, and for the first time, met people who were proud of being queer”

Thiago* reflects on living as a gay man in Peru, Italy and England — and the differing attitudes towards LGBTQs in each country

PTSD and me

L ast week, I was diagnosed with complex

Coming to a screen near you: three fantasy and sci-fi series we can’t wait to see

Exploring the furthest reaches of the multiverse

McLaren’s Arctic Experience

When it comes to a oncein-a-lifetime adventure, driving a 203mph McLaren GT across a frozen lake in Lapland takes some beating…

SHARING THE LOVE

Adult film star, OnlyFans favourite and now TV star, Matthew Camp has become a poster boy for sex positivity. Here he talks about the need to shed our inhibitions around intimacy and how the world is becoming more tolerant, but also more dangerous for the queer community

BRETMAN ROCK IS WRITING ALL OF THIS DOWN

Attitude is granted an audience with larger-than-life beauty influencer and social media sensation Bretman Rock as he discusses his soul-baring first memoir and his plans to maximise every opportunity that comes his way

HAS DRAG RACE LOST ITS SPARKLE?

15 seasons in and with more international editions and spinoffs than you can shake a sequin handbag at, cabaret writer and critic Jason Reid asks whether Drag Race has reached saturation point, and how the show needs to change to stay relevant

FOR YOUR EYES

A new exhibition, A Hard Man is Good to Find!, offers a fascinating insight into a secret world of illicit homo-erotic images and the hidden gay scene in 20th-century London

QUEER SECRET OF THE ROYAL BEDCHAMBVER

AS THE UK PREPARES TO CROWN ITS NEW MONARCH, ATTITUDE REVEALS SOME CLOSET ROYAL ROMANCES

ORDER, ORDER!

Plenty has changed since Nigel Evans became the Conservative MP for the Ribble Valley in 1992. Now a Deputy Speaker in the House of Commons, he talks to Attitude about his career and what message he has for MPs right now

Kris Robbens

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You’ve got a friend

Attitude chats to the CEO of the LGBT+ helpline Switchboard about why its service is needed more than ever

STORMY DANIELS

SHE’S GOT ATTITUDE

Just the TICKET

THE WORLD IN FOCUS 92 TRAVEL NEWS 94

Discovering AOTEAROA

Aotearoa — or New Zealand as it’s more commonly known — is a place of limitless adventure that revives every sense with each new landscape explored. It was also, as Cliff Joannou found, the perfect destination for self-reflection and re-discovery

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SWEET TREAT

The nation fell in love with Sandro Farmhouse during the 2022 series of The Great British Bake Off. Turns out he’s just as charming as he seemed on the show, as Attitude finds out…

DOCTOR’S ORDERS

Dr Ranj Singh discusses current health issues

FOOD FOR THE SOUL

Nutrition expert and author, Daniel O’Shaughnessy knows better than most what keeps the body healthy. Here he discusses his struggles to overcome body dysmorphia and to embrace his reflection

CYMRU TOGETHER

We bask in a warm Welsh welcome at Hey Mary, Cardiff

JUKEBOX

Joseph Ryan-Hicks says hello again to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John

BSIDES

Attitude goes beyond the hits to unearth hidden musical treasures… This issue, James Hodge celebrates Taylor Swift

BEATS & PIECES

IN ASSOCIATION WITH PIONEER DJ

BRINGING HOUSE MUSIC HOME

Homo-Centric is the club scene’s hottest, newest, queerest label. Anna Wall meets founder Gideön to find out more

By the light of the moon

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AIMING HIGH: Kick-ass Ria (Priya Kansara) gets ready

CRUSH

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BEAUTY

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BEAUTY BAR

Brows will look their face-framing best with these grooming essentials

KINGS OF THE CASTLE

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