In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Attitude

• Editor-in-Chief’s letter
  “The queer community is not giving up the fight”
• Who is she? ALASKA
  What animal would she come back as, and what is her biggest regret? Drag icon, recording artist and star of the upcoming Oh, Mary! US national tour, Alaska takes on Attitude’s quickfire questionnaire
• “The demonisation of gay people must end”: why I’m taking on GB News
  UK expat Liam Austen-Rondi explains why he had to speak out about the continuing unchallenged use of the offensive trope that portrays gay men as paedophiles by commentators on the news channel
• Is ghosting someone ever acceptable?
  Four voices offer their take
• Fighting talk
  LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed from service because of their sexuality have just a few months left to claim government reparations, says Fighting With Pride chair Ed Hall
• Chaka Khan
  Five decades into a career that’s made her one of music’s most enduring icons, Chaka Khan is still proving why she’s the answer to everything. With her new album Chakzilla on the way and I’m Every Woman now lighting up the West End, the queen of funk, soul and unapologetic fabulousness takes on Attitude’s ultimate test…
• Medium Build, King of Having Fun
  Meet Nicholas Carpenter, the Georgia-born singer-songwriter experiencing a musical rebirth after hitting rock bottom
• Dolce & Gabbana
  Since launching their luxury fashion house in Milan in 1985, Italian fashion titans Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have dominated their industry, and at present are firmly on our cultural radar after reuniting with Madonna for their 2026 The One fragrance campaign and the visual companion film to Madge’s latest album Confessions II. But some hairraising LGBTQ+-related public statements in 2015 and more besides might make you think twice about lionising their sleek silhouettes
• WORLD EXCLUSIVE Pride, politics and the power of showing up
  Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rob Jetten speaks of visibility, vulnerability and the hard work ahead
• PARTY MAN
  After his Tony-nominated run in Broadway’s The Rocky Horror Show, Luke Evans previews his new political thriller The Party, and its look at “lies, sexuality, death, deceit, corruption and finding your authentic self”
• LIFE AFTER DRAG IS DRAG OVER?
  With over 700 Ru girls having walked into a “werk room” somewhere in the world over the past two decades, have we reached peak drag? Attitude meets Crystal, Polka Dot and Lady Lloyd to ask why they’re stepping back from the drag rat race…
• KILLER INSTINCT
  What’s your favourite scary movie? After queer slasher Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma was critically acclaimed at Cannes, it might just be ours. Here, its star, Emmy-winner Hannah Einbinder, reveals all about the real-life queerphobia the new film responds to, her iconic co-star Gillian Anderson and being “totally” up for a sequel – or 10. “We could do a Christmas special!” she jokes
• A crown for a clown
  As a dancer and clown, Alberto José Lucena works with his six-and-a-half-foot frame to tell stories and to make people laugh
• Show and tell
  Ula Lah isn’t your everyday drag queen. When the wigs and heels come off, Ula returns to reality as Jola Lemin, a primary school teacher whose work has included learning sign language to teach deaf kids and accidentally outing himself to a class when pupils used the word “gay” as an insult. “When you use those words, you’re referencing me,” Lemin recalls telling them. “You’re offending me”
• MICHAEL BONSOR
  The managing director at The Chancery Rosewood talks to Attitude about transforming London’s former US Embassy into an open house, the emotional intelligence behind exceptional hospitality, and why the truest expression of luxury may be making somebody feel they were always meant to be there
• THE MAKING OF MADE BY MITCHELL
  Mitchell Halliday has taken the world by storm with his TikTok-famed beauty brand, grounded in his lifelong love of makeup. Here, Halliday takes Attitude on a journey from his council-estate roots and experiences of high-school bullying to becoming a millionaire at just 26
• PAPER STREET
  Fight Club’s Tyler Durden might be the blueprint for a generation’s toxic masculinity, but director David Fincher’s ruffian has always carried a distinctly homoerotic charge, thanks in large part to his turn-of-the-millennium wardrobe that blurred the rugged and refined. This Autumn/Winter, we’re dressing in the spirit of the modern-day rake: think bold colour, brute texture and zero restraint
• The honey and the moon
  Newlywed couple Attitude editor in chief Cliff Joannou and his husband Ben Blair find the perfect honeymoon in Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, which recently decriminalised homosexuality and joined the growing number of countries embracing same-sex equality
• Escape to Porto
  Portugal’s second city is a place where you can slow down and lose yourself in its mazelike streets, or let time slip by as you watch boats glide up and down the River Douro
• Desert Oasis
  There’s a lot more to Palm Springs than sunshine, desert, hot springs, and Old Hollywood glamour. Instead, expect spectacular scenery, fascinating history and a truly inclusive vibe
• With love, from SoTo
  Pete Cuthbertson shares how he and his husband Richard Hall restored and transformed a faded Tottenham house into a beauty that retains its Victorian heritage
• A single man
  For Kele Okereke, two painful break-ups led to Bloc Party’s most personal record. He reflects on love, loss, queer life and why compassion matters more than blame
• The beautiful contradictions of Tove Lo
  The Swedish pop star always thought she’d choose freedom over commitment. But as marriage, queerness and adulthood reshape the promises she once made to her younger self, she reflects on why life’s biggest contradictions can also be its greatest joys
• Jukebox
  Joseph Ryan-Hicks examines Kylie Minogue’s most experimental work to date, 1997’s genre-bending Impossible Princess
• Thanks a brunch
  Attitude recently joined forces with Disney on Stage to present a special Pride Brunch, an event packed with West End magic and Disney classics for a celebration of our community
• An anti-hero’s tale
  Joe Conroy speaks to Attitude about writing a novel that finds humour in the trauma experienced by his anonymous queer protagonist
• Loot and learn
  Take to the waves with Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, an exhilarating journey through the Caribbean of the 1700s with more than enough excitement to shiver your timbers
• Take five
  We select five of the latest gadgets you need in your life
• Alpine A290
  If they say never meet your heroes, then what of meeting heroes you knew of old? Is it a set-up for failure or a glorious dose of future nostalgia? The Alpine A290 that supplants 1985’s funtastic Renault 5 GT Turbo has the answer…
• Top tables
  Stephen Emms takes a look at the sheer, queer brilliance of Margate’s thriving restaurant scene
• Let’s drink to that
  Toast your special occasion or relaxed get-together with friends with award-winning drinks from our partner M&S
• TEN YEARS OF PRIDE
  A decade on from the first iteration, 10 more LGBTQ+ changemakers from across Europe were celebrated at the 10th PEUGEOT Attitude PRIDE Awards Europe, supported by British Airways
• Futureproofing Pride
  PEUGEOT donated £10,000 via the Attitude Magazine Foundation to be divided equally among the 10 winners of the PEUGEOT Attitude PRIDE Awards Europe, supported by British Airways. Each honouree has given £1,000 to a cause close to their heart. Here’s how Diogo Vieira da Silva shared his…
• Fly and mighty
  If you were gay, sentient and living in the UK in August 2010, then you couldn’t have escaped McFly on the cover of Attitude with their sweaty, brawny shoot. Here, we revisit the issue – which also featured the century’s most criminally overlooked pop star, Sky Ferreira
• A Problem Shared
  As seen on television, star of stages and screens both large and small, popular on either side of the hemisphere and beyond, the multi-awardwinning Ms Myra DuBois humbly answers your problems