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“I want young people to feel like they belong” • Rainbow Shoelace Project’s Abbie Jane reflects on the homophobia that hounded her out of school in a remote corner of New South Wales, Australia
In the world of UK drag, theatre slays… • As they prepare for their UK drag tour, Amrou reveals why masterful stagecraft sets UK artists apart from their more polished — and super-flexible — US sisters
Solidarity shortage • Are gay men doing enough to support trans men? Four voices have their say
SHOW. ME. THE. RECEIPTS. • “Bitch, I said what I said,” rapped Doja Cat on number one single ‘Paint the Town Red’, released in August 2023. It’s a lyric that sums up her public image perfectly. The previous month, she lost almost a million Instagram followers after insulting her fanbase, saying: “My fans don’t name themselves shit. If you call yourself a ‘kitten’ or fucking ‘kittenz’, that means you need to get off your phone and get a job and help your parents with the house.” Yikes. Suffice to say, the Los Angeles-born singer-songwriter doesn’t mince her words — or often apologise for them — so buckle up tight for a whistlestop tour of some of the star’s most hell-raising LGBTQ+-related public statements.
Let’s focus on prostate health • Dr Ranj Singh on the most common cancer in men in the UK
Land Rover Defender Octa • If you could only have one car for the rest of your life, for everything, this is likely it: the supreme off-roader that doubles as a supercar and dances like nobody is watching
ALL-ROUND ACTION • Whether it’s travel, sports, events or vlogging, capture the world around you with the Osmo 360 clever camera
ESSENTIAL SELECTION • Make the most of your outdoor space with these top gadgets, from karaoke to cooking up a storm
CALL TO ACTION • You can almost smell the testosterone in Boots, Netflix’s new show about a gay teen pushed to his psychological limits at military bootcamp. But far from a lesson in toxic masculinity, actor Miles Heizer of 13 Reasons Why fame reveals how the shoot helped him overcome his “extreme fear” of straight men
Love, Rage and Deeper Meaning • Not one for small talk, actor Alexander Lincoln goes deep in this interview with Attitude, talking candidly about love, bisexual visibility, political indignation — and what it means to live meaningfully in a chaotic cosmos
Where are the bi men? • “It’s just a phase.” Bisexual men are one of the LGBTQ+ community’s most closeted groups. When faced with biphobia such as this, who can blame them? Here, Attitude investigates how bi boys became the “ultimate unicorns”
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