News Pride
UK Black Pride announces Blacktober Fest 2026 after pausing August celebrations
UK Black Pride is set to return in 2027 after taking a year off to rebuild its community-led event
News Politics
Former US representative Mary Peltola denies using f-slur after allegations from staffers
The Alaska Senate candidate has rejected claims from former aides that she used homophobic language while working in Congress
News UK
Brighton’s Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme amid venue closures
Ironworks says the expansion is part of a wider attempt to support Brighton’s queer nightlife
Editors’ picks
News World
Netherlands’ Prime Minister Rob Jetten is Attitude’s latest cover star – watch his powerful Attitude Pride Awards acceptance speech (EXCLUSIVE)
The Netherlands’ first openly gay prime minister dedicates his Attitude Pride Award to “bystanders that are no longer bystanders”
Culture Film & TV
Luke Evans is Attitude’s latest cover star – revealing how starring in Rocky Horror boosted his body confidence (EXCLUSIVE)
Speaking to Attitude, Evans reveals what playing Dr Frank-N-Furter meant to him as a gay man
News UK
‘The demonisation of gay people must end’: Why I’m taking on GB News
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
Life
Danny Beard to host the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards 2026, in partnership with M&S and electrified by Polestar
The drag legend takes hosting duties for Attitude’s biggest night of the year, with Sugababes and Orville peck confirmed to perform
News
News Politics
Former US representative Mary Peltola denies using f-slur after allegations from staffers
The Alaska Senate candidate has rejected claims from former aides that she used homophobic language while working in Congress
News UK
Brighton’s Ironworks Studios expands LGBTQ+ club programme amid venue closures
Ironworks says the expansion is part of a wider attempt to support Brighton’s queer nightlife
News Pride
UK Black Pride announces Blacktober Fest 2026 after pausing August celebrations
UK Black Pride is set to return in 2027 after taking a year off to rebuild its community-led event
News World
LGBTQ+ activist and ‘Mother of SC Pride’ Harriet Hancock dies aged 89
Known as the “Mother of SC Pride”, Hancock’s legacy lives on through the South Carolina organisations she helped build, which continue to support LGBTQ+ people and their families
News World
JPMorgan employee sues bank alleging discrimination over Pride work
Brian Larson filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York yesterday (23 September)
News Sport
Olympic weightlifter Jorge Cárdenas is using OnlyFans to fund his career
Many may know him for competing in the men’s 73kg event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where he finished 11th
News UK
Ofcom launches investigation into Pornhub owner Aylo over age verification concerns
Ofcom is questioning whether Pornhub’s new Apple-based age verification system is sufficiently effective at keeping children off the site
News UK
Three men charged after Liverpool stabbing as LGBTQ+ venue GBar loses license
Merseyside Police said Patrick Morgan, 31, Jonny Gee, 18, and Stephen Gee, 22, were charged following the incident in Liverpool city centre
News Politics
Influencer posing as gay escort says he named Republican figures – but video has been removed
“These are people who have and will kill to keep this secret,” said Nick Pringle
Culture
Culture Film & TV
Big Brother’s Philip shuts down Rochelle’s questions about his sexuality: ‘I’ll f***ing turn!’
“This is no joke. Don’t be going on about that because I’ll f***ing turn,” said Philip
Culture Film & TV
BBC upholds complaints about Victoria Beckham joke on Have I Got News For You
Katherine Ryan made the remark while guest hosting the BBC panel show in November 2025
Culture Music
Elton John announced as opening night performer for Apple Music Hall in London
Arlo Parks, Troye Sivan and Charli XCX are also set to perform at the brand new space at the capital’s iconic Battersea Power Station
Culture Film & TV
Drag Race Down Under vs the World winner Michael Marouli on The Vivienne, UK axing and new show pitch (EXCLUSIVE)
Her reign is nothing short of excellence. Having previously placed runner-up on series five of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, this Geordie queen has finally received her flowers
Culture Film & TV
Traitors star Freddie Fraser’s mum has heartwarming response to his video about coming out
“As your mum, I’m so proud of you watching this Freddie,” wrote Fraser’s mother
Culture Music
Did Taylor Swift make ‘Patient Zero’ for the gays? Inside the song’s HIV/AIDS connotations
But what does ‘Patient Zero’ actually mean? For the LGBTQ+ community, the term carries significant weight in relation to the AIDS epidemic
Culture Film & TV
Shortlist for the best performance in a male role at Iris Prize 2026 (EXCLUSIVE)
Attitude can exclusively reveal the shortlist for Best Performance in a Male Role at the Iris Prize 2026 – see all the talented stars up for the award
Culture Scene
Is drag over? Three performers stepping back from the ‘drag rat race’ tell their story (EXCLUSIVE)
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…
Culture Music
Sugababes announce self-titled album and drop new single ‘Ghost’
“There was only one thing we could call it: Sugababes. It feels unmistakably us,” said the iconic 2000s girl group
Style
Style Fashion
Lacoste puts a sporty spin on rainy days with its Mackintosh collaboration
As part of the brand’s Autumn/Winter 2026 collection, the collaboration brings together performance and polish
Style Fashion
Spoke just reinvented the office uniform with smarter fabric
The eight-piece collection combines fine Italian wool with crease-resistant CORDURA
Style Fashion
Jordan Stephens joins Chloë Sevigny in Dr. Martens’ ‘With Bouncing Soles’ campaign
The brand celebrates its enduring legacy with a campaign putting heritage and creativity in the spotlight
Attitude Loves
Attitude Loves
Attitude Loves: From a Cretan retreat to the latest foldable phones, here’s what we’re into
Gorgeous hotels, fancy jewels and the best new phones – this is what you need in your life right now
Attitude Loves
Attitude Loves: From Drag Race-driven Diesel, ABBA Voyage parties and body positivity, here’s what we’re into right now
Summer scents, dancing queens and naked bodies… oh my!
Attitude Loves
Attitude Loves: From Schiaparelli at the V&A to Sony’s new earphones, here’s what we’re into right now
Trainers, bags, art… oh my
Life
Life Business
Meet the gay man managing The Chancery Rosewood, home of the Attitude Pride Awards (EXCLUSIVE)
Michael Bonsor, 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
Life Wellbeing
Bottoming is about more than fibre: What gay and bisexual men need to know about gut health (EXCLUSIVE)
Daniel O’Shaughnessy’s new book The Queer Guide to Nutrition and Lifestyle tackles something that’s long been missing from mainstream wellness advice – guidance that’s actually written with LGBTQ+ people in mind
Life Home
How my husband and I transformed a shabby Victorian house into our stylish Tottenham home (EXCLUSIVE)
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