Life
Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley, returns to celebrate 2025’s LGBTQ+ trailblazers
100 LGBTQ+ trailblazers and Attitude’s Trailblazer of the Year will be honoured at a special event in London on Friday 14 February
Culture Theatre
‘Glamrou: Drag Mother’ review: A revelation of family, faith and identity
Writer-director Amrou Al-Kadhi presents a complicated look at the mother-child dynamic in wigs, heels and song, as reviewed by Attitude’s Cliff Joannou
Life Business
Andrew Polins of lululemon on bringing authenticity to leadership
In partnership with myGwork
Editors’ picks
Culture Film & TV
Baga Chipz, Bimini and more pay tribute to The Vivienne: ‘One of the greatest drag stars ever’
“Their presence will be felt forever. An icon of drag and a beautiful human who left us way too soon,” wrote the late star’s publicist
Culture Film & TV
Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson on Babygirl’s same-sex kiss and taking shame out of sexuality (EXCLUSIVE)
“I make my artistic choices knowing what I’m doing” says Nicole, as she plays a supportive mother of an LGBTQ child (for the third time!) in the Oscar-tipped new movie
Life Wellbeing
Yvonne Grey: The woman born intersex but raised male – and her 63-year fight for legal recognition
“My family denied me my true self all my life — even now, as I approach my 63rd birthday,” Yvonne Grey writes on her lifelong battle to be recognised as woman
News UK
‘Lives were ruined’: 25 years after Armed Forces ‘gay ban’ repeal, LGBTQ+ veterans share their memories
12 January marks the 25th anniversary of the lifting of the Armed Forces’ ‘gay ban’ which prohibited all LGBTQ+ people from serving in the military
News
News World
Apple, Microsoft and more commit to DEI as Meta, Amazon and others scale back
The moves come amid an order from US President Donald Trump to end “dangerous” DEI initatives in government departments
News Politics
Washington bishop pleas with Trump to ‘have mercy’ on ‘scared’ LGBTQ+ children
The Right Rev. Mariann Budde spoke about LGBTQ+ children “in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives”
News World
Michelle Visage blasts Trump on social media: ‘You will not erase my child’
Visage, who has spoken publicly about being a mother to a queer child, took to her Instagram story to share a message to Trump
News UK
Man jailed for nine years for raping another man in Soho bar
(Trigger warning) “Dangerous predator” Mohamed Guezoul was found guilty of rape, false imprisonment and sexual assault following an incident at a venue on Greek Street
News World
‘Woman means adult human female’: Trump to sign executive order on gender hours after he’s sworn in
The order will be titled ‘Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government’
News World
Apple drops artificial intelligence news tool that wrongly claimed Rafael Nadal was gay
“Brazilian tennis player, Rafael Nadal, comes out as gay”
News Sport
Danish handball athlete Villads Raahauge Jensen comes out as gay to ‘high fives’ from teammates
“I am gay,” wrote Jensen. “Three words that in reality should be easy to say, but which for many years I’ve been afraid to be open about”
News World
Gay men can become priests if they embrace ‘celibacy as a gift’, say Italian bishops
“When reference is made to homosexual tendencies, it is appropriate not to reduce discernment to this aspect alone” say new guidelines
News UK
‘Lives were ruined’: 25 years after Armed Forces ‘gay ban’ repeal, LGBTQ+ veterans share their memories
12 January marks the 25th anniversary of the lifting of the Armed Forces’ ‘gay ban’ which prohibited all LGBTQ+ people from serving in the military
Culture
Culture Theatre
‘Glamrou: Drag Mother’ review: A revelation of family, faith and identity
Writer-director Amrou Al-Kadhi presents a complicated look at the mother-child dynamic in wigs, heels and song, as reviewed by Attitude’s Cliff Joannou
Culture Music
Carrie Underwood ‘annoyed’ she wasn’t treated with ‘same respect’ as Beyoncé at Trump inauguration
“She felt as if she was ushered in and out and had a mini hissy fit afterwards”
Culture
Artist Mark Mann brings ‘queer interior’ exhibition to Museum of Classical Archaeology
The museum hopes the show will serve to “lay bare difficult queer histories”
Culture Film & TV
Antoni Porowski announces culinary travel show with Florence Pugh, Issa Rae and more
‘No Taste Like Home’ will see Porowski travel the world with Hollywood pals including Justin Theroux, Henry Golding and Awkwafina
Culture Film & TV
Karla Sofía Gascón becomes first publicly trans star to receive Best Actress Oscar nomination
Utterly amazing
Culture Music
Lucy Dacus pledges $10,000 to pay for trans fans’ gender reassignment surgeries
Dacus made the announcement on X, writing: “The government will never be the source of our validation or protection, we have to do it ourselves”
Culture Film & TV
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and ‘Madame Web’ score nominations at the 2025 Razzie Awards
As usual, the Golden Raspberry Awards, which recognise the worst of the year in film, pulled no punches with its nominations
Culture Theatre
KENREX’s Jack Holden on bringing ‘unbelievable’ unsolved murder to London stage
Portraying 19 separate characters alongside live music from John Patrick Elliott, Holden brings the five-star true crime sensation to the Southwark Playhouse this February
Culture Film & TV
Madonna causes fans to speculate Baz Luhrmann and Jeremy O. Harris will helm biopic
The singer has been working on a project based on her life story for over four years
Style
Style Fashion
‘Hey, my eyes are up here’: Taylor Zakhar Perez’s underwear collab with Lacoste now has video
It’s Taylor in Paris!
Style Fashion
Taylor Zakhar Perez debuts as new face — and body — of Lacoste
“Hey, my eyes are up here”
Style Fashion
Happy New Queer – Attitude’s New Year style guide is here
A New Year wardrobe refresh is a must… Here’s our tips on making this year a stylish one
Life
Life
Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley, returns to celebrate 2025’s LGBTQ+ trailblazers
100 LGBTQ+ trailblazers and Attitude’s Trailblazer of the Year will be honoured at a special event in London on Friday 14 February
Life Business
Andrew Polins of lululemon on bringing authenticity to leadership
In partnership with myGwork
Life Travel
Queer Istanbul: Attitude meets the LGBTQ freedom fighters of Turkey
These are the faces creating space for Istanbul’s queer community, as the increasingly hostile Turkish government makes LGBTQ+ lives harder by the day