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Luke Evans and boyfriend leave fans hot and bothered in steamy photo modelling their swimwear line
Evans and boyfriend Fran Tomas have designed their new swimwear line to have a “modern, flattering and supportive fit”
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Queer 70s: A curator’s pick of the best post-Stonewall LGBTQ+ cinema, ahead of new Barbican season
“New queer voices emerged behind and in front of the movie camera and the clichés of miserable or villainous gay people that appeared in previous decades began to disappear,” writes Barbican’s Alex Davidson for Attitude
Culture Theatre
The Lion King’s Stephenson Ardern-Sodje on the ‘gift’ of playing Simba on the West End (EXCLUSIVE)
“Simba has a corset with 1,500 beads hand-sewn onto it!” says the rising star, who previously played the character on a UK tour. Now taking to the Lyceum Theatre stage, he tells Attitude of this epic story: “It’s baked into the DNA of every millennial!”
Editors’ picks
Culture Film & TV
Diego Calva unveiled as Attitude’s latest cover star – as actor talks tender gay romance film with Jacob Elordi
“When they’re inside the hotel room, in their world, because they have to hide from the actual world — they’re kids” says Diego of his and Jacob’s characters in the film
Culture Film & TV
Benito Skinner lands Attitude digital cover, talks Overcompensating and his ‘queens’ Charli xcx and Kourtney Kardashian
In this exclusive interview, Skinner also dishes on his fears that gay TV shows don’t get properly promoted and how his boyfriend helped him grow as both a performer and a gay man
Culture Film & TV
Kit Connor on going from Heartstopper to Warfare: ‘From an acting perspective, the goal is to stretch yourself’ (EXCLUSIVE)
“The fact there are these moments of tenderness, moments of love between these guys is really beautiful,” adds Kit of the men of Warfare
News UK
Munroe Bergdorf, India Willoughby, Ella Morgan and more react to Supreme Court ruling on the term ‘woman’
Willoughby wrote that the Supreme Court’s ruling “makes no sense” and “stinks of an Establishment stitch-up”
News
News Politics
Senate Twink reflects on sex tape scandal: ‘I don’t regret it’
The former Senate staffer reflected on the incident saying: “The only person I negatively affected was myself. I bear those consequences”
News Pride
BA Euroflyer rescues Worthing Pride as Official Parade Sponsor
“These funds will ensure for the next two years we can offer free entry into our fantastic parade,” comments Worthing Pride director Gary Richardson
News UK
The UK to rollout ‘world-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to gay and bisexual men
The rollout of the vaccine comes amid a surge in cases of the STI, with 85,000 cases of gonorrhoea reported in 2023
News Politics
Trans+ legal experts warn Supreme Court ruling could breach human rights as 60+ attend Parliament briefing
Chaired by Jess O’Thomson from Trans Solidarity Alliance and the University of Leeds, the panel was attended by MPs, Lords and parliamentary staff
News Politics
107 Democrats sign letter opposing Trump’s threat to shut suicide helpline for LGBTQ youth
“Our nation’s children deserve nothing less,” the letter states, adding the hotline receives 2,100 calls per day
News World
The UK, once the most LGBTQ-friendly country in Europe, drops to 22nd place
Hungary and Georgia have also seen sharp declines after the introduction of anti-LGBTQ legislation
News Pride
Valentina comes out publicly as a trans woman on her 34th birthday
“For some time now I’ve been in transition, I’ve been doing it privately but today I wanted to open and share with you”
News UK
NatWest bank tells customer offended by Pride flags in branch to bank online
NatWest is an institution which has sought to align itself with the LGBTQ+ community for many years
News
Russell Tovey gets ‘visibly emotional’ discussing trans rights and court ruling on word ‘woman’
“The transphobia is horrific”
Culture
Culture Theatre
The Lion King’s Stephenson Ardern-Sodje on the ‘gift’ of playing Simba on the West End (EXCLUSIVE)
“Simba has a corset with 1,500 beads hand-sewn onto it!” says the rising star, who previously played the character on a UK tour. Now taking to the Lyceum Theatre stage, he tells Attitude of this epic story: “It’s baked into the DNA of every millennial!”
Culture Music
Miley Cyrus reveals she wrote new single ‘Easy Lover’ for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album
Cyrus co-wrote the song with Ryan Tedder to be considered for Beyoncé’s album, which eventually included the Cyrus duet ‘II Most Wanted’
Culture Film & TV
Benito Skinner reveals directors have asked him not to audition for straight roles (EXCLUSIVE)
Skinner stated that he understands why some actors choose not to come out because they can avoid the harsh criticism many queer performers face
Culture Music
Reneé Rapp drops new single ‘Leave Me Alone’
Rapp has preceded her new album Bite Me with this biting track which takes a jab at her previous acting gig
Culture Film & TV
The History of Sound: First reviews are in of Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor’s ‘tender’ gay romance film
One critic has labelled the flick, which won a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes, “the Brokeback of today”
Culture Film & TV
Benito Skinner on texting Cameron Diaz and regretting not being ‘a slut’ when he was in college (EXCLUSIVE)
Skinner admitted that he was less promiscuous because he was still in the closet: “I wasn’t a little slut, that would have been fun”
Culture Scene
Veteran gay porn star Colton Ford dies aged 62 after ‘tragic hiking accident’
Ford worked in the adult film industry for nearly 25 years, winning the coveted GayVN Award for Gay Performer of the Year in 2003
Culture Music
Kesha talks headlining Hoopla, reclaiming Warrior, Charli xcx, Dreamgirls, and more (EXCLUSIVE)
Ahead of Mighty Hoopla, Kesha spills the tea on how she feels about music leaking, recent collaborators and the ‘psychosis’ of making music
Culture Film & TV
Benito Skinner on why some gay men ‘have trouble cheering each other on’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Skinner lamented the competitiveness which exists between gay men, saying: “Straight men get a thousand spots, but we only get one”
Style
Style Fashion
Luke Evans and boyfriend leave fans hot and bothered in steamy photo modelling their swimwear line
Evans and boyfriend Fran Tomas have designed their new swimwear line to have a “modern, flattering and supportive fit”
Style Fashion
Forget winter, summer is coming: Attitude’s May style guide
It’s finally the time to have some fun with fashion
Style Fashion
Cooper Koch leaves little to imagination in new Calvin Klein shoot – in 7 not entirely SFW images
“I had a trainer who was there, who had me lifting weights and doing push-ups and working out the entire day to stay pumped” says Cooper
Attitude Loves
News Pride
BA Euroflyer rescues Worthing Pride as Official Parade Sponsor
“These funds will ensure for the next two years we can offer free entry into our fantastic parade,” comments Worthing Pride director Gary Richardson
Attitude Loves
A Gay And A Nongay podcast wins big at Webby Awards
A Gay And A Nongay hosts James Bar and Dan Hudson commented on their win saying: “This is absolutely huge”
Culture Theatre
11 first-look pictures of London’s epic new Oscar Wilde musical, OSCAR at the Crown
Launching on 21 May, guests will be transported to a secret bunker far in the future, where the only things to survive are reality TV, glitter balls and the complete works of Oscar Wilde
Life
Life Business
Criteo’s Cole Newman on corporate responsibility, and why unity matters now more than ever
In partnership with myGwork
Life
National Dog Survey 2025: 99% of owners say their dog is family – do you?
In partnership with Dogs Trust
Life Wellbeing
‘”Are you clean?” should be banned from Grindr – and we all have a role in making it happen’
As I Kissed a Boy’s Adam shares his experience of dating living with HIV, it’s time to take on the stigma, writes Terrence Higgins Trust’s Chief Exec Richard Angell OBE