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Spider-Man’s transfemme reimagining Petra Parker is taking the Marvel web by storm
“Petra Parker was always an outcast, which only worsened when she realised she was a trans woman," one fan theory reads
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Meet the gay poet who overcame a decade of depression to write his debut book
"There is something strange about transforming your private life into a character and then surviving him," writes London-based poet Richard James, who reflects on queer melancholy, the poems that first made his pain legible, and writing his way beyond his self
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Gay porn entertainment company launches erotic book business mirroring Heated Rivalry lust
So far, Falcon | NakedSword has launched two novellas: one a gay baseball romance, and the other a bisexual fantasy featuring a rugged construction worker
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Jonathan Bailey voices Dracula in audio version of Bram Stoker’s vampire book
Bailey joins the likes of Aimee Lou Wood and more, coming together to bring the English-language version to life
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‘Queer lives aren’t just drama to entertain straight readers’: Fruit Fly writer Josh Silver on reclaiming the gay narrative (EXCLUSIVE)
Josh Silver speaks to Attitude about writing Fruit Fly, the runaway hit read that asks who should tell stories about the queer experience
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Russell T Davies unveils cover for memoir The Queerest of Folk
Davies promises behind-the-scenes stories from a four-decade television career, including new revelations about Doctor Who and Kylie Minogue
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‘I may have been even more interested in his body than he was in mine’: Michael Cunningham recalls first stint as a rent boy in this extract from his new book, Unsayable
"He said, 'You’re a pretty boy,' in an appraising tone, mildly admiring, though I detected a shade of indictment as well," writes Pulitzer Prize-winner Cunningham in his new memoir
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Queer art is amazing – from Frida Kahlo to Paul Cadmus, these 8 artists prove it
Curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley discusses her new book Art Essentials: Queer Art, which offers a global overview of modern and contemporary queer art from the 19th century to the present day
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Remembering the gay hero who inspired Harvey Milk, orchestrated Stonewall and ‘invented’ Pride
Craig Rodwell is "absolute proof that the rights we have today, worldwide, are in significant part thanks to generations of queer booksellers," says A.J. West, author of How Queer Bookshops Changed the World, in this guest essay
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The Aesop Queer Library returns to Soho, swapping beauty for LGBTQ+ books
This year’s featured book is titled The Log Books by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith, which draws from Switchboard’s archives
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Heartstopper author Alice Osman announces international book tour ahead of film
"I love how Heartstopper has brought people together and fan-led events are also popping up in communities across the world," wrote Oseman
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Russell T Davies’ TV memoir to reveal secrets from Doctor Who, Queer as Folk and more
Davies’ TV memoir will span nearly five decades, promising "secrets, gossip, shows that never were and some hard truths"
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A.B. Jackson launches Stolen Hearts at Spotify HQ – and the queer rockstar mystery continues
The question remains for any curious reader: who on earth is Alexander Morgan based on?
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Laverne Cox on 2014 Katie Couric interview that ‘shook the internet’ and how TV journalist became ‘incredible ally’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Orange Is the New Black icon Laverne is the latest cover star for Attitude Uncut, out now on Apple News+ and the Attitude app
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Laverne Cox and Munroe Bergdorf on trans people being ‘forever the canary in the coal mine’: ‘This is going to affect you, too’ (EXCLUSIVE)
“I knew we lost the culture after the Dylan Mulvaney/Bud Light moment," says Orange Is the New Black star Cox, who is the latest cover star for Attitude Uncut, out now on Apple News+ and the Attitude app
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Laverne Cox says she’s ‘lost so much money because of this administration’ compared to TIME ‘Transgender Tipping Point’ era
"If it’s affecting me, then it’s definitely affecting other people," the Emmy winner says of lost earnings, as she covers Attitude Uncut, out now on Apple News+ and the Attitude app
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Laverne Cox lands Attitude Uncut cover, talks to Munroe Bergdorf about her new memoir: ‘My transness has always been spiritual’
"I genuinely love trans people – I think we're magical, I think we're amazing," says Orange Is the New Black star Cox, ahead of the release of her new book Transcendent
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‘These are not my people’: author John Grindrod on Tales of the Suburbs and growing up gay in Croydon (EXCLUSIVE)
From the fringes of a 1970s council estate to the forgotten gay hubs of airport towns, author John Grindrod unearths the hidden narratives of LGBTQ+ people who found their own communities behind the net curtains
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DC Comics reimagines trans superhero Dreamer as Wonder Woman in new Pride issue
Dreamer first appeared in the CW series Supergirl (2018), played by Nicole Maines, the first publicly trans actress to portray a trans superhero on TV
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SMUT Press returns with Cruising Archaeology II: Eurotrash, mapping queer cruising spots across Europe
From poppers, used condoms, men’s underwear, socks and vapes, Cruising Archaeology II: Eurotrash transports the reader to the liberating scene itself