Attitude UK Magazine - March/April 2023

In this issue

On the cover: Heartstopper creator and Attitude’s Person of the Year Alice Oseman leads Attitude 101 – our list of 2023’s most influential LGBTQ+ trailblazers – with this exclusively illustrated and collectable cover, designed by the TV icon themselves. Inside, the asexual and aromantic talent is interviewed by trans author Juno Dawson.

Knock At the Cabin and Spoiler Alert star Ben Aldridge serves as our second cover star - and leader of our 101 Film and TV category - while treating us to a sizzling photoshoot and revealing interview in which he discusses coming out as gay and breaking through into movies.

Elsewhere on our 101 list is Joe Lycett - the David Beckham-skewering and headline-generating comedian – who grants Attitude an interview, alongside Team GB’s Daniel Jervis, one of the country’s few publicly gay professional swimmers. We also spotlight community heroes such as air quality campaigner Oliver Lord and Not a Phase founder Danielle St. James.

Issue 352 also contains exclusive interviews with Hollywood star Luke Evans, EastEnders icon Charlie Brooks, Drag Race veteran Miz Cracker, and TV writer and actor extraordinaire Mark Gatiss.

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How to get seduced by a car: cover 1,000 miles in three days in hope rather than expectation. Five stars. Would recommend

3 mins

Alice's WONDERLAND ♡

With its tender depiction of sexuality and gender in all its myriad forms, Heartstopper has delivered the representation the queer community has been waiting generations for. As this year sees the publication of the final book in the series, Attitude talks to our Person of the Year, Alice Oseman about their game changing creation

9 mins

Role PLAY

As he takes the lead in a mainstream movie for the first time to portray a gay dad - actor Ben Aldridge shares how queer roles have taught him more about himself than he could ever have imagined. In this revealing interview, he also reflects on how he struggled to overcome enduring feelings of shame about his sexuality

10+ mins

Political POWERHOUSE

Commentator and activist Karine Jean-Pierre is the first Black and LGBTQ+ press officer for the White House, fighting for racial justice and LGBTQ+ rights across America

3 mins

Baptism OF FIRE

Here, globetrotting guru and founder of LGBTQ+ travel website Every Queer, Meg Ten Eyck writes about her recent trip to Burning Man

8 mins

Aqua MAN

As one of the few publicly gay professional swimmers, Team GB's Daniel Jervis discusses coming out, the highs and lows of 2022 and what's up next

9 mins

Freer THAN EVER

Actor Adam Ali on bringing their \"queer Arab magic\" to film and TV, including Waterloo Road, coming out, and how they hope to inspire and influence positive change through representation

8 mins

A breath of FRESH AIR

From encouraging cycling to implementing Ultra-Low Emission Oliver Lord has made London's controversial Zone, eco campaigner great strides towards cutting pollution

5 mins

Transforming LIVES

In 2020, Dani St James founded Not A Phase, a charity that wants to make a difference for trans and gender-diverse adults. Here, she tells us more

4 mins

Getting SERIOUS

Not content with making the nation laugh, comedian turned campaigner Joe Lycett has taken to speaking out on the issues of the day - from David Beckham becoming the face of antigay Qatar in the World Cup to the UK government's immigration policy. We loved him before but now we love him even more...

7 mins

Right MOVES

Meet a fashion icon who can do it all. Sakeema Peng Crook is an international model, content creator, dancer and activist whose mantra is embodying positive change

1 min

Work of ART

Michael F. Rumsby always aspired to be an artist. After a very successful career in PR, he's now following his passion full time, as he shares here

5 mins

Welcome to MIAMI

We explore the queer and vibrant streets of Miami Beach before getting a feel for Wynwood, Miami's trendy up-and-coming neighbourhood

10+ mins

SUPER TROUPERS

Happily married couple Mark Gatiss and lan Hallard have collaborated on a play inspired by lan's devotion to ABBA. Now beginning its UK tour, The Way Old Friends Do is not about the Swedish superstars, but two mates performing as ABBA in drag. We interviewed the pair to find out more...

10 mins

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Attitude UK Magazine Description:

Launched in March 1994, Attitude is the best-selling gay magazine in the UK and Europe and the world’s biggest LGBTQ media brand. The print title is sold in 31 countries worldwide, and has been translated into native language in Belgium, the Netherlands, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. In digital form, the magazine is available to download to a phone, tablet or desktop and has readers in over 120 countries.