Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who, and right, in his Attitude shoot (Images: BBC/Attitude/Melanie Lehmann) Ncuti Gatwa has addressed the racist trolls who criticised news of his Doctor Who casting in 2022, telling them to “find a hobby”. The star made the comments in a cover interview for issue 358 of Attitude, out now to buy or read on our app. Ncuti Gatwa is known for roles in Barbie and Sex Education (Image: Attitude/Melanie Lehmann) The 31-year-old be seen as the Doctor in Doctor Who season 14, which begins on Saturday 11 May 2024.  “You are so angry over something so inconsequential ..read more

Ncuti Gatwa (Image: Attitude/Melanie Lehmann) This interview is taken from the new May/June issue of Attitude, available to order here. The first full outing of Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who has yet to drop, and cast and crew are already in full swing shooting the follow-up season. If ever there was a vote of confidence by a major broadcaster in the success of a return/revamp/re-tweak of a long-running franchise, this is it. As if the return of Russell T Davies as showrunner and scriptwriter wasn’t enough to create a buzz among the Whovians (as the committed Doctor Who fans are called), the e ..read more

Charlie Hunnam, Aidan Gillen and Craig Kelly in Queer As Folk (Image: Channel 4) Aidan Gillen has revisited his famous rimming scene with Charlie Hunnam in Queer As Folk, which aired 25 years ago. The pair’s sexually-charged storyline in the Channel 4 show, created by Doctor Who‘s Russel T Davies, generated mass headlines at the time. Discussing the show’s legacy in a new interview with GQ, Aidan, Russell and other members of Team Queer As Folk, such as Craig Kelly, all touched on their memories of the scene. “We were careful about it” – Queer As Folk‘s Aidan Gillan Said Aidan: “I mean, it wa ..read more

Will Young is back (Image: Jamie Noise) Will Young has marked the start of a new era with his pop-focused latest single called ‘Falling Deep’. The track is taken from upcoming album Light It Up, out 9 August 2024. The ‘Leave Right Now’ singer has also revealed that he’ll be embarking on a tour of small venues around the UK this autumn. Commenting on his latest sound, Will said in a statement: “I think for me it was about finally feeling more content and being able to go back to embracing joyous unashamed pop music. “I really hope this is the go-to pop album for a dance, for a cry and for a c ..read more

THe Museum of Transology is organising a mass collection of items (Image: Pexels) The Museum of Transology is organising what it calls the biggest trans activist event ever, by calling on people to donate objects during a nationwide collection drive. In a collaboration with Trans Pride UK, the Brighton-based organisation is asking members of the trans community to take along “precious artefacts” to a drop-off point beginning tomorrow (Saturday 20 April). It is calling the event the “National Day of Trans Collecting”. Items will be curated for the Museum of Transology’s 10 year anniversary exh ..read more

Jonny Woo (Image: Rebecca Zephyr Thomas; Design: Attitude) As co-owner of east London’s latest queer hotspot The Divine (which recently opened after the closure of The Glory in Haggerston), Jonny Woo has seen and done it all. Since his formative years in early-2000s New York where he was inspired to try his luck as a performer, he’s become a pinnacle of the capital’s LGBTQ+ scene, hosting the wildly popular annual LIPSYNC1000 competition and becoming a mentor to new talent, including Drag Race UK stars Crystal and Jonbers Blonde. He’s now also returning to London’s queer restaurant/performanc ..read more

Mike Faist, Zendaya, and Josh O'Connor in Challengers (Image: MGM Studios) Challengers star Josh O’Connor has given his verdict as to whether his character in the upcoming film is queer. O’Connor stars opposite Zendaya and Mike Faist in the film about two former best friends turned tennis rivals. The film’s trailers have shown off a fiery love triangle, that does play out – check our review here. Speaking to Variety on the red carpet at the film’s LA premiere recently, O’Connor, known for other queer roles such as God’s Own Country, was asked whether his and Mike Faist’s characters – Patrick ..read more

Swedish flag (Image: Unsplash) Sweden has passed a “balanced and responsible” law aimed at making life easier for trans people. The bill also saw the age Swedes can change their legal gender lowered from 18 to 16. The bill was passed on Wednesday (17 April) by 234 votes to 94. It is due to come into effect in 2025. Sweden, the first country to make transitioning legal in 1972, will now require trans people to have a short consultation with a doctor or psychologist. People will also need The National Board of Health and Welfare to approve as well. People aged 16-18 will also need a parent or g ..read more

Linus Karp in Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story (Image: Dave Bird) Inspiration can be a funny thing. Much like lightning which rarely strikes the same place twice, inspiration rarely strikes in the same way more than once. For example, you can be working on what you think is a perfectly good idea and then you find an old skit you did for your partner’s mum’s 60th birthday and realise it makes a great basis for a show. Or one of the world’s biggest film stars can get into a skiing accident which several years later becomes a televised legal battle and also forms the basis of a show. That whol ..read more

Ncuti Gatwa (Image: Attitude/Melanie Lehmann) Ncuti Gatwa has reflected on his intersectional identities in a new interview with Attitude. The Doctor Who star appears on the cover of our 358th issue, available to buy on shelves, order online and read on our app now, to mark our 30 years in LGBTQ+ publishing. Ncuti Gatwa on the latest cover of Attitude (Image: Attitude/Melanie Lehmann) In a wide-ranging interview, the 31-year-old touches on Barbie, the Oscars and, as asked by Attitude editor Cliff Joannou: “Between being a Scottish, British, Black person, an immigrant, and ..read more