List of people on the cover of Attitude magazine

This is a list of people who have appeared on the front cover of Attitude, a gay lifestyle magazine that is printed monthly in the United Kingdom. If the person is openly LGBT, their identity will be mentioned in parentheses; sources can be found in the people's articles.

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As of May 2010, Attitude created 151 magazines of which 106 covers have been dedicated to straight celebrities or politicians. Only 45 covers have been dedicated to gay celebrities. The longest stretch straight celebrities have not appeared on the cover is two months. Editor Matthew Todd has claimed has suggested there are not enough famous gay people to have them on the cover constantly and has made a point of putting celebrities on the cover such as Beth Ditto (first gay woman on an Attitude cover) and Kele Okereke (first black gay man on an Attitude cover). In January 2020, activists Yasmin Benoit and Anick Soni became the first asexual and intersex people on the cover, respectively.

Covers

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Date Cover Notes
May 1994 Boy George (gay) First issue
June 1994 Peter Cunnah Lead singer of D:Ream
July 1994 Pedro Almodóvar (gay)
August 1994 Neil Tennant (gay) Lead vocalist of the Pet Shop Boys
September 1994 Diana Ross
October 1994 Suede (lead singer Brett Anderson is bisexual)
November 1994 Naomi Campbell
December 1994 Jean-Paul Gaultier (had a boyfriend)
January 1995 Marc Almond (gay)
February 1995 Oscar Wilde (gay)
March 1995 Marcus Schenkenberg
April 1995 Brad Pitt
July 1995 Chris O'Donnell
August 1995 Madonna (bisexual)
October 1995 Matt Dillon
November 1995 Jarvis Cocker Lead singer of Pulp
December 1995 Damon Albarn Lead singer of Blur (queer/has not put label)
February 1996 Tony Mortimer From East 17
May 1996 Stephen Dorff
June 1996 George Clooney
July 1996 Robbie Williams
August 1996 Ross Kemp
September 1996 Roy Fairhurst
October 1996 Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly
January 1997 Jonathan Kerrigan Appeared in Casualty
April 1997 Paul Sculfor
May 1997 Keanu Reeves
July 1997 Caprice Bourret
September 1997 Kylie Minogue
October 1997 Ronan Keating (with Boyzone featured inside)
November 1997 Gary Barlow
December 1997 Andrew Lincoln
March 1998 Clive Owen
April 1998 Adam Rickitt
July 1998 Jason Priestley
August 1998 Kavana (gay)
September 1998 Spice Girls
October 1998 Robbie Williams
December 1998 Marilyn Manson
January 1999 Kathy Burke
February 1999 Ryan Phillippe
March 1999 Philip Olivier
May 1999 Adam Rickitt 5th Birthday Issue
June 1999 Johan Paulik
July 1999 Boy George (gay)
August 1999 Geri Halliwell
September 1999 Mark Ledsham (gay) Mr Gay UK 1999
October 1999 Will Mellor
December 1999 Stephen Gately (gay)
February 2000 Vinnie Jones
March 2000 Matt Damon
April 2000 James Carlton
May 2000 Jason "J" Brown Member of the boy band 5ive
June 2000 Fran Healy From Travis
July 2000 Harry Livingston French
August 2000 Dermot O'Leary
September 2000 Kylie Minogue
October 2000 Max Beesley
December 2000 Darren Ramsay
January 2001 Ben Adams (with A1 featured inside)
February 2001 Adam Rickitt
March 2001 Will Mellor
May 2001 Ivan Massow (gay)
June 2001 Pet Shop Boys (member Neil Tennant is gay) & cast of Closer to Heaven
July 2001 Aiden Shaw (gay)
September 2001 Philip Olivier
October 2001 Brian Dowling (gay)
November 2001 Lee Latchford-Evans
December 2001 Elton John (gay)
January 2002 David Paisley (gay) (Youth Issue)
February 2002 Craig Doyle
April 2002 Tom Stephan
June 2002 David Beckham
September 2002 Rupert Everett (gay)
October 2002 Daniel MacPherson
November 2002 Justin Timberlake
December 2002 Kylie Minogue and William Baker
January 2003 Cristian Solimeno
March 2003 Jeremy Sheffield (gay)
April 2003 Ian Somerhalder
June 2003 Scott Neal
July 2003 New York Go-Go Boys
August 2003 The cast of Will & Grace
September 2003 Nigel Harman
October 2003 Jarrod Batchelor (gay) Mr Gay UK 2003
November 2003 Will Young (gay)
December 2003 Gary Lucy
January 2004 Michael Stipe (queer)
February 2004 Marcus Patric
March 2004 Bruno Langley
April 2004 Matthew Rush (gay)
May 2004 George Michael (gay)
June 2004 Jake Shears (gay)
July 2004 James Alexandrou
August 2004 Dieux du Stade
September 2004 Jordan & Phil Turner
October 2004 Geri Halliwell
November 2004 Robbie Williams
December 2004 Matt Lucas (gay) & David Walliams
January 2005 Jonathan Rhys Meyers
February 2005 Charlie Simpson from Busted[1] Youth Issue
March 2005 Jeremy Sheffield (gay)
April 2005 Tony Blair
May 2005 Nick Atkinson Naked issue
June 2005 Charlotte Church
July 2005 Johnny Borrell
August 2005 Lee Ryan
September 2005 John Barrowman (gay)
October 2005 Roman Heart
November 2005 Madonna (bisexual)
December 2005 Elton John (gay) & husband David Furnish
January 2006 Heath Ledger
February 2006 Will Young (gay)
March 2006 Preston
April 2006 Freddie Ljungberg
May 2006 Jamie Dornan
June 2006 Danny Dyer
July 2006 Shayne Ward
August 2006 Scissor Sisters (members Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis are gay)
September 2006 Christina Aguilera
October 2006 Aiden Shaw (gay)
November 2006 Take That
December 2006 cast of the movie Shortbus
February 2007 McFly
March 2007 Mitch Hewer & Nicholas Hoult from Skins (Youth Issue)
April 2007 Mika (gay)
June 2007 Rufus Wainwright (gay)
Aug/Sept 2007 Darren Hayes (gay)
October 2007 Mitch Hewer 'Gays on TV' issue
November 2007 Kylie Minogue
December 2007 Mark Feehily (gay) & ex-boyfriend Kevin McDaid
January 2008 Ed Speelers Youth Issue
February 2008 Chad White (The Hot Issue)
March 2008 Dan Gillespie Sells (gay) Lead Singer of band The Feeling
April 2008 Jody Latham Actor from Shameless
June 2008 Sam Sparro (gay)
July 2008 Dominic Cooper
August 2008 Steve Jones
September 2008 Dan Gillespie Sells, Mark Feehily,
Ian McKellen and Alan Carr (all gay)
Youth Issue
October 2008 Will Young (gay)
November 2008 Girls Aloud
December 2008 Tom Hardy
January 2009 Take That Individual covers of each member
February 2009 James Franco Interview with Franco about Milk
March 2009 Gethin Jones
April 2009 Ash Stymest 15th anniversary issue
May 2009 Ben Adams Naked issue
June 2009 Beth Ditto (lesbian) Lead singer of The Gossip
July 2009 Sacha Baron Cohen as his character Brüno
August 2009 Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter star
September 2009 Nick Youngquest Australian Rugby star
October 2009 Ben Cohen English Rugby star
November 2009 Will Young (gay) Guest Editor
December 2009 Sean Maguire
January 2010 Elliott Tittensor Actor from Shameless
February 2010 Gareth Thomas (gay)
March 2010 David Cameron Leader of the Conservative party - double cover
April 2010 John Partridge (gay)
May 2010 Danny Young Naked Issue
Summer 2010 Kele Okereke (gay) Lead singer of the band Bloc Party
June 2010 Jake Shears (gay) Frontman of the band Scissor Sisters
July 2010 Kylie Minogue Singer
August 2010 McFly Pop band
September 2010 Danny Miller The Issues Issue
October 2010 Jimmy Anderson England Cricket player
November 2010 Stephen Fry (gay) The Role Models Issue
December 2010 12 Gay Porn Stars: Junior Stellano, Alex Marte, Zack Elliott, Bailey Morgan, Blu Kennedy, Colton Ford, Erik Rhodes, Hayden Harris, François Sagat, Will Jameson, Eddie Diaz and Arpad Miklos The Sex Issue
January 2011 Ricky Martin (gay) 200th issue
February 2011 Harry Judd
March 2011 Kirk Norcross and Mark Wright Stars of The Only Way Is Essex
April 2011 Kelvin Fletcher Emmerdale Actor
May 2011 Blue Naked issue. Boy band representing UK
in Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Summer 2011 Steven Davies (gay) Cricketer
June 2011 Matthew Morrison
July 2011 Rupert Grint
August 2011 Ciarán Griffiths
September 2011 Max George
October 2011 Greg Remmy The Sex Issue
November 2011 David Gandy
December 2011 JLS
January 2012 Harry Judd
February 2012 Tom Ellis
March 2012 Daniel Radcliffe The Youth Issue
April 2012 Marcus Collins (gay) The Style Issue
May 2012 LCpl James Wharton and Thom McCaffrey 18th Birthday Edition
Summer 2012 Mark Wright
June 2012 Gareth Thomas (gay) The Naked Issue
July 2012 Cheyenne Jackson (gay)
August 2012 Thom Evans
September 2012 Nicola Roberts and Henry Holland/Tyson Beckford The Style Issue (2 covers)
October 2012 Greg Rutherford, Robbie Grabarz, Steve Lewis, Luke Campbell and Pete Reed Olympic Issue
November 2012 Ian McKellen, George Michael, (both gay) Peter Tatchell, Charlie Condou, Marina and the Diamonds, Harry Judd, Nick Grimshaw (also gay) and Gary Barlow Attitude Awards issue (8 covers)
December 2012 John Whaite (has a boyfriend) Christmas issue
January 2013 Jonnie Peacock[2] Review of 2012 - London Paralympic 2012 gold medal winner
February 2013 Matt Jarvis[3]
March 2013 Shayne Ward[4] Naked Issue
April 2013 James Franco[5] Style Issue
May 2013 David Witts[6] Actor from EastEnders
Summer 2013 Ben Foden[7] England Rugby Union international player
June 2013 Union J[8] (members George Shelley , Jaymi Hensley are gay)| The Youth Issue
July 2013 James Haskell[9] The Future Issue
August 2013 Sol Heras[10] Coronation Street actor
September 2013 Tom Cullen[11] Style Issue
October 2013 McFly[12] The Music Issue
November 2013 Alan Turing (gay), Ellie Goulding, Cher, Daniel Radcliffe, Ben Cohen, John Grant[13] Attitude Awards 2013 (Six different covers[14])
December 2013 Lady Gaga[15] (bisexual)
January 2014 Ashley Taylor Dawson[16] The Sex Issue
February 2014 Philip Olivier[17] Travel Issue
March 2014 Dan Osborne, Kirk Norcross, Greg Rutherford, Sylvain Longchambon[18] The Naked Issue (four different covers)
April 2014 Robbie Rogers[19] (gay) The Style Issue
Love and Marriage Special John Whaite & boyfriend Paul Atkins[20] Love & Marriage special issue (to commemorate the legalisation of same sex marriage in England and Wales)
May 2014 Harry Judd,[21] Kylie Minogue,[22] Ed Miliband,[23] Jonathan Groff[24] (gay), Danny Dyer and Sam Strike[25] 20 Years of Attitude (five different covers)
Summer 2014 Ben Hardy[26]
June 2014 Louis Smith[27]
July 2014 Thom Evans[28]
August 2014 Tom Daley[29] (gay)
September 2014 Andrew Scott[30] (gay) The Style Issue
October 2014 Gareth Thomas and his boyfriend Ian[31] Film Special
November 2014 Dan Osborne, Tom Daley, Graham Norton, Sharon Stone, Boy George, Waheed Alli, Nicola Adams, Paloma Faith, and Ben Schnetzer[32] Awards Issue (Nine Different Covers)
December 2014 Olly Murs and Nick Jonas[33] The Pop Issue
January 2015 Chris Mears, Martin Cremin, Tom Haffield, and Ieuan Lloyd[34] The Sex Issue
February 2015 The cast of Cucumber "Collectors Edition"
March 2015 Duncan James "The Naked issue"
April 2015 RuPaul[35] (gay)
May 2015 Adam Lambert[36] (gay)
Summer 2015 Freddie Highmore
June 2015 Matthew Lewis
July 2015 Christian Webb, Duncan Craig, Matthew Naz Mahmood-Ogston, Emmanuel Okoghenu, Toni Hogg, Ayla Holdom, George Montague, Moud Goba, Jonny Benjamin, Jonathan Blake, Asifa Lahore "21st Birthday Special", Launch of Attitude Pride Awards
August 2015 Lance Bass & his husband Michael Turchin, Dino Fetscher, Charlie King, Sanjay Sood-Smith
September 2015 Ben Thompson
October 2015 Liam Payne
November 2015 Keegan Hirst
December 2015 Zachary Quinto
January 2016 Olly Alexander
February 2016 Gleb Savchenko Travel Special
March 2016 Gus Kenworthy
April 2016 The Pet Shop Boys
May 2016 Michael Sam All American Issue
Summer 2016 Ben Hardy
June 2016 Laith Ashley and Matthew Lister Swimwear and Underwear Special
(Two Different Covers)
Laith Ashley is the Trans man who cover the magazine
July 2016 Prince William[37] He became the first member of Britain's royal family to appear on the cover of a gay magazine when he appeared on the cover of the July issue of Attitude; in the cover story, he also became the first British royal to openly condemn the bullying of the gay community.[38]
August 2016 Tribute to the 49 victims of Orlando nightclub shooting
September 2016 Jussie Smollett and Naomi Campbell The Style Issue
October 2016 Nyle DiMarco The Queer Theatre Issue
November 2016 Alan Carr, Andreja Pejić, MNEK, Omar Sharif Jr, Pietro Boselli, and Wentworth Miller Awards Special
Six Different Covers
December 2016 Robbie Williams
January 2017 Christine and the Queens Year in review
February 2017 Tom Daley The Body Issue
March 2017 Gus Kenworthy Love & Valentine's Special
April 2017 Emma Watson & Dan Stevens The Style Issue
May 2017 Tyler Oakley, Todrick Hall & Joanne the Scammer Generation Hope Issue
Three Different Covers
Summer 2017 Adam Peaty & Amini Fonua[39]
June 2017 Charlie Carver
July 2017 Declan McKenna
August 2017 Gavan Hennigan
December 2017 Jake Shears
January 2018 Justin Trudeau
February 2018 Anthony Rapp & Wilson Cruz
March 2018 Anthony Bowens
April 2018 Courtney Act & James Corden The Style Issue
Two Different Covers
May 2018 Ricky Martin & Kylie Minogue
Summer 2018 Adam Lambert
June 2018 Troye Sivan & Ian McKellen
July 2018 The Fab Five The Fab Five of Netflix's Queer Eye
August 2018 Zander Hodgson & Dominic Cooper
September 2018 Edward Enninful, Nicola Formichetti & Olivier Rousteing
October 2018 Rami Malek, Andy Cohen & Cher
November 2018 Adam Rippon, Jess Glynne, Boy George & George Takei
December 2018 Sean Hayes & Little Mix
January 2019 Donatella Versace & Cheyenne Jackson
February 2019 Bianca Del Rio & Alex Landi
March 2019 Dsquared2
April 2019 Matthew Camp
May 2019 Colton Haynes, Hamed Sinno & Ben Hunte 25th anniversary issue
June 2019 Taron Egerton
July 2019 Sam Salter & Murray Bartlett
August 2019 Yvie Oddly
September 2019 Yungblud & Denek Kania
October 2019 Gus Kenworthy and Laith Ashley, Renee Zelweger & Ross Mathews
November 2019 Sam Smith, Ranj Singh, Mika, Joan Collins, Christine and the Queens & Ava Max
December 2019 Brian J. Smith & Bang Bang Romeo
January 2020 Lorraine Kelly, Matty Healy, Munroe Bergdorf, Scottee, Tanya Compas, Lewis Oakley, Anick Soni, & Yasmin Benoit Activists & Allies Issue
February 2020 Graziano Di Prima & Todrick Hall (gay)
March 2020 Ryan Beatty (gay) & Sami Outalbali The Body Issue
April 2020 Connor Jessup (gay) The Style Issue
May 2020 Diplo and Orville Peck (gay), Marcelino Sambé (gay)
Summer 2020 Gigi Goode The Pride & Prejudice Issue
June 2020 Alam Wernik
July 2020 Declan McKenna
August 2020 Jake Picking & Dexter Mayfield
September 2020 Jaida Essence Hall & Robert Sheehan
October 2020 Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver, Robin de Jesús (gay)
November 2020 Nico Tortorella (bisexual)
December 2020 Dua Lipa
January 2021 Luke Evans
February 2021 Pete Buttigieg (gay), Jonathan Bailey (gay), Arlo Parks (bisexual)
March 2021 Max Harwood (gay)
April 2021 Gottmik (trans) Style Issue
May 2021 Russell Tovey (gay)
Summer 2021
  • Summer Issue
  • three covers
June 2021 François Sagat
July 2021
August 2021
  • Body Issue
  • two covers
September 2021
  • Style Issue
  • two covers
October 2021
November 2021
December 2021
January 2022 Josh Cavallo
February 2022 Will Prior
March/April 2022 Waylon Smithers
July/August 2022 Queer as Folk cast & Sebastian Vettel
September/October 2022 Polo Morin
November/December 2022 Mel C
January/February 2023 Callum Scott Howells
March/April 2023 Alice Oseman & Ben Aldridge
May/June 2023 Matthew Camp
July/August 2023 Scott Evans
September/October 2023 Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Bel Priestley Ash Self, Tobie Donovan, Bradley Riches Heartstopper cast
November/December 2023 Jake Daniels
January/February 2024 Dylan Llewellyn, Jon Pointing Big Boys cast
March/April 2024 Andrew Scott
May/June 2024 Ncuti Gatwa
July/August 2024 Joel Kim Booster
September/October 2023 Omar Apollo
November/December 2023 Elton John

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