Gay models

For the Attitude April Style issue, out now to download and to order globally, we invited three out and proud male models – Reece King, Billy Langdon and Marcus Hodson – to share their experience of being queer in the modelling industry, and how things are slowly but surely changing for the better. I finally had a sense of what my life might and could be like. If I tell the truth, it still often follows with a heart wrenching moment of watching them very closely, trying to read if they are okay with it.

Here, meet 10 of the most exciting new faces in modeling from within the queer community, as they tell Vogue what Pride means to them in —and whom we should be celebrating after a year like no. On a day-to-day basis I have to make the decision of whether or not to out myself, whether to hide or whether to reveal; to the builders coming to fit the new bathroom as I explain the house belongs to my partner who is a she not heto the doctor who has presumed my partner is male and is asking me what birth control I'm on, to the child in the drama class I teach that's just asked if I have a husband.

It took time, but I slowly began the process of 'coming-out'; for the first time ever I finally understood who I was and gay models parts of my identity fell into place. Growing up under Section 28 meant that there were no 'out' teachers at school, and organisations like Diversity Role Models DRM didn't seem to exist. See the fresh trends here. Over time this certainly impacted my own mental health and self-esteem.

This online session features portfolio updates of selected models. After years of hiding without even realising, I was free to be me. For the Attitude April Style issue, out now to download and to order globally, we invited three out and proud male models – Reece King, Billy Langdon and Marcus Hodson – to share their experience of being queer in the modelling industry, and how things are slowly but surely changing for the better.

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I was fortunate never to encounter homophobic, bi-phobic or transphobic HBT bullying at school, I didn't come out until my mids. If I lie, or lie by omission - if I skirt around mentioning my partner or my sexuality, I usually find I immediately feel guilty. Coming out felt like a huge thing at the time, but eventually I did it, to a few friends at a time who were and are there for me, even now.

As my female friends started talking about boys, dating and embarking upon long term relationships, I found I had no interest in the opposite sex at all, and started to feel like there was something horribly wrong with me. Gay was a bad thing, a negative thing. Out Magazine brings you the latest in gay fashion, worn by the hottest male models and captured in glorious detail by the best photographers.

Sex education was strictly heterosexual and only about reproduction. For me the last few years of my teens were an incredibly difficult and anxious time. I tried to pretend to be like the other girls, but that didn't really feel good, I became far more interested in writing and making theatre than I was in boys, so I threw myself in to that instead. Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try.

I finally had the role models I needed. I did however grow up hearing HBT language on a daily basis, whether it was using the word "gay" to describe something that was "a bit rubbish", or as an insult. Finally, in my mids I started gay models with a brilliant theatre company that just so happened to be packed to the rafters with queer women, of all ages, all gay models different, and suddenly things started to fall in to place for me.

So I never even considered that I might be gay. Hiding your identity will eventually take its toll, whether it's being done consciously or unconsciously. This online session features portfolio updates of selected models. If I lie, or lie by omission - if I skirt around mentioning my partner or my sexuality, I usually find I immediately feel guilty - both in reaction to the person I'm lying to, and for erasing my partner.

There was no way I was gay. Of course coming out isn't a one-off event. See the fresh trends here. Here, meet 10 of the most exciting new faces in modeling from within the queer community, as they tell Vogue what Pride means to them in —and whom we should be celebrating after a year like no.

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