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Sainsbury’s Cover-up

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Sainsbury’s criticised for placing ‘modesty cover’ over gay lifestyle magazine but not FHM

Thursday 9 Jul 2015 12:32 pm
Sainsbury Cover-up
Sainsbury’s have been criticised for placing a copy of gay lifestyle magazine Attitude magazine behind a modesty cover, whilst making no effort to conceal FHM.
This apparent bias was highlighted when twitter user Jon Rowles tweeted a picture of the magazine rack in Sainsbury’s Mid City Place branch in Holborn, London, along with the comment, ‘Why I don’t shop @sainsburys anymore. Naked women OK but @AttitudeMag Pride Hero’s cover indecent.’
Furthermore, whilst the FHM cover in question features a bikini-clad woman, everyone on the cover of August’s Attitude magazine (which happens to be their Pride Heroes edition) is fully clothed.
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Talking to Pink News, Mr Rowles explained: ‘What struck me was how it made the publication look seedy and somehow shameful, like I had walked into a timewarp and gone back to the early 1990s.’
Metro.co.uk contacted Sainsbury’s for a comment, and a spokesperson told us: ‘We have previously contacted the distributor of Attitude magazine with a view to remove the modesty cover on this title. The distributor agreed that whilst the cover of this magazine is now generally suitable for display, there could be future issues where it may not be. This is something we regularly review along with taking guidance from the Professional Publishers Association.’
They also explained that on this occasion FHM has been placed on a lower shelf by mistake, and that it should be displayed further back where the cover is less visible
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/09/sainsburys-criticised-for-placing-modesty-cover-over-gay-lifestyle-magazine-but-not-fhm-5287613/#ixzz3fTYAweXm

Britain’s Got Totally starkers: Winners strip naked for racy gay magazine shoot

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BRITAIN’S Got Talent winners Collabro discuss their body hang-ups as they bare all for Attitude magazine.

WARNING ADULT IMAGES

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The five singers shot to fame when they emerged triumphant on the ITV talent show in 2014 and were immediately signed by Simon Cowell’s Syco label.Since then, Michael Auger, Richard Hadfield, Jamie Lambert, Matthew Pagan and Thomas J Redgrave have had two hit albums and are touring the world.
But stripping to their birthday suits for an outrageous shoot has got to be their boldest move yet.
The pop-opera superstars have stripped off and let it all hang out for the cameras.
“We’re five normal young lads. We all go to the gym but we’re not obsessed with having a beautiful body. We just try to stay healthy,” said Jamie.
Clearly none of the lads are ashamed of their bodies, but despite being chart-topping pop stars with thousand of adoring fans, some of the boys reveal that they have suffered from serious body image issues.
Collabro naked photo shoot LOVES HIMSELF: Collabro naked photo shoot [ATTITUDE]
Richard said: “When I was at school I was teased about being heavy and I have to admit it did upset me.“Then I realised I had a body built for rugby so did that.
“When my rugby career was over, I lost a lot of weight dropping from 18st to 15st.
“Then in Collabro I put the weight back on and when we did the Royal Variety performance people said, ‘Oh he’s gotten fatter since BGT’.
“I made a conscious effort to get healthy again.
“Not for vain reasons, if you’re on stage every night, you just don’t want to eat crap, otherwise you’ll end up getting run down.
“If you are confident in yourself, and you accept what you were born with, then that makes you sexy.”
Collabro naked photo shootFROM FAT TO FIT: Richard from Collabro opens up [ATTITUDE]
The raunchy shoot is for the first national British gay magazine Attitude, and openly gay band member Jamie reveals that he didn’t even feel confident enough in his own body to start dating when he started university.He said: “I have to admit I had body dysmorphia when I was at uni.
“I was big as a teenager and I would look in the mirror and not see what was looking back at me. I felt very alone and was very self-conscious and my self-esteem collapsed.
“All I would eat was lettuce and runner beans. I ate just enough to live off but it wasn’t healthy.
Collabro naked photo shootCOMFORTABLE: The boys are clearly at ease with eachother’s bodys [ATTITUDE]
“At one point I weighed 10st which — bearing in mind I’m over 6 foot — is tiny. I can’t pinpoint why it happened, but I was never happy with the way I looked and I suffered from anxiety.”It was only when I changed universities that things seemed to get better. My diet improved and my self-esteem got better.
“I joined lots of LGBT societies and began to meet more gay people and even felt comfortable enough in myself to start a relationship.”
The group’s debut album Stars hit the top spot and the follow-up, Act Two hit No.2.
Collabro have been shot for the Attitude Awards issue available to download now and in shops on Wednesday, June 24