Ncuti Gatwa on intersectionality: ‘I’m aware my experience is not the typical Black queer experience’

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 a queer person, do you ever find your intersexual identities in conflict with one another?”

“Going into the barbershop, you still lower your voice” – Ncuti Gatwa

Ncuti replied: “It’s funny, when I’m chatting with other queer Black men about what it’s

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