Now where did i put that $600,000??

Well last night Madonna hosted a benefit for her charity Raising Malawi alongside UNICEF and Gucci. The total raised on the night was $3.7 million, It was mainly an suction with prizes including a kick about with David Beckham but the largest single amount of money raised on the night was for the opportunity to tour with Madonna and take a dance class with her! That is my dream! To say that she turns 50 in just a few months, she is looking amazing!!! check it




Last night i did a speech at Southwark Cathedral for LGBT History Month, i was talking about my coming out process alongside 4 other speakers including Michael Brown, a guy that i had not heard of before who started campaigning for gay rights in this country in 1954!! this is amazing considering homosexuality was not legalised until 1967. This again is why LGBT history month matters, it's guys like this that built the bridge for mine and future generations and i think we all need a reminder of how far we have come.

As i find out this morning we still have a way to go, in my home city of Sheffield a group called the "Christian Peoples Alliance" have presented Sheffield City Council with a petition that has been signed by 838 people opposing gay adoption. The petition states - "If ever any children of mine had to be placed into a new family for fostering or adoption I would wish that placement to include both mother and father. "Please would the Council take this into consideration when placing children for fostering and adoption. It is my understanding that the sexual orientation regulations that came into force last year make it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation when accessing goods or services. The law applies to adoption agencies. I am not sure how far this group expect to get with this petition. I get so pissed off with people saying that the only family unit that counts is one that features a mother and a father - what about single parents?? Does it say somewhere that gay people are incapable of giving a child a loving, supporting home? I would love to be in the position to have children one day and actually can't imagine my life without it and for someone to say without meeting me that this can't happen is totally ignorant and exhibits prejudice at it's very worst.

I am getting rather excited - tomorrow night i am off to the Almeida Theatre to see Harold Pinter's play "The Homecoming" - the main reason for my excitement is Danny Dyer, he is pretty much my ideal man - tall, dark and hondsome wit that cockney accent that just makes me want to hear him say "alright darlin!" - mmmm.



No blog tomorrow but a full review will be here on monday with a belated boudoir boy

xx