I Was So Scared Of

In My First Year At Drama School, I Did This Kids' Show Called 'let's See.

I Had To Be A Grown-up When I Should Have Been A Little Boy, And Now That I'm A Grown-up My Little-boyness Has Exploded Out Of Me. I've Lived My Life Backwards.

It's About How You Exist As A Person In The World, And The Idea That Your Work Is More Important Than You As A Person Is A Horrible, Horrible Message. I Always Think About A Little Gay Boy In Wisconsin Or A Little Lesbian In Arkansas Seeing Someone Like Me, And If I Cannot Be Open In My Life, How On Earth Can They?

Often For Me, If I Hear A Song I Know, It Clicks For Me And I Hear It In A Different Way And I Think, "i Could Sing That Song. I've Got Something To Say About That Song. Wanting To Connect With An Audience And Wanting Them To Rethink Songs; It Is Actually Important To Do Songs They're Familiar With. Also, I Love Those Songs. In A Way, I Think I've Changed People's Perceptions Of What A Cabaret Show Like This Could Be.

If The President Of The Country Is Not Actually Saying Something, Allowing Equality To Happen, How Could You Expect To Counsel Kids Not To Bully Other Kids? If They're Not Seeing That Their Society Sees Gay People As Equals, How Could You Tell Them What They're Doing Is Wrong? With All This Stuff Going On, With The "don't Ask, Don't Tell" And Things Like That, We Are Second-class Citizens, Definitely. It Just Seems To Me That It's Hypocritical For Us As A Culture To Say, "bullying Is A Terrible Thing," When Really, They Are Just Reflecting What The Society Is Doing.