I’m coming to the end of what has been a fabulous holiday here in San Francisco.

It all started with a great work conference, all about the important role fundraisers, campaigners and charities (or non-profits as they call them here) play in fighting for – and retaining – basic human rights.

So as I walk down Castro on my last night here (listening to the cast of Glee singing I Dreamed a Dream, of course!) I salute my LGBTQ brothers, sisters, friends and strangers, who fought for us to have the rights we have today.

We live in precarious times and cannot take this progress for granted. Americans are seeing that tweet-in, tweet-out from their President. They are ready to resist.

And in the UK and across Europe we must remember that these hard-fought-for rights can never be taken for granted. So as we get the chance to set our future path let’s make sure we don’t sleepwalk back to a bleaker future.

Whatever your cause, find your inspiration. Find your fight. Don’t give up. And when you can, make sure you cast your vote.

And remember: there is somewhere over the rainbow 🌈