Out Readers' Awards: But First A Word From Our Sponsors...

Don't forget it's the first Out In The City Readers' Awards at some swanky London hotel tonight.
Though Fagburn would be surprised if many readers would have heard of many of the nominees.
You get the feeling editorial staff didn't have much say in the choices, and wonder what purpose it's really meant to serve. 
Still, at least the sponsors include some genuine household names.
RBS - After we've given them £45 billion in bailouts and the LIBOR scandal these guys have to be the best loved bank in Britain!

Barclays - They owe us billions through tax avoidance, invest a lot of that in the arms industry. and pay their most successful corporate crooks millions in bonuses alone, and they sure did a lot to support diversity in South Africa during the apartheid years.
Good to know these banks are putting their - okay, our - money to good use.
And don't forget those equal opportunity killers at the Royal Air Force.
Maybe our boys will get some of their sexy new drones to do a flyby tonight?
That's if they're not too busy killing kids in Afghanistan and Pakistan!
And remember, if they're sponsoring a gay awards event, that means they must really care.
More champagne? 

PS It's also Stonewall's Workplace Conference today - also "supported by Barclays".
Obviously it's nice if employers are encouraged to be nice to their LGBT employees, but why chummy up to organsations that do such nasty things to other people?
And maybe - just maybe - when some say they love The Gays it's more about trying to create good corporate PR.
Just ask that ex-PR man, David Cameron.