We're more than half way through LGBT History Month, with not a single mention on Newsround. Since Monday the 5.25pm Newsrounds have included four stories about the Winter Olympics, only two animal related stories (not a good week for animal stories on Newsround), a Valentines Day story about a kissathon in the Philippines and Jess's presspacker report about Steve Fossett's new world record, including an interview with him.

Did you know that the Newsround team make teachers' notes for PSHE and Citizenship classes? What a cheek! So far Newsround has shown that it's clueless about diversity and inclusiveness, particularly when it comes to lgbt people and issues.

Amazingly some people don't believe that there's any discrimination against lgbt people on cbbc. Over two years ago Alex Parks, at that time the new winner of Fame Academy, gave an interview to the Guardian. This is an excerpt from the article.

Although she has struggled with doubt in her abilities, Parks fiercely wants to sing, and to do so as openly as possible. This honesty comes in part from freely admitting her homosexuality. "I don't mind talking about it, because I'm glad and I'm proud of myself," she says. "I feel like I have been me, and people need that - some people do need someone to look at and think, 'I'm not the only one', because I remember thinking I'm the only one in the world."

But only a few days later on 14 November 2003 she participated in a Star Chat with Adrian Dickson. She wasn't asked a single question about who she fancied, or about if she was in a relationship or anything else which might just touch on her lesbian sexuality - not one question.



There was a Star Chat interview a month earlier, on 7 October with Andrew Hayden Smith, and also hosted by Adrian Dickson. Andrew was asked a whole series of questions passed on from viewers about romance, relationships, dating, who he fancied and more, but he wasn't "out" at that time and answered as best he could.

Homophobia is alive and kicking at cbbc, but it's got to go.