That CBBC message which I wrote about on 27 March 2006 - "Help I'm gay" - that message (and its 16 replies) which had been removed, was renamed to "Help" and the message was replaced with "[SEE HOST MESSAGE BELOW]". None of the replies was allowed through.

You can see what's left of the thread here. {Note this link will eventually expire}

I emailed Cyril Husbands about this on 28 March and requested that he look into it in detail from the point of view of diversity and inclusiveness.

The CBBC host reply:
Hi

You sound like you need to talk to someone about what you are going through at the moment. You could talk to a family member, a friend, a teacher. If there is no one you feel you can speak to it may help to talk to the -

Samaritans on their Helpline: 08457 90 90 90 which is local rates,
E-Mail: Jo@samaritans.org.

You may want to check out the helpline Childline -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/yourlife/helplines.shtml

You can also check out our ‘Your Life’ webpage for advice -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/yourlife/noproblem/index.shtml

Try to speak to someone as soon as possible. It might surprise you how much better it feels when you share a problem.

CBBC

I don't know why they put a link to the "Your Life" webpage because there isn't any advice about being gay, or anything else about sexuality on those pages.

The Samaritans contact info might be helpful as a last resort. The organisation was started by Chad Varah after the suicide of a girl who was worried that her periods were a sexual disease and did not have proper advice, nor feel able to talk to her parents about it.