Only four days to go till the start of LGBT history month.

BBC staff, of all sexualities, have for far too long been condoning and sometimes conniving in discrimination. They should have the guts to stand up and make it clear to the BBC that discrimination within the Corporation will no longer be tolerated. We don't have to put up with any feeble excuses.

Last week Desmond Tutu, a prominent figure in the anti-apartheid struggle, was speaking prior to the start of the World Social Forum. He said: To penalise somebody for their sexual orientation is the same as what used to happen to black South Africans for something about which we could do nothing.