Anti-bullying week was mentioned on last Monday's Newsround at 3.55pm (CBBC Channel only). A short excerpt from BeatBullying's YouTube video appears on Newsround's website. As we have come to expect from Newsround, the opportunity to oppose homophobia or homophobic language was missed.
The Newsround clip starts with Girls Aloud and Ronan Keating.
Girls Aloud This year more than 20 people will take their own lives in the UK alone because of bullying. It's not funny.
Ronan Keating: If you wouldn't say it to someone's face, well then don't post it online.
But Scott Mills denouncing "gay" as an insult, which follows Ronan Keating in the YouTube video is not included in the Newsround edit.
Only just over two months till LGBT History Month. The pre-launch event is tomorrow.
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