This week has been full of apologies to the gays. The last time I heard of this many apologies to a group of minorities was when Roots aired in 1977!

Is there suddenly a wave of hetero-guilt across the nation? Between Grey's Anatomy and CNN you cannot avoid the gay mishaps by our hetero counterparts (after Isaiah Washington's appearance on Larry King Live next week I am sure we will see another heap of apologies). Maybe it's the political climate with LGBT issues being one of the major arguments in the presidential race. Maybe it’s a sign that things are changing and discrimination toward gays are becoming less acceptable. Or are gays just having less tolerance for ignorance? Here are the greatest hits for the week ...

Kissing boys get an apology

The city schools superintendent of New Jersey apologized to Andre Jackson, whose picture of him and his boyfriend kissing in the high school yearbook was blacked-out. Marion Bolden, Newark Public Schools superintendent, told the Newark Star Ledger, "If it was either heterosexual or gay, it should have been blacked out. It's how they posed for the picture." The Star Ledger, pulling a nice journalistic move reported, “There are several photos of heterosexual couples kissing in the yearbook, but the superintendent said she didn't review the entire yearbook and was presented only with Jackson's page."

On Monday, a written apology was given to Andre Jackson who absolutely refused to accept it and demanded Marion Bolden apologize publicly. The next day, according to Forbes.com, "Bolden said she arrived at the school Tuesday to find him reluctant to speak with her, but that the two spoke after she made a public apology to the assembled students." Now that's a good activist!

Ex-ex gays apologize at the Lesbian & Gay Los Angeles Center

On Wednesday, three former ex-gay ministers held a tear-fest outside of the Lesbian & Gay Los Angeles Center. According to The New York Times, Michael Bussee, Jeremy Marks and Darlene Bogle admitted "their message had caused isolation, shame and fear." Their apologies were also featured on CNN.com. Should we accept, considering all of the damage the ex-gay movement does to the gay community?

Gay apologies reach the UK

The Ministry of Defence apologized to all gay service personnel who were discriminated against in the Armed Services till the 2000 ban of gays was lifted. The Guardian Unlimited reported, "More than 50 former personnel who were sacked because of their sexuality are now waiting for their breach-of-privacy cases to be settled by the MoD." Phil Sagar, who runs the armed forces' joint equality and diversity training centre, said to the BBC on Thursday, "We can't change the past and what's happened has happened. But if, as I'm sure you have, you've got testimony from people who feel that their lives have been ruined from this, then clearly that is not a good place to be."

What a week!