Speaking of apologies, Elagabalus, you might be interested in the following news report about a just announced Canadian federal government process that will lead to formal apologies for the harm done to sexual minorities prior to the repeal of anti-gay criminal code provisions 1969. (Typing that year sends chills up my spine as I focus for the first time on the fact homosexuality was still a crime in 1964 when I first learned that my future brother-in-law was gay.)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-names-edmonton-mp-special-adviser-on-lgbtq2-issues/article32848251/

At the bottom of this story is a video of the Canadian Prime Minister walking in the Montreal gay pride parade earlier this year, a first for a Prime Minister. He also went out of his way to participate in other pride parades, including a trip across the country to Vancouver.

The Egale report referenced in the story is:

http://egale.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FINAL_REPORT_EGALE.pdf