{"id":4930,"date":"2026-01-01T15:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=4930"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:28:29","slug":"andy-burnham-apologises-for-gmp-historic-failings-towards-lgbtq-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/01\/andy-burnham-apologises-for-gmp-historic-failings-towards-lgbtq-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham apologises for GMP historic failings towards LGBTQ+ people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, has issued a formal apology for the &#8220;shameful&#8221; and discriminatory treatment LGBTQ+ people historically faced from the region&#8217;s police force. His apology contrasts with the current Chief Constable&#8217;s refusal to apologize, which the Chief Constable labeled as potentially &#8220;performative.&#8221; Veteran campaigner Peter Tatchell welcomed Burnham&#8217;s statement but continues to call for a direct apology from the police leadership itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> December 23, 2025. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/andy-burnham-greater-manchester-police-lgbtq-apology-b2889684.html\">independent.co.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, has issued a formal apology for the &#8220;shameful&#8221; and discriminatory treatment LGBTQ+ people historically faced from the region&#8217;s police force. His apology contrasts with the current Chief Constable&#8217;s refusal to apologize, which the Chief Constable labeled as potentially &#8220;performative.&#8221; Veteran campaigner Peter Tatchell welcomed Burnham&#8217;s statement but continues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":4936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gender-equality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4938,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4930\/revisions\/4938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}