Lawmakers to take up legislatn that would elimate 'gay panic' legal fense – New Hampshire Bullet

Contents:

• S. 1137 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021
• S. 1137 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021
• NEW HAMPSHIRE MOV TO OUTLAW ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE
• BANNG THE USE OF GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENS
• NH LEGISLATN WOULD ELIMATE ‘GAY PANIC’ LEGAL FENSE FOR KILLG AN LGBTQ+ PERSON
• VIRGIA BE 12TH STATE TO BAN GAY/TRANS PANIC FENSE
• 'GAY PANIC' FENSE STILL ED VLENCE S MAY BE BANNED BY NEW FERAL BILL
• LAWMAKERS TO TAKE UP LEGISLATN THAT WOULD ELIMATE ‘GAY PANIC’ LEGAL FENSE
• GAY PANIC OR TRANSGENR PANIC DEFENSE
• H.R. 2629 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021
• H.R. 3133 (116TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2019
• H.R. 2629 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021
• NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOE PASS HOE BILL 315, ELIMATG ‘GAY PANIC FENSE’

S. 1137 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021

US members of Congrs troduce bill to ban ‘gay panic’ fense.

S. 1137 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021

A bill to amend tle 18, Uned Stat Co, to prohib gay and trans panic bill’s tl are wrten by s sponsor. 1137 — 117th Congrs: Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibn Act of 2021.

1137IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESApril 15, 2021 (for himself,,,,,,,,,,,,, and) troduced the followg bill; which was read twice and referred to the Commtee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend tle 18, Uned Stat Co, to prohib gay and trans panic Act may be ced as the Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibn Act of 2021. Congrs fds that—(1)the Amerin Bar Associatn has urged the Feral Government to take legislative actn to curtail the availabily and effectivens of the gay panic and trans panic fens, which seek to partially or pletely exce crim such as murr and asslt on the grounds that the sexual orientatn or genr inty of the victim is provotn enough for the vlent reactn of the fendant;(2)gay and trans panic legal fens, which ntue to be raised crimal proceedgs Feral urts across the Uned Stat, are surprisgly long-lived historil artifacts, remnants of a time when wispread public antipathy was the norm for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (referred to this Act as LGBTQ) dividuals;(3)gay and trans panic fens characterize sexual orientatn and genr inty as objectively reasonable exc for loss of self-ntrol, and thereby illegimately migate the rponsibily of a perpetrator for harm done to LGBTQ dividuals;(4)gay and trans panic fens appeal to irratnal fears and hatred of LGBTQ dividuals, thereby unrmg the legimacy of Feral crimal prosecutns and rultg unjtifiable acqutals or sentencg rctns;(5)the e of gay and trans panic fens is entirely patible wh the exprs tent of Feral law to provi creased protectn to victims of bias-motivated crim, cludg crim mted agast LGBTQ dividuals;(6)ntued e of the anachronistic fens rerc and stutnaliz prejudice at the expense of norms of self-ntrol, tolerance, and passn, which the law should enurage, and marks an egreg lapse the march of the Uned Stat toward a more jt crimal jtice system; and(7)to end the antiquated notn that LGBTQ liv are worth ls than others and to reflect morn unrstandg of LGBTQ dividuals as equal cizens unr law, gay and trans panic fens mt end. Prohibn on gay and trans panic fens..

Will Rolls, the gay Democrat vyg for a send chance to unseat Republin U. In practice, Democrats on the Commtee argued, this uld provi a pathway for someone who is rponsible for the disbursement of survivor benefs to ny them to gay and lbian beneficiari. “Study after study has shown that where you discrimate agast the LGBTQ muny, whether ’s anti-gay laws Geia or anti-LGBT l overseas, enomic output creas, ” stuntg small bs growth and prsg wag, he said.

NEW HAMPSHIRE MOV TO OUTLAW ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE

“When you’ve got a Party that is prrizg makg sure that gay senrs n’t get food when they need , vers a Party that wants to make our streets safer, or a ndidate who wants to raise wag Riversi County, ” Rolls said, regardls of their polil affiliatn “voters unrstand that those prri are misdirected om the far right. Speakg to the Bla by phone on Thursday, gay U.

New Hampshire is movg to outlaw s “gay panic” fense, by which a fendant may claim they were provoked to vlent actn by the victim’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. “Gay panic” fens have been ed sce the 1960s, acrdg to the Williams Instute, and have been succsful some s. The Amerin Bar Associatn 2013 nounced “gay panic” and “trans panic” fens.

New Hampshire has ched closer to outlawg s “gay panic” fense, a legal strategy ed to exce the often vlent actns of fendants acced of mtg crim agast the LGBTQ+ muny. New Hampshire’s Hoe last week voted to outlaw s “gay panic” fense a 223-118 vote, The Associated Prs reported. The Amerin Bar Associatn 2013 nounced “gay panic” and “trans panic” fens, and homosexual panic is not regnized as a mental disorr by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn.

BANNG THE USE OF GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENS

“There’s a hazardo byproduct of puttg out all the toxic ias about gay people and other LGBTQ+ people — this ia that they’re predatory.

Gay and transgenr “panic” fens have appeared urt opns roughly 25 stat sce the 1960s, acrdg to the Williams Instute. In the famo 1995 murr of Stt Amre after an appearance on the “Jenny Jon Show, ” his assailant, Johnathan Schmz, argued he suffered om dimished pacy due to “gay panic disorr. In 2001, Roriq Rhad Reed, g the “gay panic” fense, was acquted of the murr of Ahmed Dabarran spe his full nfsn.

NH LEGISLATN WOULD ELIMATE ‘GAY PANIC’ LEGAL FENSE FOR KILLG AN LGBTQ+ PERSON

Durg the trial of Matthew Shepard, who was murred a vic anti-gay attack Wyomg 1998, one of his killers, Aaron McKney, attempted to e the “gay panic” fense. See 2014 Hate Crime Statistics, available at Coaln of Anti-Vlence Programs, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and HIV-Affected Hate Vlence 2014 8 (2015), available at J. 111, 114 (1999) (ncludg that gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr victims equently do not report hate crim bee they fear police sensivy and sendary victimizatn by police officers) The Matthew Shepard and Jam Byrd, Jr.

VIRGIA BE 12TH STATE TO BAN GAY/TRANS PANIC FENSE

” Amerin Psychiatric Associatn, GENDER DYSPHORIA (2013), Lee, The Gay Panic Defense, 42 U. 471, 477 (2008) wh reported urt cisns discsg the gay and trans panic fens are Arizona (2010), California (1967, 2002), Florida (2012), Geia (2001), Kansas (2006), Illois (1972, 1977, 1993, 2000, 2004), Indiana (2001), Iowa (2015), Louisiana (1990), Massachetts (1978, 2005), Michigan (2000), Missouri (1975, 1990, 2000), New Jersey (2004), New York (2012), North Carola (1978), Nebraska (1994), New Jersey (1988), Oh (1988), Pennsylvania (2010), Tennsee (1998, 2009), Texas (2007), Wisns (2001), and Wyomg (1979, 1999). Amerin Bar Associatn, Gay and Trans Panic Defens Rolutn (2013), available at stat are Florida, Illois, and Kansas.

Parker Marie Molloy, California Be First State to Ban Gay, Trans “Panic” Defens, The Advote, Sept.

'GAY PANIC' FENSE STILL ED VLENCE S MAY BE BANNED BY NEW FERAL BILL

New Hampshire Hoe and Senate lawmakers this week will negotiate Hoe Bill 315, which would elimate what has been lled the “gay panic fense. “The gay panic fense” is a legal fense strategy that n be employed by a fendant who kills an LGBTQ+ person.

Virgia has bee the 12th state to ban the e of the “gay/trans panic” Ralph Northam signed a bill Wednday agast the fense, which has allowed those acced of homici to receive lser sentenc by sayg they panicked after fdg out the victim’s sexual orientatn or genr bill passed the state Hoe and the Senate bill’s thor, Democratic Delegate Dani Roem said she first beme aware of the fense after Matthew Shepard, a gay man, was murred 1998, and the men who killed him ed the fense urt, acrdg to the Amerin Bar Associatn. "We’re micians and all that kd of stuff, but I’m not a gay guy, " Miller told police later, The At Amerin-Statmen the trial, Miller explaed his actns g a "gay panic" fense that has been ed sce the 1960s more than half of U. However, a jury sentenced Miller to six months jail, 10 years of probatn and 100 hours of muny e of gay panic and "trans panic" fens ntu to be legal 47 stat, although three stat have outlawed sce two Massachetts lawmakers are tryg to prevent the fense om beg ed feral urts wh a bill troduced Congrs last Miller an undated County Sheriff's OfficeSen.

LAWMAKERS TO TAKE UP LEGISLATN THAT WOULD ELIMATE ‘GAY PANIC’ LEGAL FENSE

Joe Kennedy proposed the legislatn both ho of Congrs prohibg gay and trans panic fens. "Legal loophol wrten to our laws that seek to jtify vlent attacks agast our gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr neighbors should never have existed the first place. "Dan Black, the prs secretary for Kennedy said that recent s volvg gay and trans panic fens have highlighted the need for a feral Ed Markey, D-Mass., om left, Sen.

GAY PANIC OR TRANSGENR PANIC DEFENSE

"One of the most high-profile s that ed a gay panic fense was the trial of the men who attacked gay llege stunt Matthew Shepard and left him to die. One of the two men who tied the gay Universy of Wyomg stunt to a fence, after torturg and beatg him, claimed that he was driven to vlence when Shepard allegedly touched him on the was also the se of Angie Zapata, a trans woman who was killed Colorado 2008.

Advot say the panic fens are rooted homophobia and trans fens are based on "the ia that vlent vic reactns to LGBT people are unrstandable bee there's somethg about that is so shockg and so horrifyg that a vlent reactn is to be unrstood, " acrdg to Jenny Pizer, the law and policy director of LGBTQ advocy group Lambda Legal. "A number of natnal legal groups and gay rights advocy groups support the proposed legislatn, cludg the Amerin Bar Associatn, Natnal LGBT Bar Associatn and GLAAD.

H.R. 2629 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021

"Historilly we have seen panic fens ed as a Trojan horse to attempt to brg societal prejudic and hatred agast LGBTQ people, and pecially transgenr women and gay men, to urtrooms an effort to jtify typ of vlence that are simply never jtifiable, " Sue Yacka-Bible, munitns director at GLAAD, told ABC News a statement. Hoe and Senate lawmakers this week will negotiate Hoe Bill 315, which would elimate what has been lled the “gay panic fense.

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H.R. 3133 (116TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2019

Should a straight murrer of a gay or trans person be able to claim “He (or she) was g on to me” as a valid legal fense? The gay-panic or trans-panic fense is a legal strategy which a fendant argu that they mted a crime agast a gay or trans person as a rult of fear or shock.

H.R. 2629 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021

3133 — 116th Congrs: Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibn Act of 2019. The bill outlawed “gay panic fense” — a legal strategy which a fendant avictim’s inty as an LGBTQ+ dividual as a basis for fense a homici se. Across mp, stunt lears and faculty shared shock over the lay the New Hampshire State Hoe outlawg “gay panic fense.

Acrdg to Meyt, members of the State Hoe who prented backlash agast the bill were not necsarily promotg “outright homophobia” but “worried” that the bill would ge on the right to self-fense. Though Meyt believ the worri are “unfound, ” the reasong did “alleviate” the ial shock of fdg out about “gay panic fense. “This is part of the bigger trend of ligatg agast queerns and transns, whether you’re lookg at the anti-trans bills that are proliferatg across the untry or the ‘Don't Say Gay’ bills Florida.

“The backlash to outlawg the gay panic fense ban reprents a kd of sex panic.

NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE HOE PASS HOE BILL 315, ELIMATG ‘GAY PANIC FENSE’

Acrdg to Lim, part of this larger “trend” is recent Supreme Court lgs “agast homosexualy.

In a 6-3 opn, the Court said that webse sign pany 303 Creative do not have to make webs for homosexual dividuals who are disagreement wh their beliefs.. “Sexualy has been ployed as a wedge issue as a way to galvanize folks who are predisposed to homophobia or transphobia the first place, ” Lim said. Acrdg to Lim, the long-standg “gay panic fense” has not had jt legal, but also cultural ramifitns — and so will s elimatn.