The Gay/Trans Panic Defense: What It is, and How to End It

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• THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT

THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT

And formed the Internatnal Associatn of Lbian and Gay twenty-five persons me om California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, Massachetts, Missouri, New York and objectiv of the Associatn adopted at that meetg were:To provi an opportuny for judicial officers to meet and exchange views and to promote tn among s members and among the general public on legal and judicial issu related to the gay and lbian crease the visibily of lbian and gay judicial officers so as to serve as role mols for other lbian and gay people and to brg to the attentn of the general public the promence of the judicial aid ensurg the equal treatment of all persons who appear a urtroom, as a ligant, attorney, juror, staff person any other ordate the sharg of rmatn between lbian and gay judicial officers and others the gay muny or the general serve as a rource for other lbians and gay men who are terted seekg judicial Meetg Planners AssociatnAs a meetg profsnal,  is hard to nnect wh like-md and like experienced people, pecially when you have such a by schle. At that first gala event, honors went to such distguished wrers as Natnal Book Award Falist Pl Mote (Borrowed Time), Dorothy Allison (Trash), Allan Hollghurst (The Swimmg Pool Library), and Edmund Whe (The Betiful Room is Empty) purpose of the Awards the early years was to intify and celebrate the bt of lbian and gay books the year of their publitn. A productive profsnal atmosphere pends on open and acceptg teractns of dividuals ee om discrimatn and openly lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, and other genr/sexual mory (LGBTQIA+) members of the astronomil muny, we strongly believe that there is no place for discrimatn based on sexual orientatn/preference or genr inty/exprsn.