Apr 15, 2021. S. 1137 (117th). A bill to amend tle 18, Uned Stat Co, to prohib gay and trans panic fens. In , a database of bills the U.S. Congrs.
Contents:
- THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
- COURTS 39 AMERIN STAT STILL ADM THE “GAY-PANIC” FENCE
- THE END OF THE GAY-PANIC LEGAL DEFENSE
- GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE BANS
- S. 1137 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021
THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
The gay/trans panic legal fense legimiz and exc vlent and lethal behavr agast members of the LGBTQ+ muny. The fense is fed by the LGBT Bar as “a legal strategy which asks a jury to fd that a victim’s sexual orientatn or genr inty is to blame for the fendant’s vlent reactn, cludg murr.” * the gay defense *
The gay/trans panic legal fense legimiz and exc vlent and lethal behavr agast members of the LGBTQ+ muny. Over the urse of lbian, gay, or bisexual people's lifetim, one five will experience hate crim, and one four transgenr people will as dividuals at the tersectn of homophobia, transphobia, and racism, face worse statistics.
COURTS 39 AMERIN STAT STILL ADM THE “GAY-PANIC” FENCE
This map picts bans on so-lled "gay and trans panic" fens the Uned Stat. The fens are based irratnal fears and prejudice toward LGBTQ people, and they imply that vlence agast LGBTQ people is acceptable or unrstandable unr certa ndns. * the gay defense *
As of July 1, 2019, eight stat have passed legislative bans on the e of gay/trans panic as a legal fense: California, Illois, Rho Island, Nevada, Connecticut, Mae, Hawaii, and New York.
THE END OF THE GAY-PANIC LEGAL DEFENSE
It mt be noted that gay/trans panic is not an affirmative legal fense; is a tactic to strengthen the fense by playg on prejudice.
GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE BANS
Dpe bunkg "gay panic disorr, " and s removal om the DSM by the Amerin Psychologil Associatn 1973, legal fense teams ntue to e the 1954 murr of William T.
Simpson North Miami, FL, the fendants claimed that they shot Simpson, a gay man, while "ristg his advanc, " th utilizg the provotn fense.
S. 1137 (117TH): GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENSE PROHIBN ACT OF 2021
Even though the fendants were crimals who equented that area of highway to rob drivers, and tentnally targeted homosexual victims, the fendants were nvicted of manslghter rather than first-gree murr. The fense aga utilized the provotn fense, cg that the nature of the note and Amre's homosexualy was enough to send Schmz to a panic and kill Amre. The gay/trans panic fense has not always been succsful.