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

let's be gay let's do crimes

Huiatn and tolerance rema “a stark realy” for many gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people around the world, the UN human rights chief has said, her msage for the upg Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.  |

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THE SHORT BUT FASCATG HISTORY OF “BE GAY, DO CRIM”

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.” * let's be gay let's do crimes *

Ah, y: “Be Gay, Do Crim, ” the rallyg cry of a generatn. This is the first stance of “Be Gay, Do Crim” beg tied to a specific iology. Soon after, another Twter er (@isislovecft) told a story about two kids jumpg the BART turnstyle and shoutg “be gay, do crim.

BE GAY DO CRIM

jt saw two teenage girls hop the bart turnstile and n up the stairs and start makg out and i uldn’t rist the urge to shout BE GAY DO CRIMES and they raised their fists and shouted back STONEWALL WAS A RIOT so i am rmg you that the kids are fact alright.

While 2016’s “be gay, do crim” was enough of a statement and of self to ri on shock value, 2018’s “Stonewall was a rt” reprents a new sire to reclaim queer narrativ. Be Gay. #Dive #JohnWaters #Gay #BabsJohnson #PkFlamgos #EatSh #CondoneFirstDegreeMurr #FilthAreMyPolics #FilthIsMyLife #Crime.

It was as if the entire culture was uned: gay is good, and crime is part of that.

QUEER TE CRIME STORI OF THE PAST SHOW HOW THE PRS STOKED FEAR OF GAY MEN

Beg gay has always volved dog crim: ’s a sad, but ccial part of our history.

Wrten for Pri Month 2018, Be Gay Do Crim tak all the fun of dog heists and b wh the evable csh formed wh a queer social group. Acrdg to Polch, a cultural historian and profsor of global liberal studi at New York Universy, the victim blamg evint acunts of Ivar’s murr was typil of the way the prs vered crim agast gay or prumed-gay men between World War I and the Stonewall uprisg 1969. In the early and mid-20th century, gay and bisexual men were pecially vulnerable to vlence.

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

But crim agast gay men were rarely reported as such the prs. What he found was a trove of what he lls queer te crime stori — some ont-page news at the time, some buried and long fotten — that chart a history of vlence agast gay men and of society’s attus toward that vlence.

Crime stori, he told me, n reveal “a set of cultural anxieti and uncertati” — and the stori he read for Incent Advanc reveal Amerin society’s evolvg but ever-prent anxieti about gay men and their liv the s before Stonewall. ” We see their echo, he says, the murrs of trans women of lor, often unrreported by the mastream prs, and “the ntued e of gay nversn therapy, which replays post–World War II arguments that homosexualy is a ndn that n be (and should be) cured. Are we lookg at targeted crim agast gay men, or are we lookg at somethg else?

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It’s clear, I thk, that gay men were targets bee [perpetrators] knew they uld be robbed or asslted wh ltle nsequenc.

Mostly bee homosexualy was crimalized. It’s unclear whether they were themselv kd of nformg to standards of the time and had some homosexual hookups ocsnally, or whether they were bisexual, or some kd of fluid sexualy.

But what do show, I thk, is how crimalizg homosexual acts, you don’t jt target men who are livg their liv as gay men, but you affect a whole range of sexual practic.

THE HAIKYUU BOYS’ TOXIC TRASOIKAWA TOO N’T IMAGE CHANGG HIS ROUTE TO F SOMEONE ELSE , LOVER OR NOT. IF THEY DON’T FALL TO SYNC WH HIM, THEY JT AREN’T MEANT TO BE. WHY SHOULD HE CHANGE THE TIME HE GO TO THE GYM – SHOULDN’T YOU JT GET UP EARLIER IF YOU WANT TO EAT BREAKFAST WH HIM? WHY SHOULD HE ALTER THE WAY HIS LIFE IS; WHY SHOULD HE MAKE ROOM HIS DRAWERS FOR YOU, WHY SHOULD HE E HOME EARLIER OM PRACTICE – WHY SHOULD HE CHANGE FOR YOU? YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GETTG TO WHEN YOU FELL LOVE WH HIM. AKAASHI KEIJI DON’T GET THAT NOT EVERYONE N UNRSTAND HOW SOMEONE FEELS WH ONE LOOK. HE PUTS AN EXTRA SUGAR HIS FFEE AND EXPECTS YOU TO KNOW THAT HE WANTS TO GO OUT TO A BAKERY, HE CLICKS HIS RED PENS A FEW EXTRA TIM AND EXPECTS YOU TO KNOW THAT HE NEEDS REFILLS – HE SAYS HE HAS A LOT OF WORK TONIGHT AND EXPECTS YOU TO MAKE HIM MIDNIGHT SNACKS. TO HIM, THAT STUFF IS EASY. WHY N’T YOU UNRSTAND HIM? HE DO FOR YOU – HE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO SAY OUT LOUD. YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW WHAT HE’S THKG. IF YOU DON’T, MAYBE YOU DON’T LOVE HIM AS MUCH AS HE THOUGHT YOU DID.YAMAGUCHI TADASHI LACKS NFINCE HIMSELF AND THE RELATNSHIP. YOU’RE SO MUCH BETTER THAN HIM – YOU ULD LEAVE HIM FOR ANYONE. YOU’RE SO PERFECT AND KD, HE’S JT A WIMPY MAN. WHO WANTS THAT? DO YOU EVEN LOVE HIM LIKE HE LOV YOU? YOU DON’T LOVE HIM AS MUCH AS HE LOV YOU – HOW ULD YOU? FEELS LIKE HE DON’T SEE YOU – HOW N HE WHEN HE’S BLD BY ALL HIS ANXIETI AND WORRI? ’S NOT LIKE HE’LL EVER TALK ABOUT EHER; HE DON’T THK YOU LOVE HIM ENOUGH TO STAY IF HE REVEALS ALL HIS SECURI. HIS EY, YOU’RE TOO PERFECT TO STAY. YOU’LL LEAVE HIM ONE DAY, HE KNOWS . YOU’RE TOO PERFECT TO LOVE SOMEONE LIKE HIM. KAGEYAMA TOB N’T EVEN TRY TO SHOW TERT WHAT HIS LOVER LIK. HE N’T HELP – HE JT DON’T RE. YOU SHOULD UNRSTAND THAT, YOU SHOULDN’T PRSURE HIM TO TRYG TO LIKE SOMETHG HE DON’T. NO, HE N’T GO TO YOUR EVENT ON SATURDAY, HE HAS PRACTICE. WA – WHY AREN’T YOU G TO HIS GAME ON THURSDAY? YOU SHOULD SUPPORT HIM. NO – ’S NOT THE SAME AS YOUR EVENT, HIS GAME IS MORE IMPORTANT. YOU SHOULD GET THAT. WHY ARE YOU GETTG SO MAD? WHY’RE YOU SO SENSIVE – ’S NOT HIS FLT THAT HE DON’T LIKE WHAT YOU DO. SUCK UP. IF YOU REALLY LOVED HIM, YOU’D UNRSTAND HOW IMPORTANT VOLLEYBALL IS TO HIM.KUROO TETSUROU WON’T LET YOU TO HIS HEART. HE KNOWS EVERYTHG ABOUT YOU, OM YOUR DARKT SECRETS TO YOUR MOST HOPEFUL DREAMS. HE READS YOU LIKE AN OPEN BOOK, HE’S MET YOUR PARENTS, YOUR IENDS LOVE HIM – BUT YOU KNOW NOTHG ABOUT HIM. HE REF TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS PARENTS, LET ALONE MEET THEM, HE STEERS YOU CLEAR OF HIS IENDS, HE WON’T EVEN TELL YOU HIS SISTER’S NAME. HE REF ANY TALK ABOUT HIS EMOTNS, AND KEEPS YOU AT A DISTANCE, BARELY HOLDG ON; LIKE HE ULD LET GO OF YOU ANY TIME. YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHG ABOUT HIM TO LOVE HIM, SO STOP PRYG. HATA SHOYO DIDN’T KNOW THAT RELATNSHIPS E WH PROBLEMS. HIS ABILY TO M FALTERS WHEN YOU BOTH H A ROUGH SPOT; ’S JT SO MUCH EASIER TO GO AND PLAY BEACH VOLLEYBALL WH HIS IENDS THAN AL WH THE ISSU AT HAND. HIS MD THGS SHOULD GO SMOOTHLY – THERE’S NO NEED TO FIGHT TO GROW. YOU’RE NOT KAGEYAMA, AND LOVE ISN’T VOLLEYBALL – THERE SHOULD’T BE PROBLEMS. LOVE SHOULD BE EASY, SIMPLE, MDLS. THE FACT THAT YOU TWO ARE EVEN GOG THROUGH ISSU…MAYBE YOU TWO AREN’T MA FOR EACH OTHER LIKE HE ORIGALLY THOUGHT. BOKUTO KOTARO DON’T UNRSTAND THE NCEPT OF SPACE. THERE’S NO REASON WHY HE SHOULDN’T BE ABLE TO BE WH YOU EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY. YOU LOVE HIM, RIGHT? WHY ARE YOU PHG HIM AWAY? DO YOU THK HE’S…ANNOYG? HIS MOOD SWGS DON’T HELP – THE SEND YOU PH AWAY HIS AFFECTN HE GETS UPSET AND WH ABOUT HOW HE DON’T UNRSTAND. JT – EXPLA TO HIM. BUT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIM YOU DO, TO HIM, JT SEEMS LIKE YOU DON’T LOVE HIM ANYMORE. WHAT ELSE ULD YOU REJECTG HIS LOVE MEAN? YOU MT NOT LOVE HIM ANYMORE IF YOU WANT TO BE APART OM HIM. TSISHIMA KEI N’T EXPRS HIS EMOTNS, AND DON’T SEE WHY HE HAS TO. YOU KNOW HE LOV YOU, UNLS YOU’RE STUPID. THERE’S NOTHG WRONG WH THE WAY HE ACTS. HE DON’T WANT TO CRY AT THE SAD MOVIE, SO HE IGNOR . HE DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIS FEARS, SO HE BSH AWAY YOUR QUTNS. HE DON’T WANT TO SHOW HIS JEALOY OF YOUR IENDSHIP WH OTHER GUYS – SO HE IGNOR YOU SCHOOL. BUT, WHY AREN’T YOU TEXTG HIM? WHERE WAS THE GOODNIGHT TEXT? WHY DID YOU IGNORE HIM AFTER SCHOOL? TO HIM, THERE’S NO NNECTN BETWEEN HIS NONCHALANT TREATMENT OF YOU AND YOUR AVOIDANCE OF HIM. WHY N’T YOU SEE THAT HE LOV YOU? ARE YOU THAT DUMB? OR DO YOU JT NOT LOVE HIM BACK? IWAIZUMI HAJIME REF TO SHOW VULNERABILY. JT DON’T S RIGHT WH HIM – HE WANTS TO BE MANLY FOR YOU. HE WANTS YOU TO RELY ON HIM. HE DON’T WANT TO CRY WHEN YOU’RE NEAR, HE DON’T WANT TO SHOW ANY WEAK SPOTS HE MIGHT HAVE. BUT WHY ARE YOU SO CLOSED-OFF LATELY? WHY AREN’T YOU TALKG TO HIM AS MUCH, YOU KNOW YOU N TELL HIM ANYTHG, RIGHT? HE DON’T SEE THAT RELATNSHIPS ARE GIVE AND TAKE. HIS LACK OF WILL TO GIVE TRANSLAT TO A WEAK AND AYED RELATNSHIP. SR HIM, DO, BEE YOU MT NOT LOVE HIM, THAT’S THE ONLY REASON HE N THK OF – BUT HE WON’T SHOW HIS FEAR OF THAT POSSIBILY. KOZUME KENMA DON’T REALIZE THE RE AND LICY RELATNSHIPS TAKE. HE’S ROUGH WH HIS WORDS, AND SPARSE WH HIS ATTENTN. NO, HE DON’T WANT TO GO OUT, N YOU PLEASE STOP ASKG. YOU’RE BEG ANNOYG – WHY ARE YOU CRAWLG TO HIS LAP? GET OFF, YOU’RE MAKG HIM UNFORTABLE. HE WON’T PROMISE, HE WON’T BE MORE ATTENTIVE TO YOU, HE DON’T WANT TO BE; THAT’S TOO MUCH WORK. YOU JT DON’T GET – YOU PROBABLY JT WANT TO CHANGE HIM. YOUR UNWLLGNS TO ACCEPT AND UNRSTAND WHO HE IS ONLY PROV TO HIM THAT YOU TWO AREN’T MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. —–A/N: I READ @MIYASIMP ‘S ‘HOW THE HAIKYUU BOYS FALL LOVE’ AND I FELT SPIRED TO WRE THIS. BEE LET’S BE HONT, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF HAS A TOXIC TRA, EVEN OUR FAVORE ANIME BOYS. IF YOU WANT ANYONE ELSE – JT SEND THE ASKS! #REBLOGBE-GAY-AND-DO-CRIM AHTSUMU AHTSUMU FOLLOW目送 ; OIKAWA TOO「ALT. TLE: FIVE TIM OIKAWA DIDN’T LOOK BACK AND THE ONE TIME HE DID」↳ PAIRG: OIKAWA TOO X F!REAR↳ SYNOPSIS: YOU SPEND A LIFETIME WATCHG HIM GO, SOMETIM WH YOUR STOMACH TIED KNOTS, SOMETIM WH TEARS YOUR EY, BUT ALWAYS WH LOVE.↳ GENRE(S): ANGST, FLUFF, BASILLY AN EMOTNAL ROLLERASTER, NON-LEAR STORYLE↳ WARNG(S): PROFANY, PICTN OF A PANIC ATTACK, SUGGTIVE THEM↳ LENGTH: 5.4K WORDS↳ A/N: HQ FAM HOW WE DOG AFTER 402 ?? LOL ANYWAY THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY GIFT TO OIKAWA TOO: MY SUN, MOON, AND STARS, SEND TO NONE, YADDA YADDA. THE TLE IS TAKEN OM A BOOK WH THE SAME NAME, SE YOU WERE WONRG. PLEASE PAY ATTENTN TO THE ROMAN NUMERALS AHEAD OF EACH SECTN!! ENJOY!KEEP READG#REBLOG#THIS IS SO GOOD OMGBE-GAY-AND-DO-CRIM MAPLEBARS MAPLEBARS FOLLOWSELF-DULGENT TENNIS :-) I JT THK TENNIS IS NEAT! #REBLOGBE-GAY-AND-DO-CRIM AFTERGLOWKUROO-ACTIVATED20201 JOUE-ACTIVATED20201221 BIG SIGH ?‍♀️KYOTANI IS NOT JT “FIGHT! FUCK YOU! HATE! LONELY! AGGRSIVE! MEAN! BCH!” 24/7 HE’S ALSO ? N ? N ☺️ N ? N ? N ? N ?I MIGHT GO TO TAIL ???ACTLY Y BC WOO I’M TIRED OF THE SH’S NON THAT HE LIK CUTE STUFFHE’S JT A TEENY B SOCIALLY AWKWARD SO UMHE RPECTS PEOPLE N SHOWS TO THOSE HE FEELS HE SHOULD SO UM YEAHE JT HAS A LOT OF POWER BEHD HIS EMOTNHE’S PROBABLY VERY ENERGETIC AND HAS A LOT OF IAS N SH BUT DON’T KNOW WHO TO SHARE THEM WH SO HE JT DO THAT JUMPY LEG THGYHE PROBABLY LOOKS AT HIS HAIR THE MIRROR N GO “? ’S STILL OL Y ?☺️”THE TYPE OF PERSON TO THK A BUNCH OF SH ON LIKE HOW TO WALK OVER A CRACK THE SIWALK BUT JT ENDS UP TRIPPG ON HIS ASS VERY MUCH LIK BEAN BAGSHIS EARS PROBABLY TURN RED WHEN HE SE PDA PUBLIC OR HE JT TURNS AWAY “I DIDN’T SEE ?”(I DON’T READ THE MANGA SO IDK IF I’M ALL RIGHT THIS IS MY TEWISHUN??) ISTG HE WOULD B SO HAPPY IF YOU BOUGHT HIM A FATSUIS PROBABLY REALLY EXTREMELY GOOD AT ONE HISTORY IDK BUT ABSOLUTELY HAT ONE OTHER SUBJECTHE’S NOT ’S LIKE SMART BUT NOT THE NVENTNAL WAY LIKE I REALLY FEEL HIS THOUGHT PROCS IS REALLY SOME GENI SH BUT HE DON’T KNOW HOW TO ALWAYS TALK OUT IDK IDKKKSS ON HIS UCH SOFA THGY N WIGGL HIS TO BC HE’S LD SIGHWORKS VERY HARD TO SAVE UP MONEY N BUDGETS SO HE N GO EAT CHICKEN EVERY OTHER IDAY (HE TRI ALMOST EVERY SCE BUT KETCHUP BC HE’S DIFFERENTTT)IF HE DON’T DO GOOD A GAME HE EHER 1 - STOPS EATG CHICKEN UNTIL HE DO GOOD OR 2 - EATS CHICKEN TO FEEL BETTERHE LI AWAKE AT 4 AM THKG ABOUT TKER BELL AND IF SHE’S REALLY WEARG A LEAFIDK HIS LGH IS PROBABLY THE CUTT THG IDK SHUT UPHE WEARS FLUFFY BUNNY EAR MUFFSWOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HANDSHAKE WH MATTSUN BC HE THKS HE’S VERY OLI THK HE WOULD ENJOY PATTG UM HATA ON THE HEAD JT TO SEE HIS HAIR BOP UP AGA MAN IDK N PROBABLY HAS A IENDSHIP LIKE AONE WH HIM MAN THEY ULD REALLY BE A TR I THK IDK HE MOUTHS OUT ENGLISH WORDS THE MIRROR TO SEE IF HE’S SAYG SH RIGHT N WHEN HE DO HE HAS THE BIGGT SE ON HIS FACE N HIS EY R LIKE MOON CRCENTS BCH IDK HE HAS SOFT MATCHG BUNNY SLIPPERS - !!HE SOMETHG ANIC ON HIS FACE I SWEAR I SWEAR I DON’T RE WHAT YOU SAY HE SOMETHG NUT SCENTED N ANIC ON HIS FACE IF YOU DON’T SHUT UP I’MNEVER BEEN A RELATNSHOP NEVER KISSED NEVER HELD HANDS PROBABLY HUGGED A FEW TIM DONT @ MEPROBABLY HAD A CSH ON A GIRL WHO THOUGHT HE WAS SRY N GOT SAD ISH PROBABLY LOOKS UP TO ASAHI BC HE LOOKS SRY BUT HE’S A WHOLE MUFF I’M THKG OF YENA WOOO OMG N MAR UP THERM HE DO GO TO HANAMAKI FOR VOLLEYBALL ADVICE SECRET3D GLASS R HIS FAVORE I THK HE WOULD VERY MUCH ENJOY RIDG ON A NAVY BLUE SOTER JT FOR FUN LIKE HE WOULD PROBABLY SG THE ELMO SONG N EAT A TY NDY THE END ?IS TOO LATE TO ADD THAT HE PROBABLY IS A POPULAR LONER BUT ALSO UNPOPULAR BCCURRENTNCERN FOLLOWKYŌTANI IS A SOFTIE CONFIRMEDURMOMMASBALDHEAD-ACTIVATED202 BAHEVANAHSN LOOKKYOUTANI’S CURRENT NCERN IS THE FACT THAT HE’S UNABLE TO THROW AWAY THE NTAERS HIS CHICKEN BC ’S TOO CUTE!!! 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When you talk about gay men beg vulnerable, is that bee many would be aaid of gog to the police after a robbery or asslt bee they themselv would be crimalized? At that time, sodomy laws crimalized homosexual behavr, so you uldn’t really fd any reurse the jtice system. It’s clear he was livg his life as a gay man.

Once they were arrted and they went to urt, the victim’s fay didn’t want to go to trial bee they were fearful of the publicy that would e wh , makg known their son’s homosexualy. In the 1950s, and the postwar, Cold War perd, you have the fluenc of [sexologist Aled] Ksey, and other newer theori of homosexualy that saw more as an visible threat. You see the ias of homosexuals and munism: “You never know who might be a homosexual.

For me, lookg at te crime stori the prs, I me at thkg, “What n the stori help unrstand about homosexualy, queer sexualy, this perd? 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.

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

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