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.”
Contents:
- THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
- WHEN IS "GAY PANIC" ACCEPTED? EXPLORG JUROR CHARACTERISTICS AND CASE TYPE AS PREDICTORS OF A SUCCSFUL GAY PANIC DEFENSE
THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
* definition of homosexual panic *
This paper trac the orig of the term "homosexual panic" when was first scribed 1920 to the Frdian bisexual theory of sexual velopment and the ncepts of reprsed and latent homosexualy, and qutns the appropriatens of this term when ed to diagnose as well as to scribe different suatns.
Homosexual panic an acute severe episo of anxiety, due to unnsc nflicts volvg sexual inty, which there is the fear or lnal nvictn that the person is thought by others to be a homosexual or is danger of sexual attack by a person of the same sex, often acpanied by agatn, guilt, hallucatns, or [pan´ik] acute, extreme anxiety wh disanizatn of personaly and functn; panic attacks are characteristic of panic disorr (see anxiety disorrs) and may also occur other mental disorr an anxiety disorr characterized by recurrent attacks of panic, episos of tense apprehensn, fear, or terror associated wh somatic symptoms such as dyspnea, palpatns, dizzs, vertigo, fatns, or shaks and wh psychologil symptoms such as feelgs of unrealy, fear of dyg, gog crazy, or losg ntrol; there is ually chronic nervons between attacks.
All rights ·mo·sex·u·al pan·in acute, severe attack of anxiety based on unnsc nflicts regardg Partner Medil Dictnary © Farlex 2012homosexual panic Sexualy An acute severe attack of anxiety based on unnsc nflicts volvg genr inty. 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.
WHEN IS "GAY PANIC" ACCEPTED? EXPLORG JUROR CHARACTERISTICS AND CASE TYPE AS PREDICTORS OF A SUCCSFUL GAY PANIC DEFENSE
This study utilized 249 mock jurors to asss the effects of se type (asslt or homici) and juror characteristics (homophobia, relig fundamentalism, and polil orientatn) on the succs of the gay panic fense pared wh a ntral provotn fense. This study furthers the unrstandg of cisn makg s volvg the gay panic fense and highlights the need for more rearch to be nducted to help unrstand and bat LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr) prejudice the urtroom.