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 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.” * gay penic *

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. 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.

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. 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.

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.

NEW HAMPSHIRE MOV TO OUTLAW ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE

Defn of What "gay panic" means? Obvly not homophobic bee I see a lot of gay ppl g the word. But I still don't que unrstand the meang and ge of the word 's ually what gay people say on the ter when they fd someone very attractive|“gay panic” is a term that is ed to scribe someone’s “panic” (we’ll ll this person 1) around/to a person of the same sex (person 2) bee person 2 is attractive or person 1 is attracted to person 2! :) |The term origally meant "a legal fense that is ed urt to expla why you asslted or murred a gay person". Some people have succsfully argued urt that they should not be rponsible for their actns, bee a gay man flirtg wh them ed them so much panic and fear that they feared for their liv. Lately, on the ter the gay muny has started to e to mean "the feelg of embarrassment or nervons you get when you see a person you're attracted to".|@blh524 jimpjorps fns are rrect. Generally is younger people who e the 2nd fn, bee they might not be aware of the 1st fn. So some people might fd the e of the 2nd fn rather sensive or offensive, sce the phrase origally was homophobic. * gay penic *

The gay/trans panic fense was emed admissible, not due to the illegimacy of the gay/trans panic fense, but stead due to Wyomg's statutory sany fense nstct.

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Currently, there are several other state legislative efforts to ban and nounce the legimacy of the gay/trans panic fense. Help to end this discrimatn by supportg legislative bans on the gay/trans panic steps you n, and should, take are as follows:Contact legislators and ernors stat currently tryg to ban the gay/trans panic fense. Be sure to reach out to feral legislators as an advote stat where there is currently no proposed gay/trans panic ban your own policians know that equaly unr the law should apply to the victims of hate crim as well.

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

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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. 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.

WHEN IS "GAY PANIC" ACCEPTED? EXPLORG JUROR CHARACTERISTICS AND CASE TYPE AS PREDICTORS OF A SUCCSFUL GAY PANIC DEFENSE

“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.

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.

THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE

On January 21, New Jersey beme the nth state the natn to ban the gay panic fense, a strategy that the ernor said is “rooted homophobia.

At the nference, my ey opened to the obstacl that the LGBTQ+ muny fac a state like Texas, where there is history of homophobia that ntu to the prent day.

A few days after his ath, I learned for the first time that he was gay, and realized that he had lived an almost pletely closeted life. Based on my early analysis, fense attorneys who enter gay panic fens n rce a fendants’ murr charg 32% of the time, even though the majory of the homicis volve credible vlence.

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I track murr s that e the 'gay panic fense,' a ntroversial practice banned 9 stat .

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