The 'Gay Panic' Defense

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KATE MCKNON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY DURG GOLN GLOB

Judge Barton R Voigt l that attorneys for Aaron J McKney, who is beg tried for murr of gay llege stunt outsi Laramie, Wyo, Oct 1998, may not e 'gay panic' fense to jtify his actns; says panic fense is ltle more than attempt to show McKney suffered temporary sany or dimished pacy when he killed stunt, Matthew Shepard; neher fense is regnized Wyomg law; fense rts s se; photos (M) * mark mckinney gay *

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DEBUNKG STEPHEN JIMENEZ'S EFFORT TO DE-GAY MATTHEW SHEPARD'S MURR

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In her speech, McKnon, seemgly holdg back tears, spoke ndidly and wh humor about beg gay and the role DeGener played her unrstandg of herself, and what means for L. I have to expla that one more: In 1997, when Ellen’s s was the height of s populary, I was my mother’s basement liftg weights ont of the mirror and thkg, “Am I gay? Journalist Stephen Jimenez's The Book of Matt: Hidn Tths about the Murr of Matthew Shepard mak the bombshell claim that illic dg e, not homophobia, was the central factor the gay Universy of Wyomg stunt's btal 1998 murr.

JUDGE REJECTS 'GAY PANIC' AS DEFENSE MURR CASE

There was no feral or Wyomg hate crime law, but media reports and McKney's e of a “gay panic” fense at trial dited that anti-gay bias motivated the crime. The letter exprsed disbelief that McKney had claimed “gay panic” at trial, bee "[d]eep down si, a small part of him really liked some homosexual actn.

” “If Aaron McKney, who reportedly targeted Matthew bee he was gay, was not 'straight' himself, what else was gog on that October night when he unleashed his rage? Anonymo or simply unreliable sourc are at the heart of Jimenez's effort to -gay Shepard's murr.

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What's more, Jimenez says, the two had had sex before - suggtg that homophobia uldn't possibly have been a factor Shepard's murr. Far more notable is his e of the anti-gay ephets “fag” and “queer” to scribe Shepard.

DISMISSING EVIDENCE OF HOMOPHOBIA.

THE 'GAY PANIC' DEFENSE

For an thor tryg to make the se that homophobia played no role Shepard's murr, his killer's e of c, anti-gay language would seem to pose a signifint problem. McKney - who scribed himself as a “dnk homofobick [sic]” a letter wrten om prison - was merely tryg to imate the thug image of the gangsta rappers he admired, acrdg to Jimenez. ” To hear Jimenez tell , Price's terview and McKney's “gay panic” fense were part of an elaborate se ncted to ver up their e and sellg of meth.

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One of the sourc McKney  to rroborate this narrative is a Denver meth addict known simply as Joan, who sisted that homophobia played no part Shepard's ath.

But if sertg a gay angle was simply a legal survival strategy for Price and McKney the weeks and months after the crime, why did McKney ntue to scribe himself as “homofobick” when he was prison - long after he had any hope of gettg off on a “gay panic” fense? “I have long believed that Aaron McKney targeted Matthew and jtified his horrific savagery bee he saw Matthew as beg gay, ” Newb said. Although right-wg media have rejoiced at the arrival of The Book of Matt - nvced that expos an LGBT “grievance dtry” found on “li” and ver-ups, Jimenez's repeated njecture, unreliable sourc, and stubborn nial of blatant evince of homophobia mark the book as a sub-par work of reportage.

‘SUPERSTORE’ ACTOR RELISH TE-TO-LIFE GAY FILIPO ROLE

A District Court judge Laramie, Wyo., led today that lawyers for a man acced of murrg a gay llege stunt last year may not e a ''gay panic'' fense to jtify the actns of their client. Although the lg rri no weight beyond Wyomg, some legal experts and gay rights advot said amounted to a polil victory for gay men and lbians at a time when more fense lawyers are g the strategy of stg the fendant as victim -- wh some succs -- to obta lighter exprsed anger at the lg, sayg reflects the growg fluence of some gay and lbian groups that have always mand passn and equal jtice and now appear vengeful rather than sympathetic, nyg the acced the only possible fense.

Dobbs, a lawyer and gay rights activist New York.

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