A report om Human Rights Watch lls on the ernment of St. Vcent to overturn lonial-era anti-gay laws that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island.
Contents:
- NEW HAMPSHIRE MOV TO OUTLAW ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE
- AGREEMENT REACHED TO END ‘GAY PANIC’ DEFENSE HOE BILL 315
- 'GAY PANIC' DEFENSE BAN BACK ON TRACK NEW HAMPSHIRE
- REPUBLINS PUT 'GAY PANIC' DEFENSE BAN ON PSE NEW HAMPSHIRE
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- GAY AND TRANS ‘PANIC’ IS STILL BEG USED TO JTIFY ANTI-LGBTQ ATTACKS
- SOUTH ATRALIA BE FAL STATE TO ABOLISH 'GAY PANIC' MURR FENCE
- RON DESANTIS CONSIRS SUG BUD LIGHT OVER ANTI-GAY BOYTTS BEE WHY NOT?
- VIRGIA BE THE FIRST STATE THE SOUTH TO BAN GAY AND TRANS PANIC AS A FENSE
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
NEW HAMPSHIRE MOV TO OUTLAW ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE
Seekg not to upset the tradnal extreme provotn fense, a mtee of nference members crafted chang to a bill that would prohib g the “gay panic” fense a crimal asslt or homici se or other vlent crim. * gay panic in law *
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” fens have been ed sce the 1960s, acrdg to the Williams Instute, and have been succsful some s.
The Amerin Bar Associatn 2013 nounced “gay panic” and “trans panic” fens. 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.
AGREEMENT REACHED TO END ‘GAY PANIC’ DEFENSE HOE BILL 315
New Hampshire was on the brk of banng the "gay panic" fense, until the law was put on hold at the last mute. * gay panic in law *
New Hampshire’s Hoe last week voted to outlaw s “gay panic” fense a 223-118 vote, The Associated Prs reported. 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. “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.
'GAY PANIC' DEFENSE BAN BACK ON TRACK NEW HAMPSHIRE
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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. In 2001, Roriq Rhad Reed, g the “gay panic” fense, was acquted of the murr of Ahmed Dabarran spe his full nfsn. 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.
REPUBLINS PUT 'GAY PANIC' DEFENSE BAN ON PSE NEW HAMPSHIRE
Gov. Gav Newsom is takg on nservative Temecula Valley Unified school officials over textbooks that discs sla gay activist Harvey Milk. * gay panic in law *
Robert Lynn, R-Wdham, and former state Supreme Court Chief Jtice, speaks Thursday to the mtee of nference on Hoe Bill 315, to elimate the "gay panic" fense vlent crimal s. CONCORD — Seekg not to upset the tradnal extreme provotn fense, a mtee of nference members crafted chang to a bill that would prohib g the “gay panic” fense a crimal asslt or homici se or other vlent crim.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
“The gay panic fense is ed, is ed every year, is ed thoands of tim and is ed succsfully, ” Fililt said, “and that is why the Amerin Bar Associatn wants abolished. Whley agreed and said the chang need to be tied to the gay panic sectn to avoid any problems. Lawmakers New Hampshire have agreed on a new versn of a bill to ban the e of the so-lled gay panic fense by fendants acced of murr the state.
While there have been no known of the gay panic fense New Hampshire, Filliilt dited he wanted to preemptively elimate the fense. Robert Lynn had exprsed issu wh the migatn of vlent crime based upon provotn, not wh the prospect of banng the gay panic fense. “This would do away wh that, and has nothg whatsoever to do wh elimatg the gay panic fense, ” Lynn, a former state Supreme Court chief jtice, said at the time acrdg to lol televisn statn WMUR.
”The Amerin Bar Associatn not the gay panic fense has been ed the past “to partially or pletely exce crim such as murr and asslt on the grounds that the victim’s sexual orientatn or genr inty is to blame for the fendant’s vlent reactn.
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
Prohib gay or trans panic amend bill is expected to be passed by both ho before beg sent to Gov.
New Hampshire was on the brk of banng the "gay panic" fense, until the legislatn was put on hold at the eleventh hour. Acrdg to the Amerin Bar Associatn, the so-lled "gay panic" fense has been ed "to partially or pletely exce crim such as murr and asslt on the grounds that the victim's sexual orientatn or genr inty is to blame for the fendant's vlent reactn. Prohib the "gay panic" — or "gay and trans panic" fense.
GAY AND TRANS ‘PANIC’ IS STILL BEG USED TO JTIFY ANTI-LGBTQ ATTACKS
He noted that he is not opposed to banng the "gay panic" fense self.
SOUTH ATRALIA BE FAL STATE TO ABOLISH 'GAY PANIC' MURR FENCE
"This would do away wh that, and has nothg whatsoever to do wh elimatg the gay panic fense, " he said, acrdg to lol tv statn WMUR. Shn Fililt, an Inpennt, notg that "their bills ban the gay panic fense intil form, and never once – never once – has the argument raised today been brought up those stat. "From Your Se ArticlGay/Trans 'Panic' Defense Leads to Acced Killer's Acqutal ›Democrats Ph to Outlaw 'Gay Panic' Defense ›California Be First State to Ban Gay, Trans 'Panic' Defens ›'Gay Panic' Defense Ban Back on Track New Hampshire ›.
In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti.
Vcent to overturn anti-gay laws om the lonial era that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island. Homosexualy ntu to be crimalized the former Brish lony after many hundreds of years, leavg LGBTQ dividuals wh ltle if any legal protectns while vlent crim were beg mted wh impuny, the report said.
RON DESANTIS CONSIRS SUG BUD LIGHT OVER ANTI-GAY BOYTTS BEE WHY NOT?
Standg crimal s on the island put nsensual gay sex the same tegory as crim like rape, ct, and sexual asslt, although there have been no recent nvictns unr the law. Gay people have been targeted by fay members, neighbors, -workers, classmat and teachers -- as well as police officers, the report said. In many of the episos, police allegedly refed to offer assistance, and some s beme openly discrimatory toward gay victims.
VIRGIA BE THE FIRST STATE THE SOUTH TO BAN GAY AND TRANS PANIC AS A FENSE
Gay workers were also facg job discrimatn a natn already bet by high unemployment. Many of the terviewe said job hirgs and firgs were beg largely termed by sexual orientatn, while other gay people lucky to have jobs faced sexual harassment the workplace. "The crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, " said Cristian González Cabrera, gay rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch.
Six other Wtern natns -- cludg Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, and Sat Lucia -- ntue to crimalize gay sex, wh penalti as weighty as a prison for "gross cency wh another person of the same sex.
Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny. Gee Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab". "We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni May.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law. Though ls harsh than Uganda's new law, the Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill propos a three-year prison sentence for anyone who intifi as LGBTQ and a 10-year sentence for anyone who promot homosexualy. "The bill will propose a total ban on what the Wt lls sex-reassignment prcriptns and procr, and prohib all activi that promote homosexualy, terms of...
Gay paras, drag shows, wearg the lours, the flags, the emblems of the LGBTQ group, " Mr Kaluma says. Gay sex is already illegal Kenya, but the ernment n also be tolerant of gay people - for example, has given asylum to people om other Ain untri, cludg Uganda, who faced persecutn their home untri bee of their sexual orientatn. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Many Kenyans believe that gay rights are agast their relign - whether Christian or MlimAlthough the meetg Uganda was billed as an attempt to protect the "sovereignty" of Ain stat, was actually -sponsored by an Amerin Christian right-wg anisatn, Fay Watch Internatnal (FWI) Kapya Kaoma, a Zambian prit the Anglin Church and an amic at Boston Universy the US, says Ain untri are beg targeted by FWI and siar US-based anisatns, and that the impact of s lobbyg has been "horrible and humane" parts of Ai, fuellg what he lls "ant homophobia".
"It is one thg to say: 'I don't agree wh you beg gay', but we didn't have the ant one, where policians now are sayg: 'You go to jail for life, you go to jail for talkg about beg gay, you go to jail bee you're livg wh your fellow woman', " Dr Kaoma says. FWI's Mormon founr Sharon Slater ni that the group promot anti-gay laws Ai.