How 'gay panic' fence reform was brought about by a straight man's ath | Queensland polics | The Guardian

Contents:

• THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
• SOUTH ATRALIA BE FAL STATE TO ABOLISH 'GAY PANIC' MURR FENCE
• SA LED THE WAY FOR MANY REFORMS, SO WHY IS 'GAY PANIC' STILL A FENCE?
• DID YOU KNOW? SOUTH ATRALIA HAS FALLY ABOLISHED THE GAY PANIC DEFENCE
• HOW 'GAY PANIC' FENCE REFORM WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY A STRAIGHT MAN'S ATH

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. 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.

SOUTH ATRALIA BE FAL STATE TO ABOLISH 'GAY PANIC' MURR FENCE

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.

The gay/trans panic fense has not always been succsful. 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.

SA LED THE WAY FOR MANY REFORMS, SO WHY IS 'GAY PANIC' STILL A FENCE?

Currently, there are several other state legislative efforts to ban and nounce the legimacy of the gay/trans panic fense. At the feral level, the Equaly Act, which bans the gay/trans panic fense, has jt been troduced.

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.

DID YOU KNOW? SOUTH ATRALIA HAS FALLY ABOLISHED THE GAY PANIC DEFENCE

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. South Atralia has bee the last state to abolish the so-lled "gay panic" provotn fence, wh legislatn passg State Parliament late on pots:The gay panic fence allows a charge of murr to be downgrad to manslghter certa circumstancSouth Atralian Parliament has abolished Queensland was the send to last state to get rid of The fence uld prevly be ed by a crimal urt to downgra a charge of murr to one of manslghter certa circumstanc, cludg where a fendant uld prove they were provoked to vlence by a homosexual Atralia's Law Reform Instute sctised the gay panic fence two reports, before remendg 2018 that be abolished by the State Government.

HOW 'GAY PANIC' FENCE REFORM WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY A STRAIGHT MAN'S ATH

"Sometim referred to as the 'gay panic' fence, has been ntroversial s e by acced persons who have perpetrated vlence agast members of the gay muny.