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Contents:
- WHEN IS "GAY PANIC" ACCEPTED? EXPLORG JUROR CHARACTERISTICS AND CASE TYPE AS PREDICTORS OF A SUCCSFUL GAY PANIC DEFENSE
- "GAY PANIC", LA TRATEGIA LEGAL EEUU QUE EXCA EL ASATO PERSONAS LGTBIQ+
- THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
- BANNG THE USE OF GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENS
- THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE
- BEG AAID OF A GAY OR TRANS PERSON IS STILL A VALID MURR DEFENSE MOST OF THE US
- NEW HAMPSHIRE MOV TO OUTLAW ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE
- CONGRS INTRODUC BILL TO OUTLAW GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE
- VIRGIA BE THE 12TH STATE TO BAN THE ‘GAY PANIC FENSE’
WHEN IS "GAY PANIC" ACCEPTED? EXPLORG JUROR CHARACTERISTICS AND CASE TYPE AS PREDICTORS OF A SUCCSFUL GAY PANIC DEFENSE
"Gay panic" refers to a suatn which a heterosexual dividual charged wh a vlent crime agast a homosexual dividual claims they lost ntrol and reacted vlently bee of an unwanted sexual advance that was ma upon them. This jtifitn for a vlent crime prented by the fe … * gay panic expresión *
Explorg Juror Characteristics and Case Type as Predictors of a Succsful Gay Panic Defense. "Gay panic" refers to a suatn which a heterosexual dividual charged wh a vlent crime agast a homosexual dividual claims they lost ntrol and reacted vlently bee of an unwanted sexual advance that was ma upon them. 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.
Participant homophobia was found to be the drivg force behd their willgns to accept the gay panic fense as legimate. Higher levels of homophobia and relig fundamentalism were found to predict more leniency verdict cisns when the gay panic fense was prented. 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.
gay panic; homophobia; jtifitn-supprsn; polil orientatn; provotn fense; relig fundamentalism. The Gay Panic Defense: Legal Defense Strategy or Rercement of Homophobia Court? Olr lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex peopl' experienc and perceptns of receivg home re servic the muny: A systematic review.
"GAY PANIC", LA TRATEGIA LEGAL EEUU QUE EXCA EL ASATO PERSONAS LGTBIQ+
* gay panic expresión *
Sex After Prostate Cancer Gay and Bisexual Men: A Review of the Lerature. Las llamadas fensas "gay panic" y "trans panic" son trategias legal que, según la Asociación Abogados los Estados Unidos, "bn excar parcial o pletamente crímen o el asato y la vlación alegando que la orientación sexual o intidad género la víctima la ante la reacción vlenta l acado ".
La vtigación realizada por el Instuto Williams mutra que "ngún tado renoce las fensas páni gay y trans o fensas pendient bajo s rpectivos códigos penal", pero los acados han ado fensas páni junto n otras trategias fensa para tentar rcir la gravedad s rgos o sentencias. Uno los sos más famosos que empleó la fensa "gay panic" fue el Matthew Shepard. Los hombr tentaron ar la fensa "gay panic" para excar s accn.
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 panic expresión *
A ntuación, pue verse el mapa Estados Unidos n los tados en los que no se prohíbe el o fensas legal que afirman que la orientación sexual y / o la intidad género la víctima ntribuyeron a las accn l acado (en amarillo) y en los que sí se prohíbe el o fensas legal alegando que la orientación sexual y / o la intidad género la víctima ntribuyeron a las accn l acado (las llamadas fensas "gay / trans panic") (en ver). Tradicnalmente, la fensa l "gay panic" y "trans panic" se ha utilizado tr maneras para migar un so asato a homicid u homicid jtifido. Defensa locura o pacidad dismuida: el acado alega que una proposición sexual la víctima, bido a su orientación sexual o intidad género, sennó una crisis nervsa en el acado, ando un "páni" homosexual o transgénero.
BANNG THE USE OF GAY AND TRANS PANIC DEFENS
The gay/trans panic legal fense legimiz and exc vlent and lethal behavr agast members of the LGBTQ+ muny. * gay panic expresión *
Esta fensa se basa en un térmo psilógi obsoleto, trastorno "gay panic", que fue sacredado por la Asociación Estadouninse Psiquiatría y retirado l DSM en 1973. Amás, el “panic” entre homosexual y trans a menudo se emplea para jtifir la vlencia cuando el portamiento la víctima no cumple n el tándar daños rporal grav, o el acado utilizó una mayor ntidad fuerza que la razonablemente necaria para evar el peligro, o ar armas El atante taba sarmado.
Por el ntrar, la fensa l "gay panic" y "trans panic" n ecuencia recurre a tigmas únis sobre las personas LGTBIQ+, la sexualidad y el género para jtifir la horrible vlencia ntra las personas gay y trans. La fensa l "gay panic" y "trans panic" ha sido utilizada para absolver a docenas asos s crímen. De hecho, en abril 2018 se utilizó una fensa "gay panic" para migar un rgo homicid por homicid por negligencia crimal.
Inclo en los sos en que se orna a los jurados que no cuchen la fensa l "gay panic" y "trans panic", el sgo homófobo implíco cuchar a la fensa pue fluir en la cisión l jurado. Por ejemplo, en los sos en que los perpetrador no son absueltos o rultado una fensa "páni" homosexual y trans, el jurado aún pue llegar a un punto muerto porque no pue sacudir la homofobia herente la fensa. The gay/trans panic legal fense legimiz and exc vlent and lethal behavr agast members of the LGBTQ+ muny.
THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE
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.
BEG AAID OF A GAY OR TRANS PERSON IS STILL A VALID MURR DEFENSE MOST OF THE US
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.
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. 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 MOV TO OUTLAW ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE
The e of the phrase "bi panic" on the ter n be traced back to November 27th, 2015, wh Tumblr[1] er @tratserenoyreve postg a follow-up to their harry "gay panic" ic, ptng "harry 'bi panic' potter is queer as heck! The LGBTQ+ panic fense, also known as the gay or trans panic fense or the homosexual advance fense, is “a legal strategy that asks a jury to fd that a victim’s sexual orientatn or genr inty/exprsn is to blame for a fendant’s vlent reactn.
[3] The gay and trans panic fense should be banned bee they humanize the LGBTQ+ muny, legimize homophobia the urt of law, and dishonor a victim’s right to jtice. [20] Meanwhile, at the feral level, the Hoe of Reprentativ and the Senate, two bills lled the Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibn Act of 2019 were stgglg to make out of the mtee level unr the Tmp admistratn but, are gag ground unr the current Bin one.
Homosexualy is crimalized Jamai and, like L’s story, is related to vtig of lonialism. The first of the ”buggery” laws, Article 76, lls for 10 years of imprisonment and hard labor for men nvicted of havg homosexual sex; while the next law, Article 77, lls for seven years for jt attemptg .
CONGRS INTRODUC BILL TO OUTLAW GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE
Essentially, om a legal standpot, all gay men are crimals. First, leav gay men vulnerable to arbrary arrts and tentn.
And send, if gay victims are nsired crimals panic fense s, uld fluence urts to charge spects wh jtifiable homici or manslghter stead of murr.
VIRGIA BE THE 12TH STATE TO BAN THE ‘GAY PANIC FENSE’
[34] Consirg the wispread homophobia prent Jamai, monstrated by the fact that a majory of Jamains believe that homosexualy is immoral, oppose repealg the buggery law, and are agast amendg the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms to protect LGBTQ+ rights, a panic fense ban would likely not end anti-queer vlence. S., genr inty-based hate crim are on the rise, and 1 5 lbian, gay, and bisexual and 1 4 transgenr people will experience hate vlence.