Gay Panic (glossary term) - Fanlore

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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.

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GAY PANIC ATTACK

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Me: I uldn't, I was havg a Gay Panic Kare Grey November 10, 2019Flag. Gay panic is a thg that exists???? I didn't knew "gay panic" was a thg, I thought that was a joke!

Gay panic is a law what? (n) - An overwhelmg or overpowerg fear of gays, or the fear that they will sexually asslt you and/or rape you.

GAY PANIC

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.” * panic gay term *

This reactn n trigger anythg om loud shoutg at the gay person to the e of lethal force.

This fear is based the mon belief that gays are way oversexed.

PANICGAY

I know ther a thg lled a gay panic and I wanted to know if there was one for asexuals? If so, what was the moment qutn? * panic gay term *

(n) - Homophobia, or fear of gays general3. (n) - Fear of sex wh a gay person, or fear of beg sexually attracted to someone of the same sex; fear of beg gay. ) - Anythg related to or stemmg om a gay panic or homophobia.

THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT

"At school yterday, there was a gay panic the boys' locker room.

""Fred is so aaid of gays, he piss his pants when he se them.

He had a gay panic attack last week. ""Chris left the party early due to gay panic.

GAY PANIC (GLOSSARY TERM)

""The Fay Rearch Instute threw a gay panic party town last week, and the crowd had a simultaneo homophobgasm. "Get the gay panic mug. What do "gay panic" mean to you?

Until I joed this sub-redd, I thk I'd only heard the term "gay panic" ed reference to a really dispible homici fense, basilly jtifyg the murr of gay people as a spontaneo reactn a straight person to beg h on by someone of the same genr. The gay/trans panic legal fense legimiz and exc vlent and lethal behavr agast members of the LGBTQ+ muny.

BEG AAID OF A GAY OR TRANS PERSON IS STILL A VALID MURR DEFENSE MOST OF THE US

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.

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The Gay/Trans Panic Defense: What It is, and How to End It .

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