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Contents:

• THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• THE ORTHODOX CHURCH’S ROLE RSIA’S ANTI-GAY LAWS
• CRICS OF FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW SAY WILL DAMAGE LGBTQ STUNTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS
• RSIAN FERATN ANTI-GAY LAWS: AN ANALYSIS & DENSTCTN
• ‘OUR MERE EXISTENCE IS ILLEGAL.’ AS MOSW TOUGHENS ANTI-GAY LAW, LGBTQ RSIANS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE
• UGANDA’S ANTI-GAY LAW SPARKS GLOBAL NCERNS

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

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Shenandoah Valley Gay and Lbian Associatn. W: Statewi gay and lbian lobbyg group for the State of Virgia. Matas a list of gay and lbian sensive lawyers around the State of Virgia.

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TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

Gay & Lbian Communy Center of Greater Fort Lrdale. W: Fay Law, Gay & Lbian Fay Law.

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH’S ROLE RSIA’S ANTI-GAY LAWS

Gay & Lbian Communy Center, The. Central Florida Gay and Lbian Law Associatn (CFGALLA). Gay & Lbian Communy Center.

GayLawNet®™ Attorney Directory - USA - Massachetts on. Gay & Lbian Advot & Defenrs (GLAD). Assistance to llers who have experienced discrimatn based on sexual orientatn or HIV stat or who have qutns about the legal rights of lbians, gays, bisexuals, or people wh HIV/AIDSLegal Info Hotle 1800 455 GLAD: Advice and referal to experienced and iendly attorneys.

W: Real Estate, Fay Law, Gay and Lbian Law, Discrimatn, Employment Law, Divorce, Probate Ligatn, Civil Ligatn, Crimal Defense, Personal Injury. MA Gay & Lbian Bar Associatn.

CRICS OF FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW SAY WILL DAMAGE LGBTQ STUNTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS

W: Organizatn for lbian and gay law profsnals, to enurage support and workg the legal service muny. Co-parent Adoptns, Fay Law, Gay/Lbian Issu, General Practice, Wills/Estate Planng, Fay Law.

RSIAN FERATN ANTI-GAY LAWS: AN ANALYSIS & DENSTCTN

W: Lbian/gay fay law, parent adoptns, tradnal adoptn, donor/surrogacy/relatnship/parentg agreements, divorce, paterny, and mediatn. Our missn for the Gay & Lbian Lawyers Network is to provi tnal semars, lectur and prentatns as well as social events wh a charable element so that gay, lbian and gay iendly lawyers, law stunts, profsors and legal workers n enhance and velop their practic through tn, iendships, referral relatnships, and profsnal velopment.

‘OUR MERE EXISTENCE IS ILLEGAL.’ AS MOSW TOUGHENS ANTI-GAY LAW, LGBTQ RSIANS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE

The ACLU works to ensure that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, & queer people belong everywhere and n live openly and thentilly whout discrimatn, harassment, or vlence.

The ACLU Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr Project seeks to create a jt society for all LGBTQ people regardls of race or e. The gay/trans panic legal fense legimiz and exc vlent and lethal behavr agast members of the LGBTQ+ muny.

UGANDA’S ANTI-GAY LAW SPARKS GLOBAL NCERNS

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.

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. The Natnal LGBTQ+ Bar Associatn is a natnal associatn of lawyers, judg and other legal profsnals, law stunts, activists and affiliated lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr legal anizatns.

The missn of the ACLU LGBT Project is the creatn of a society which lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people enjoy the nstutnal rights of equaly, privacy and personal tonomy, and eedom of exprsn and associatn.

Equaly California and s sister anizatns, Equaly California Instute and Equaly California PAC, share a mon missn to ensure and promote digny, safety and equaly for all of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) Californians. GLAAD is dited to promotg and ensurg fair, accurate and clive reprentatn of people and events the media as a means of elimatg homophobia and discrimatn based on genr inty and sexual orientatn. Providg ligatn, advocy, and tnal work all areas of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer civil rights and the rights of people livg wh HIV, GLAD has a full-time legal staff and a work of operatg attorneys across New England.

As the largt natnal lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer civil rights anizatn, HRC envisns a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and n be open, hont and safe at home, at work and the muny. Sce 1994, Immigratn Equaly has been proud to advote for and reprent lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (LGBTQ), and HIV-posive immigrants seekg safety, fair treatment, and eedom. For more than 20 years, we have been foced on providg ee direct legal servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and HIV-posive immigrants.

Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn. ILGA – the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex. anizatns dited to achievg equal rights for lbian, gay,.

Found 1973, Lambda Legal is the olst and largt natnal legal anizatn whose missn is to achieve full regnn of the civil rights of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgenr people and everyone livg wh HIV through impact ligatn, tn and public policy work.

LeGaL was one of the natn’s first bar associatns of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr legal muny and remas one of the largt and most active anizatns of s kd the untry. Log Cab has bee a leadg voice on the natnal stage workg to te other Republins and all elected officials about the importance of gay and lbian civil rights.

The Natnal Black Jtice Coaln (NBJC) is a civil rights anizatn dited to the empowerment of Black lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and same genr lovg (LGBTQ/SGL) people, cludg people livg wh HIV/AIDS. NBJC’s missn is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma. Natnal Lbian and Gay Task Force (NLGTF).