Democrats introduce a bill to ban the gay & trans panic defense

[DonViejo]

Source: LGBTQ Nation



By Alex Bollinger · Friday, July 13, 2018

Two Congressional Democrats have introduced bills in Congress to ban the gay and trans panic defenses.

Representative Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) and Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced the Gay & Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act in their respective chambers. The bill would ban the gay and trans panic defense in federal courts.

While it’s not an officially recognized defense strategy, the gay panic defense is used in cases where a straight person assaults or kills a gay person. Instead of saying they didn’t do it, the defendant argues that they were so upset that a gay person made a sexual advance towards them that they momentarily lost control, helping them to claim insanity or diminished capacity.

The related trans panic defense argues that the defendant lost control when they found out that the victim is transgender.

Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/07/democrats-introduce-bill-ban-gay-trans-panic-defense/

[sandensea]

1. Let me guess:

Lindsey Graham is against it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Excellent. . . nt

[Aristus]

3. What a bunch of weeping whiners the gay defense assholes are.

I've had gay men ask me out, or otherwise offer sexual advances, and I always found it flattering, and difficult to decline purely on the basis of hurting their feelings or embarrassing them.

I never flew into a 'murderous panic' simply because I'm not an egotistically fragile scumbag who uses violence to solve all his problems.

Grow up, you self-described macho manly-men!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Yeah. Anyone flying into a rage on a gay pass is very insecure in their own sexuality.

A sexual snowflake. Over-compensating for a lack of sexual self-esteem.

[Aristus]

5. That's the truth...

[Yavin4]

6. Let's not stop there. There's Black people panic defense, the undocumented panic defense, etc. etc.

And they call Liberals "snowflakes".

[bronxiteforever]

7. Brilliant. K & R

[rogue emissary]

8. About F#$@ing time.

This should have been done years ago.

[rocktivity]

9. Affluenza for homophobes

rocktvity

[Lady Freedom Returns]

10. I couldn't use a similar stupid defense for....

Beating up one of those red hat wearing, traitors that hit on me. Neither should they be able to use such a lame excuse for doing such horrible crimes.