The gay panic defense or homosexual advance defence is a strategy of legal defense, which refers to a situation in which a heterosexual individual charged...

Glauert, Rik (17 April 2019). "Nevada moves towards banning 'gay panic' defense". Gay Star News. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved...

employment. Homosexual panic as a mental health disorder is distinct from the homosexual panic defense (HPD) (also known as the gay panic defense) within the legal...

toward banning 'gay panic' murder defense". Politico. November 25, 2019. "New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy bans 'gay panic' legal defense". January 22, 2020...

minors. In July 2020, Colorado became the 11th US state to abolish the gay panic defense. Colorado is frequently referred to as one of the most LGBT-friendly...

Bans 'Gay Panic' Defense of Homicide". US News. Olympia. March 6, 2020. "Washington approves Nikki Kuhnhausen Bill to ban 'gay panic' defense of homicide"...

manslaughter. In at least one of the trials, a "trans panic defense"—an extension of the gay panic defense—was employed. Merél and Magidson were sentenced to...

Representatives unanimously passed a bill by a vote of 95–0 to abolish the gay panic defence. The Iowa House of Representatives has passed this legislation...

Senate vote 47-0) passed a bill (HB231) to abolish the common-law gay or trans panic defense. Governor Larry Hogan took no action on the bill (HB231) and the...

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