This is the “trans panic” defense, and whether or not it played a role in Dixon’s receiving only 12 years in prison for killing Nettles in cold blood, it—and its sister, the “gay panic ...

People online claimed it appeared that Etute had used the gay or trans panic defense, which is a legal defense that claims a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity/expression is to blame ...

Alameda County prosecutor Chris Lamiero, who handled the first Araujo trial and the retrial, said the defense in the Araujo case was too complex to label it as simply "transgender panic" and that ...

Michigan is the latest state to ban the “gay and trans panic” criminal defense, making it unlawful to use “the discovery of a ...

Currently, 20 states as well as Washington D.C. now prohibit the “gay panic” defense. California was the first to explicitly ban its use in 2006. HB 4718 will go into full effect in October.

Mendelson introduced the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019 this week, WTOP reported. "It is unacceptable for bigots to claim panic as a defense ...

Virginia passed a bill nullifying the "gay/trans panic defense" on Wednesday. The defense has traditionally been used in murder and assault cases against LGBT victims. Virginia, with Gov.