06/17/2024
I decided to come out of my hole a little in the spirit of pride month I just happened to be watching a crime doc and learned something that absolutely blew my mind and wanted to share.
Apparently there is a state legal defense called the “gay/trans panic defense” meaning: if someone assaults/murders a person identifying as LGBTQ, they can claim a rage took over them because they found out the victim identified as someone from the LGBTQ community in order to reduce and in some cases completely void their legal repercussions!!!
WTAF is this???! It is still a valid defense now across over 30 states! I’ve always thought the anti-terrorist laws were ridiculous (that’s an issue for another day), but this is just the most outrageous thing I have ever learned.
I dont know what, if anything could be done about this, especially since I am not American, but I like to be educated on my surroundings and I was even more shocked to learn this so recently and this has been around for over 10 years and is still a thing.
I’m curious how many others knew about this and if I just live under a rock… which is also entirely possible.
