Nevada bans trans, gay panic defense
Nevada has become the fourth state to prohibit using the “trans panic” and “gay panic” defense in court.
Senate Bill 97, which was signed into law Tuesday, bans people from using a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity as a defense for committing a violent crime against them.
Brooke Maylath with the Reno-based Transgender Allies Group, said around the country people have gotten as little as probation for killing gay or trans people for nonaggressive, nonsexual interactions.
“In a different world, if women were to respond that way, there wouldn’t be a man alive,” Maylath said. “It’s a vile and disgusting defense that sends a message to the community that homosexual and transgender people are subhuman, and it’s perfectly OK to be incensed and go into a murderous rage.”
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