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Who is Chris Sununu? Where does he stand on LGBTQ+ rights?
He’s the rare sort of Republican: one that has actually helped legalize LGBTQ+ civil rights.
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Michigan House passes ban on gay & trans panic defenses
Such defenses often blame gay and trans people for their own murders.
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New Hampshire could soon ban the “gay panic defense”
It would become the 16th state to do so. But will Republicans kill the measure?
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Out Gov. Kate Brown set to ban lawyers from using “panic” excuse for killing LGBTQ people
“This legislation states, unequivocally, in Oregon, there is never an excuse for violence against transgender people.”
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Vermont bans lawyers from using “panic” excuse for killing LGBTQ people
State law previously allowed murder defendants to argue the victim should be blamed for violence against them.
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Virginia banned the gay/trans panic defense on the Transgender Day of Visibility
It’s the 12th state to ban defendants from arguing they “panicked” when they found out their victim was LGBTQ.
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GOP lawmaker who called LGBTQ people “deviants” who want “special privileges” apologizes
The 80-something Republican said it was “accepted by society” to say LGBTQ people had “some deviant sexuality” while debating a gay/trans panic defense law.
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GOP lawmaker calls out fellow Republicans for being the “true definition of a BIGOT”
“I don’t need any responses telling me this is unprofessional because, frankly, I don’t give a shit,” he said as he dressed down three Republicans who voted against an LGBTQ rights bill.
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Committee hearing devolves into chaos after GOP lawmaker calls LGBTQ people “deviant”
The committee was debating a proposed law that would ban the gay or trans “panic” murder defense when things turned ugly.
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Virginia is nearing a ban on gay & trans “panic” defenses in criminal trials
Author Danica Roem credited Judy Shepard, the mother of the late Matthew Shepard, for spurring the legislation forward with her testimony.