Tag: gay panic
Hawaii adds nonbinary gender option on driver’s licenses; bans ‘gay panic’ defense
Governor David Ige, a Democrat, on Wednesday signed the bill into law.The law allows people who do not identify as male or female to choose gender option "X." The change will appear on forms starting on July 1, 2020.Maine and Colorado offer a similar option.Ige also signed a bill banning use of the "gay or trans" panic defense in criminal cases.Criminal defendants who use the controversial defense claim that a violent act was triggered by the revelation of a...
