An openly gay California state senator has come under attack from apparent right-wing QAnon trolls, receiving a barrage of death threats and hateful homophobic and anti-semitic messages after he introduced a pro-LGBT bill that aims to reform California’s sex offender registry.
The bill from Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, prevents gay and bisexual teens from being treated unfairly in the criminal justice system Current California law gives judges the discretion to not add people of certain ages to the registry who may technically be in violation of statutory rape laws.
According to Mother Jones, the “leeway allows judges to determine that in certain circumstances—say a 19 year-old having sex with a 17 year old—it would be inappropriate