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D.C. budget lacks funds to implement part of LGBTQ bill

In a little-noticed development, the D.C. chief financial officer determined in November that there are insufficient funds in the city’s budget to implement an important part of a bill approved by the D.C. Council to strengthen the prosecution of hate crimes, including anti-LGBTQ hate crimes.
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30.11 / 16:38
lgbtq D.C. Council Hate Crimes ANC Rainbow Caucus urges D.C. Council to pass law prohibiting LGBTQ “panic” defenses
bill, known as the “Bella Evangelista and Tony Hunter Panic Defense Prohibition and Hate Crimes Response Amendment of 2020,” would ban the use of the gay and trans “panic” defense in criminal cases where an LGBTQ individual is a victim of a bias crime.The most recent bill was introduced in September 2019 and was granted a public hearing a month later, in response to calls from local advocates who argued that the defense tactic amounts to victim-blaming.
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