Multiple US states are moving to get rid of the ‘gay or trans panic defense’ which lets criminals who attack LGBT+ get a smaller sentence.
It works when a defendant claims they attacked someone in a state of violent temporary insanity, committing assault or murder, because of unwanted same-sex sexual advances.
In gay cases, they say they were acting in self-defense from unwanted advances. Meanwhile in trans cases, they may claim they didn’t realize the person was trans until seeing them naked or