first out transgender elected official."Given that today is the Trans Day of Visibility, I'm grateful as a transgender state legislator to get this done so no one has to live with the same fear in 2021 that I had as a 14-year-old closet case in 1998," Roem wrote on March 31, according to Planet Transgender, a transgender news and culture website.While "gay panic" and "transgender panic" aren't mentioned in any law books, defendants will sometimes use the defenses to claim a form of temporary insanity.Such defenses essentially blame LGBTQ people for their own victimization and for "provoking" their attackers, according to the National LGBT Bar Association.