Gay panic & gay bashers
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An editorial on the mistrial of transgendered teenager Eddie "Gwen" Araujo.
Rejection of the gay panic alibi sheds some hope on our sociological evolution. This is indeed good news because the retrial will undoubtedly mean the continuation of such arguments.
Sadly, there is a school of thought that believes transgender advocates are duplicitous in their defense of what is characterized as Araujo's willful deception -- her decision to have sex with men who believed she was a woman.
Araujo case puts 'gay panic' alibi on trial -- again
A British judge sentencing to youths who decided they could murder gay men with impunity:
"I have no doubt that you both set out to deliberately target a member of the gay community, confident in the belief that the social vulnerability of your victim would enable you to carry out your 'queer bashing' expedition without any real risk of your activities being brought to the attention of the police."
Teenage 'gay-bashing' killers jailed