Gay Panic facts

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Homosexuality was legalized in South Australia after police drowned a gay man. A second victim was rescued by a passing serial killer, but refused to name the Police in court out of fear. The change of law led to mass panic and people fled the coast fearing God's wrath would bring a tsunami.

Gay panic", in which a defendant denies legal culpability due to temporary insanity over unwanted gay sexual advances, has been used as a successful defense against assault & murder charges in several countries

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1. Certain states in Australia have a "gay panic" law, whereby you can kill a homosexual person, provided they are being overly flirtatious with you.

2. In Queensland, Australia when charged with Murder, you can use the legal defence of Gay Panic. Gay Panic is when a homosexual person makes an advance on someone and they panic, apparently Queenslanders believe this is reason enough to kill a person

3. About the Gay Panic defense, which is a legal defense; typically used against charges of assault and murder in which the defendant claims they acted in a "state of violent temporary insanity" because of unwanted same-sex advances.

4. Panic defense, which allow defendants of murder to argue a lesser sentence because they were shocked to learn their victim was gay

5. There is such a thing as "Gay and Trans 'Panic'" which can be used as a valid legal defense to justify the assault and sometimes murder of a Gay/Transgendered person, and using this defense is only banned in California.

6. The 'gay panic defense' which was/is used as a mitigating factor for murder and assault by claiming that they lost control because their victim is a homosexual

7. The Gay Panic Defense: a legitimate legal defense in many jurisdictions whereby those accused of assault or murder are said to have been provoked into intense fear and insanity by the victim's homosexuality.

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There are laws in many places roughly called "gay panic defense" excusing violence and sometimes murder if it was because of homosexual advances