States are finally moving to ban the homophobic ‘gay panic’ defence

Lawmakers in New Mexico took a step forward for LGBT+ people recently by advancing a bill to ban the so-called “gay panic” defence – a strange, backward legal idea that’s evaded the march of sexual and gender equality across the US with remarkable resilience.
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