In 2013, the American Bar Association advised federal and local governments to bar gay panic legal defenses. Now, over ten years later, Michigan will be banning the defense, becoming the 20th ...

On July 23, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a bill prohibiting LGBTQ+ “panic” legal defenses in Michigan. The law, which will go into effect later this year, will end the practice of judges or ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week that bans the use of what is sometimes called the “gay panic” defense in cases of crimes, particularly violent offenses, against LGBTQ people ...

Michigan became the 20th state to ban gay and trans panic defense in criminal cases after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation this week to specify that an individual's sexual orientation or ...

Michigan State will soon have a new law that invalidates homophobic 'gay' panic as a legal defense in a court of law. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the bill on Wednesday and further elaborated ...

In her statement,. Whitmer said HB 4718 "makes Michigan the 20th state to outlaw the 'gay or transgender panic defense' in a court of law. This defense uses the discovery of a person's actual or ...

A study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law from 2021 found that the “gay panic defense” law has been used in court cases in approximately one-half of states across the U.S. The ...

Michigan is the latest state to ban the “gay and trans panic” criminal defense, making it unlawful to use “the discovery of a ...

Gay and transgender “panic” defenses are no longer viable in Michigan courtrooms under legislation signed Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Michigan is the 20th state to outlaw such ...

Gay and transgender “panic” defenses are no longer viable in Michigan courtrooms under legislation signed Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Michigan is the 20th state to outlaw such ...