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’s sometimes called the “gay panic” defense.

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.

Michigan joins 19 other states in banning gay and trans panic defense, after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation this week.

Michigan is the latest state to ban the “gay and trans panic” criminal defense, making it unlawful to use “the discovery of a person’s actual or perceived gender identity, gender ...

Michigan joins 19 other states in banning gay and trans panic defense, after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation this week.

What is ‘gay and trans panic’? Michigan is latest to ban criminal defense. The criminal defense seeks to use the victim’s sexual identity to justify violence.

July 24 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed a bill banning "gay panic" or "trans panic" legal defenses. Those now-banned defense procedures had allowed defendants charged ...

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 ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a law on Tuesday outlawing gay and trans "panic" defenses in court, making it the 20th state in the country to do so.

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 ...