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I dont know about other countries but the "gay panic defense" is terrifying
Dont read the spoiler if you dont wanna know
spoiler
The gay panic defense has been accepted as a legal defense in at least a couple states, with most other states not addressing it or not having it come up yet. Its a defense to murder. Essentially boils down to person A is trans (or gay, or some other lgbt flavor) and person B is not and also doesnt know person A is. Date ensues, go back to either persons house, make out yada yada. Then person B finds out while undressing that person A is trans. Person B freaks out, and murders person A. Person B claims "gay panic" saying that the shock of finding out sent person B into a temporary insanity/psychosis and that theyre not responsible for what happened.While this defense isnt used terribly often nowadays, it still allowed in several states (or hasnt been banned). Read more here or on wikipedia
Yeah the US isn’t great. But I imagine things are even worse in like Latin American countries where machismo and/or Catholicism is a big thing. Or African and middle eastern countries where being gay is enough to get you stoned to death. Some of those countries might not even investigate, thus not even having a “defense.”