Portal:LGBT

The gay panic defense or homosexual advance defence is a strategy of legal defense, which refers to a situation in which a heterosexual individual charged with a violent crime against a homosexual (or bisexual) individual claims they lost control and reacted violently because of an unwanted sexual advance that was made upon them.

A defendant will use available legal defenses against assault and murder, with the aim of seeking an acquittal, a mitigated sentence, or a conviction of a lesser offense. A defendant may allege to have found the same-sex sexual advances so offensive or frightening that they were provoked into reacting, were acting in self-defense, were of diminished capacity, or were temporarily insane, and that this circumstance is exculpatory or mitigating.

The trans panic defense is a closely related legal strategy applied in cases of assault or murder of a transgender individual with whom the assailant(s) had engaged in or was close to engaging in sexual relations with and claim to have been unaware that the victim was transgender, producing in the attacker an alleged trans panic reaction, often a manifestation of transphobia. In most cases, the violence or murder is perpetrated by a heterosexual man to a trans woman. (Full article...)

Stenberg at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con

Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress. She was included in Time's list of Most Influential Teens in both 2015 and 2016, and has received several accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an NAACP Image Award, and nominations for four Black Reel Awards and a Critics' Choice Award.

Stenberg made her acting debut with the film Colombiana (2011), and had her breakthrough playing Rue in the film The Hunger Games (2012), for which she won the Teen Choice Award for Best Chemistry. She had the recurring role of Macey Irving in the series Sleepy Hollow (2013–2014), voiced Bia in Rio 2 (2014) and starred as Halle Foster in the sitcom Mr. Robinson (2015). She garnered acclaim for her portrayals of Maddy Whittier in Everything, Everything (2017) and Starr Carter in the film The Hate U Give (2018), the latter of which won her the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and earned her a nomination for the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor/Actress. Stenberg also starred as Ruby in The Darkest Minds (2018), Leyna in Where Hands Touch (2018), Julie in the Netflix miniseries The Eddy (2020) and Alana Beck in Dear Evan Hansen (2021). (Full article...)

“

There are some people in this world that believe being gay is a choice. It's not a choice, we're born this way.

”

• August 5: DaBaby Levitating remix losing US radio audiences after the rapper's comments on HIV/AIDS
• May 19: Taiwan's legislature first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage
• February 1: Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to eight murders
• October 30: 22nd annual ILGA-Europe conference meets in Brussels: in pictures
• October 30: In pictures: thousands attend 16th annual Taiwan Pride

Street sign in Philadelphia's Gayborhood

• ... that when reporter George Crile compared San Francisco to Sodom and Gomorrah when interviewing Dianne Feinstein for the CBS documentary Gay Power, Gay Politics, she threw him out of her office?
• ... that Dan Savage indulged in the seven deadly sins during research for his book Skipping Towards Gomorrah?
• ... that Bethany Black has been described as "Britain's only goth, lesbian, transsexual comedian"?
• ... that drag entertainer José Sarria was the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States, garnering some 6,000 votes in his 1961 campaign for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors?
• ... that ABC moved the Roseanne episode "December Bride", which featured a same-sex wedding, from its usual broadcast time slot to one 90 minutes later, citing the episode's "adult humor"?

• 1 – Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), American painter
• 1 – Mary MacLane (1881–1929), Canadian-American writer
• 1 – Michael Dillon (1915-1962), British physician and author
• 1 – Enoé Uranga (1963–), Mexican politician
• 2 – Lesley Gore (1946–2015), American pop singer
• 3 – William Inge (1913–1973), American playwright and novelist
• 3 – Sandi Toksvig (1958–), Danish–British comedienne and TV personality
• 4 – Keith Haring (1958–1990), American artist
• 5 – Del Martin (1921–2008), American feminist and gay rights activist
• 5 – Robert Vano (1948–), Slovak photographer living in Prague
• 7 – Angélica Lozano Correa (1975–), Colombian lawyer, politician, and LGBT rights activist
• 7 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer
• 8 – Tom of Finland (1920–1991), Finnish artist
• 8 – Jessica Platt (1989–), Canadian professional hockey player
• 9 – Alan Bennett (1934–), English playwright, screenwriter, actor & author
• 9 – Wendy Crewson (1956–), Canadian actress and producer
• 9 – Marieke Wijsman (1975–), Dutch Olympic speed skater
• 10 – Scott Brison (1967–), Canadian politician and federal Cabinet Minister
• 10 – Steve Gunderson (1951–), American politician & business executive, former Republican congressman (Wisconsin)
• 11 – Eleanor Butler (1739-1829), Irish aristocrat and socialite
• 11 – Christopher Bailey (1971–), English business executive, fashion designer, & CEO of Burberry Group Inc.
• 11 – Valentino (1932–), Italian fashion designer
• 12 – Margaret Cuthbert (1887-1968), Canadian-American radio broadcaster and producer for NBC
• 12 – Gerry Studds (1937–2006), American politician, former Democratic congressman (Massachusetts)
• 12 – Jared Polis (1975–), American Governor of Colorado, entrepreneur & philanthropist
• 12 – Robbie Rogers (1987–), American professional soccer player
• 13 – Armistead Maupin (1944–), American writer
• 13 – Réal Ménard (1962–), Canadian politician, political scientist, and lawyer
• 14 – Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935), German physician and gay rights advocate
• 15 – Stella Maxwell (1990–), Belgian-New Zealander fashion model
• 15 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), English aristocrat and writer
• 16 – Liberace (1919–1987), American entertainer and pianist
• 16 – Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), American poet, essayist and feminist
• 16 – Joey Graceffa (1991–), American YouTuber
• 17 – Robin Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham (1916–1981), British novelist, playwright, and travel writer
• 17 – Howard Ashman (1950–1991), American playwright and lyricist
• 17 – Annise Parker (1956–), American politician and Mayor of Houston
• 18 – Miriam Margolyes (1941–), English-Australian actress & voice artist
• 18 – Charles Trenet (1913–2001), French singer and songwriter
• 18 – Don Bachardy (1934–), American portrait artist
• 18 – Felicia Pearson (1980–), American actress, author and rapper
• 19 – Sam Smith (1992–), British singer-songwriter
• 20 – Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), French novelist and playwright
• 20 – Karl M. Baer (1885-1956), German-Israeli author, social worker, and suffragist
• 20 – Gregory Gray (1959–2019), Northern Irish singer-songwriter
• 21 – Raymond Burr (1917–1993), Canadian actor
• 21 – Tom Daley (1994–), British diver and television personality
• 21 – Frederick of Hohenau (1857–1914), German aristocrat
• 21 – Anika Moa (1980–), New Zealander singer-songwriter
• 21 – Kathleen Wynne (1953–), Canadian politician & former Premier of Ontario
• 22 – Harvey Milk (1930–1978), American politician
• 22 – Morrissey (1959–), English singer-songwriter
• 23 – Lotte Hahm (1890-1967), German activist for lesbian and transgender movement
• 23 – Lea DeLaria (1958–), American comedian, actress and jazz musician
• 23 – Guinevere Turner (1968–), American actress and screenwriter
• 23 – Maya Keyes (1985–), American social and political activist
• 24 – Greg Berlanti (1972–), American television writer, producer, and director
• 25 – Robert Ross (1869–1918), Canadian journalist and art critic
• 25 – Sir Ian McKellen (1939–), English actor
• 25 – Anette Trettebergstuen (1981–), Norwegian politician
• 26 – Alan Hollinghurst (1954–), English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator
• 26 – Ulrike Lunacek (1957–), Austrian politician & Vice President of European Parliament
• 26 – Mathilde de Morny (1863–1944), French noblewoman and artist
• 26 – Sally Ride (1951–2012), American astronaut
• 27 – Marijane Meaker (1927–), American novelist (aka Vin Packer and Ann Aldrich)
• 27 – Chris Colfer (1990–), American actor
• 28 – Corine Mauch (1960–), Swiss politician and Mayor of Zurich
• 29 – Laverne Cox (1972–), American actress, reality TV personality and LGBT advocate
• 29 – Rupert Everett (1959–), English actor
• 29 – Melissa Etheridge (1961–), American singer-songwriter
• 29 – Beatrice Lillie (1894–1989), American actress and singer
• 29 – Gene Robinson (1947–), American Episcopalian bishop
• 30 – Bertrand Delanoë (1950–), French politician and former Mayor of Paris
• 30 – Christine Jorgensen (1926–1989), American transgender advocate, first person to become widely known for having sex reassignment surgery
• 31 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), German movie director and screenwriter
• 31 – Lissy Gröner (1954–), German politician and Member of European Parliament
• 31 – Walt Whitman (1819–1892), American poet, essayist and journalist

• Timeline of LGBT history
• List of LGBT events
• List of LGBT rights activists
• List of years in LGBT rights
• List of LGBT bookstores
• List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
• Lists of bisexual people
• List of LGBT African Americans
• List of LGBT writers
• List of LGBT artists
• List of pansexual people
• List of drag queens