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Oregon governor signs bill barring LGBTQ panic defense for violent crimes
Oregon becomes the 14th state to prohibit people accused of murder from using the victim s identity to seek out reduced charges.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Photo: Facebook
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed a bill into law earlier this week making Oregon the fourteenth state to bar defendants accused of violent crimes from using their victims’ sexual orientation or gender identity to argue for a more lenient sentence.
Under the bill’s provisions, defendants accused of second-degree murder cannot argue they were “under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance” upon learning of a victim’s LGBTQ identity.
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A general view of the Royal Exchange Theatre on 2 July 2020 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Dozens of the biggest theatres across the UK have promised only to cast trans, non-binary or gender non-conforming actors for trans roles.
More than 40 theatres and production companies – including London’s Royal Court, the Oxford Playhouse and the Royal Exchange in Manchester – have signed the trans casting statement. In the statement, the organisations have promised to “actively seek casting opportunities” for trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people in “any role regardless of gender”, acknowledging that “they are currently underrepresented on our stages and screens”.
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Follow Teena Brandon as she becomes Brandon Teena and claims a new male identity in the rural town of Falls City, Nebraska. There, Brandon successfully pulls off portraying a man unbeknownst to the women he s dating, eventually falling in love with Lana. He also befriends Lana s friends John and Tom. At First, Brandon s new friends like him and treat him as a buddy. But when Brandon s sexual identity is revealed, the deception triggers a spiral of horrific violence that ends in homicide. - Synopsis provided by Internet Video Archive Credits
These Are the 100 Best 90s Movies
By Jason Kessler, Stacker News
On 5/3/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
The 1990s represent a magical decade in pop culture history. The O.J. Simpson trial, gangster rap, Must See TV, grunge music, and
Friends dominated water cooler conversations, while the internet was just beginning to grab the attention of the world and hit college computer labs. While all of this was happening, incredible movies from big-budget blockbusters to quiet love stories were being released nearly every weekend at movie theaters around the world. Advances in computer-generated imagery gave audiences both the scariest dinosaurs they d ever seen (