D.C. Council approves bill banning LGBT panic defense

D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) helped shepherd the panic defense bill through a public hearing and its final draft. (Photo: public domain)

The D.C. Council on Tuesday, Dec. 15, voted unanimously to give final approval of a bill that bans the use of the so-called gay and transgender panic defense in criminal trials.

A coalition of local LGBTQ advocacy groups that lobbied for…