Oregon’s out governor signs bill banning gay & trans ‘panic’ defense

Gov. Kate Brown talks with members of the media to preview legislation for the upcoming session at the Capitol Building, in Salem, Ore., on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. (Photo: AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez)

Oregon has become the 14th state to ban the LGBTQ panic murder defense after out bisexual Governor Kate Brown signed the bill into law.

The defense allowed a defendant to claim they attacked their victim after they found out that…