Published 3 years ago

'The Great State of Hate': Texas Declines to Ban 'Gay/Trans Panic' Defense

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Greyson Rodriguez, 17, came out as trans at 13. He and his family faced abuse, cruelty, death threats, and aggression. Greyson graduated a year early to escape Texas, which he has mockingly nicknamed “the great state of hate” Texas ranks second in the U.S. in number of cases of fatal violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people.

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'The Great State of Hate': Texas Declines to Ban 'Gay/Trans Panic' Defense

This article was produced through the NPR NextGen/Texas Observer Print Scholars program, a new collaboration designed to offer mentorship and hands-on training to student journalists and recent graduates interested in a career in investigative journalism.For Greyson’s safety, identifying details, locations, and recent photos of his face have been intentionally left out of this story. The lull between spring and fall semester was short-lived at t…

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