Protection of Stakeholder Rights by Miss Radford https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza Select and organise evidence from your sources that demonstrate the PMI of the 2017 amendments to the Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) to remove the Gay Panic Defence from provocation law. en-us 2017-11-13 06:39:00 UTC 2017-11-16 23:52:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Babyhead.png LGBTQI + community - Prior to the 2017 amendments the ‘gay panic’ defence sent a message that discrimination and homophobic views are acceptable, despite gay men being treated equally in most other circumstances (except marriage) (Source 4) lradf0 https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207939987 2017-11-16 23:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207939987 LGBTQI + community – Are now equally protected by the law, however they were not prior to the 2017 amendments (Source 4) lradf0 https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207940419 2017-11-16 23:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207940419 Concerns that gay panic defence may still be allowed in ‘circumstances of an exceptional character’ and therefore the LGBTQI + community can potentially still be at risk of the gay panic defence being used to justify their killing (Source 4) lradf0 https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207940446 2017-11-16 23:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207940446 Review ‘circumstances of an exceptional character’ (under subsection 4) in 5 years to determine if further refinement of 304 is needed to ensure the gay panic defence has effectively been removed from QLD provocation law. (Source 4) lradf0 https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207940540 2017-11-16 23:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207940540 LGBTQI+ community- https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207940881 The law of the Gay Panic defence did not protect the community as it "openly discriminated against gay people"- FR Paul Kelly
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]]> 2017-11-16 23:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207940881 Source 5 https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207941086 If the amendment is made, it may have "unintended consequences in some circumstances". If someone is sexually harassed and has a background of being sexually abused/raped, under the amendment this person would not be able to demonstrate that they "lost control". ]]> 2017-11-16 23:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207941086 Victims- https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207941184 'My son was not gay, and that was the hardest part. It shows the defence can be used on anyone" this would mean that the victim is unprotected in regards to the legal system as there is no way for them to prove that the alleged action didn't take place. 
(Source 2)]]> 2017-11-16 23:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207941184 Source 3 https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207941286 Changes still allow for the partial defence to be used in appropriate circumstances - Ms D'Ath (Qld Attorney General). ]]> 2017-11-16 23:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207941286 Source 1 https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207941662 Prior to 2017 amendments, the lives of the LGBTQI + community were not equally protected by the gay panic defence.]]> 2017-11-16 23:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lradf0/88oz1ebalrza/wish/207941662