Editing Gay panic defense (section)

=== Types of defenses ===
The gay panic defense strategy usually falls into three categories of defenses: the [[Provocation (legal)|provocation]] defense, [[Self-defense|self defense]] (including [[imperfect self defense]]) and [[Insanity defense|insanity]] based defenses (including temporary insanity, [[irresistible impulse]], and [[diminished responsibility]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-01/gay-panic-defence-abolished-by-sa-parliament/12940296|title=South Australia becomes final state to abolish 'gay panic' murder defence|newspaper=ABC News|date=December 1, 2020|via=www.abc.net.au|access-date=2021-08-12|archive-date=2020-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202024328/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-01/gay-panic-defence-abolished-by-sa-parliament/12940296|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://lgbtqbar.org/programs/advocacy/gay-trans-panic-defense/|title=LGBTQ+ "Panic" Defense|access-date=2023-05-03|archive-date=2023-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505210923/https://lgbtqbar.org/programs/advocacy/gay-trans-panic-defense/|url-status=live}}</ref> The gay panic defense is not a stand-alone defense, but rather a legal tactic used by the defense which seeks to obtain an acquittal, a mitigated sentence, or a conviction of a lesser offense.<ref name="auto"/>

The defense is commonly defined by the attempt to shift the blame onto the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity of the victim as a form of [[victim blaming]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/member-features/gay-trans-panic-defense/|title=The Gay/Trans Panic Defense: What It is, and How to End It|date=31 March 2020|access-date=10 October 2024|website=[[American Bar Association]]}}</ref><ref name="auto" /><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0886260517713713|title=The Gay Panic Defense: Legal Defense Strategy or Reinforcement of Homophobia in Court?|date=2020|access-date=10 October 2024|journal=[[Journal of Interpersonal Violence]]|volume=35|issue=21–22|doi=10.1177/0886260517713713|last1=Tomei|first1=J.|last2= Cramer|first2=R. J.|last3=Boccaccini|first3=M. T.|last4=Panza|first4=N. R.|pages=4239–4261 |pmid=29294790 }}</ref>