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Gay/transgender 'panic defense'

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CARTOON COMMENTARY: Disney characters bring out the child in all of us, but after Disney World reopened after the novel coronavirus, a cartoonist created this piece. DO YOU HAVE CHANGE? It falls to the bottom of my vehicle's center console and flies around inside the washing machine when I forget to empty my husband's pockets. Change was somewhat commonplace, so I didn't keep track of it, but maybe now I will and you should, too. The Federal Reserve acknowledged the pandemic has caused a nationwide shortage of coins, forcing retailers to adopt temporary programs until circulation levels can return to normal since business closures stopped the flow of coins through the economy. Other COVID-19-caused shortages: toilet paper hand sanitizer beef products pork products COLORADO BECAME the 11th state to ban the use of the gay/transgender "panic defense" in court. The defense previously allowed a perpetrator of violence to use an LGBTQ victim's sexual orientation or gender identity as a reason for violence, essentially saying that finding out about the victim's identity caused a panic or disturbance in the perpetrator that led to an attack or murder.   INVEST IN YOUR LOCAL JOURNALISM Just $1.99 per week - Become a member of your community today.

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