The trial for Angie Zapata’s murder has ended with a very significant result:
A Colorado man was convicted of first-degree murder and a bias-motivated crime and sentenced to life in prison for killing a transgender teen he met on an online social networking site…
It was the first time in the nation that a state hate crime statute resulted in a conviction in a transgender person’s murder, the advocacy group Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said.
Feminist Philosophers 
thanks for posting this. even though i don’t live in america it’s good to see that philosophy of human rights do make it into legislation that gets enforced, and maybe in a few years trans-panic will be as unbelievable a defense and archaic embarrassment as gay-panic.
Has trans-panic ever been successfully used in a defence? Blimey.