Out for Queer Blood: The Murder of Fernando Rios and the Failure of New Orleans Justice

Out for Queer Blood: The Murder of Fernando Rios and the Failure of New Orleans Justice
ISBN-10
1476629870
ISBN-13
9781476629872
Category
Social Science
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
2017-09-20
Publisher
McFarland
Author
Clayton Delery

Description

 On a September night in 1958, three New Orleans college students went looking for a gay man to assault. They chose Fernando Rios, who died from the beating he received. In perhaps the earliest example of the “gay panic” defense, the three defendants argued that they had no choice but to beat Rios because he had made an “improper advance.” When the jury acquitted the three, the courtroom cheered. The author offers a detailed examination of the murder and the trial.

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