ArticleShortly after the conclusion of the Gwen Araujo trial, District Attorney Kamala Harris decided to host a symposium as well, one which also addressed the Trans Panic Defense and hate crimes against the LGBT community. The conference will be held Thursday, July 20th and Friday July 21st at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. In addition, the District Attorney is hosting a Town Hall meeting for the community at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 20th at the LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street in San Francisco. There will also be a reception prior to the Town Hall meeting starting at 5PM at the LGBT Center. Sylvia Guerrero, mother of Gwen Araujo, Dave O'Malley, former Police Chief in Laramie, Wyoming, and Assembymember Sally Lieber, author of State-wide legislation that would make the court instruct jurors not to use the panic defense, will be at the Town Hall meeting on Thursday night at the LGBT center.
