Ep. 154 Rebecca Wight and Claudia Brenner

On May 13th, 1998, Rebecca Wight and Claudia Brenner went hiking through Furnace State Park. Unbeknownst to the couple, they were being stalked by Stephen Carr who would ultimately attack the two women unprompted. 

Join us as we discuss the unfortunate events that unfolded, the "gay and trans panic" defense used in court, and statistics surrounding crimes against the LGBTQ+ community. 

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Sources:

12 Crimes That Changed the LGBT World (advocate.com)

Appalachian Trail Histories | Rebecca and Claudia · LGBTQ Hate Crime (Student Exhibit) (appalachiantrailhistory.org)

CDE (cjis.gov)

Fact Sheet on Injustice in the LGBTQ community | National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

Gay panic defense - Wikipedia

Imgur: The magic of the Internet

Killed For Being Gay: The Murder of Rebecca Wight | by Verity Partington | Medium

LGBT people nearly four times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent crime - Williams Institute (ucla.edu)

Michaux State Forest (pa.gov)

Murder of Rebecca Wight - Wikipedia

Rebecca Wight and Claudia Brenner - Newspapers.com™

The Gay/Trans Panic Defense: What It is, and How to End It (americanbar.org)

Victimization rates and traits of sexual and gender minorities in the United States: Results from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2017 | Science Advances

Wayback Machine (archive.org)