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(Runtime 3:33)Inland Oasis in Moscow, Idaho, is tucked behind a tax office and a smoke shop in a small strip mall. On a Tuesday afternoon, there was a…

Washington has joined a growing coalition of states that are banning what are known as "LGBTQ panic" criminal defenses. Advocates say these defenses have resulted in reduced or shortened sentences in cases of violence against LGBTQ people. Now, both houses of the state Legislature have passed a bill that prohibits the use of those defenses.