media," Roberts, Media Chair of the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition,
   told CNN.
   The Human Rights Campaign typically relies on a person's social media
   accounts as the best indication of how they wanted to be referred to,
   McBride said.
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   sexual orientation or gender identity.
   Under the panic defense, a perpetrator can claim that a person's gender
   identity or sexual orientation caused their violent reaction. While the
   LGBT Bar notes that the defense is not a "free-standing defense to
   criminal liability," it can be used to bolster other defenses,