Nevada Code § 193.225

Prohibition against certain defenses involving sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of victim
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1. For the purpose of determining the
existence of an alleged state of passion in a defendant or the alleged
provocation of a defendant by a victim, the alleged state of passion or
provocation shall be deemed not to be objectively reasonable if it resulted from
the discovery of, knowledge about or potential disclosure of the actual or
perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of the victim,
including, without limitation, under circumstances in which the victim made an
unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance towards the defendant, or if
the defendant and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship.
2. A person is not justified in using
force against another person based on the discovery of, knowledge about or
potential disclosure of the actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender
identity or expression of the victim, including, without limitation, under
circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or
sexual advance towards the defendant, or if the defendant and victim dated or
had a romantic or sexual relationship.

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