This isn't me wanting to dive into this one, but if you read LGBT news sources involved, 'Stand your Ground' laws apparently don't apply to transsexual people, either: there's been a prominent case where a transsexual person shot an assailant in her own home and once out of the hospital is now serving time in men's prison. In a 'stand your ground state.' (With no hate crimes protections that would let the federal government investigate the matter.) (She also doesn't happen to be white.)
It's one reason I'm not so sure a firearm would be a good investment for just me, here in a state where it's very easy to get even a carry permit. I mean, I'm white, not really involved in anything dangerous, but non-Christian and non-straight, even if I live alone. If I had to use the thing would even 'stand your ground' laws or 'Second Amendment rights' come into play or should I take my chances with a stick? I mean, how far does this 'States Rights' thing go when you happen to be someone that 'State' has pssed resolutions about civil rights not applying to you? Who am I gonna be treated like, y'know? if it doesn't apply to some minorities like trans people and black people, well, does that go to me? I don't know. Do I have to find out? I mean, I'm not actually *doing* anything, just a regular queer living alone. Bein' non-Christian. If someone busted in here and I 'stood my ground' with a sabre, it'd probably be all over the news and the NRA wouldn't care. I just dunno.