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Trans Activist Denied Stand Your Ground | Cheyenne News
A Wyoming judge has ruled that transgender activist Rihanna Kelver cannot use the state’s “stand your ground” law to avoid prosecution after she pulled a gun on a man during a confrontation in September 2025. Though Kelver claims she was being harassed with anti-gay slurs and pushed to the ground, the judge determined she wasn’t in immediate danger of serious harm at the moment she drew her weapon. Charges for aggravated assault and possessing a deadly weapon remain, though self-defense may still be argued at trial. The judge acknowledged Kelver’s heightened vulnerability as a transgender…
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