Section 18.2-57.5 - Certain matters not to constitute defensesA. Another person's actual or perceived sex, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation is not in and of itself, or together with an oral solicitation, a defense to any charge brought under this article.B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a defendant from exercising his constitutionally protected rights, including his right to call for evidence in his favor that is relevant and otherwise admissible in a criminal prosecution.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 460.Added by Acts 2021SP1 c. 460,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.