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Brandon Teena was a transgender man who was raped and killed by John Lotter and Tom Nissen in 1993 in Nebraska. His life and death inspired the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry, and led to increased awareness of hate crime laws.
Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) [2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert, and Phillip DeVine at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). [3]
Boys Don't Cry is a biographical film about Brandon Teena, a trans man who was murdered in Nebraska in 1993. Hilary Swank won an Oscar for her portrayal of Brandon, who falls in love with Lana Tisdel, played by Chloë Sevigny.
The Brandon Teena Story is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir. [1] The documentary features interviews with many of the people involved with the 1993 murder of Brandon Teena as well as archive footage of Teena. [2] After its theatrical release, it aired on Cinemax as part of its Reel Life series.
The Transexual Menace organized groups of demonstrators outside courthouses during trials involving anti-transgender crimes, for instance in the rape and murder of Brandon Teena. The movement became the subject of iconic gay liberation filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim 's documentary " Transexual Menace" .
In 1995, after the murder of transgender youth Brandon Teena, Nangeroni helped organize one of the first national actions against trans violence. [7] The demonstration was held outside of Falls City, Nebraska, and was attended by over 40 trans activists, including Leslie Feinberg and Kate Bornstein. [8]
Aphrodite Jones is an American author, reporter, and television producer of crime documentaries. She has written eight books, including Cruel Sacrifice, All She Wanted, and A Perfect Husband, and hosted True Crime with Aphrodite Jones on Investigation Discovery.
This is a worldwide list of people who were killed for being transgender, from 1991 to 2021. It includes some cases of trans panic defense, hate crimes, and murders by serial killers.