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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.

On December 19, 1993, Brandon Teena was arrested for forging checks, and put in jail for several days. Tisdel found out he was transgender after his birth name was printed in the local newspaper in the arrests section. Tisdel paid to get him out of jail, and he told her that he was undergoing sex reassignment surgery.

Brandon Teena is a young trans man whose birth name was Teena Renae Brandon. [8] When Brandon is discovered to be transgender by a former girlfriend's brother, he receives death threats. Soon after, he is involved in a bar fight and is evicted from his cousin's trailer.

Brandon Teena was a trans man who was raped and murdered in December 1993 whilst living in Humbodlt, Nebraska. [5] His death, alongside two of his friends, is thought to be a hate crime motivated by his status as a transgender man.

His work, a project on Brandon Teena, was featured at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. He and Stryker often collaborate on work throughout the west coast. Jones lives and works together with Stafford in San Francisco. Stafford: Stafford is a trans man. He grew up in Gridley, CA.