Brandon Teena

Brandon Teena (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American trans man who was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska. His life and death were the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, which was based on the documentary film The Brandon Teena Story.Teena's violent death, along with the murder of Matthew Shepard, led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)
Billy Brinson
Teena Ray
Birth dateDecember 12, 1972
Birth nameTeena Renae Brandon
Birth place
Lincoln Nebraska
Date of deathDecember 31, 1993
Place of death
Humboldt Nebraska

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External resources

  1. http://dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/InmateDisplayServlet?DcsId=47203&showInmateImage=true
  2. http://dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/InmateDisplayServlet?DcsId=47903&showInmateImage=true
  3. http://songweaver.com/gender/teena-sentencing.html
  4. http://www.friedmanlaw.com/CM/Custom/Articles.asp
  5. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144801
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20150210000347/http:/www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/brandon/1.html