Digital Transgender Archive
Double Trouble
The two lives and one murder of Teena Brandon
This article describes the events preceding Brandon Teena's murder and compares them to their portrayal in the film, "Boys Don't Cry". The text also mentions the documentary, "The Brandon Teena Story" and compares its content to the story told in "Boys Don't Cry." Content warning: This item relates to the death of Brandon Teena, who was murdered and sexually assaulted as the target of gruesome anti-LGBT hate crimes. Brandon's death became a major news item, and the language used to describe his identity and depict the violence he suffered by contemporary press coverage ranges from insensitive to outright cruel.
- Identifier
- tb09j5864
- Collection
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Brandon Teena Collection
- Institution
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Digital Transgender Archive
- Creator(s)
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Hohlt, Jared
- Date Created
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Oct. 7, 1999
- Genre
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Clippings
- Subject(s)
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All She Wanted
Aphrodite Jones
Boys Don't Cry
Brandon Teena
Charles Laux
Chloe Sevigny
Greta Olafsdottir
Hilary Swank
Joann Brandon
John Gregory Dunne
John Lotter
Kimberly Peirce
Lana Tisdel
Linda Gutierres
Susan Muska
The Brandon Teena Story
The New Yorker
The Village Voice
Thomas Nissen
- Places
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Nebraska
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Richardson County
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Falls City
- Topic(s)
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Gender expression
Hate crimes
LGBTQ+ films
LGBTQ+ relationships
Murders of LGBTQ+ people
- Resource Type
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Text
- Language
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English
- Rights
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In copyright
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