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Brandon Teena (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen.
Apr 12, 2019 · When Lotter and Nissen found out that their recently acquired drinking buddy — who was dating Lotter’s former flame Lana Tisdel — was actually a woman whose real name was Teena Brandon, they became enraged. They beat up and raped Brandon one night in December 1993.
May 9, 2024 · Brandon Teena (born December 12, 1972, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.—died December 31, 1993, Humboldt, Nebraska) was a biologically female individual who lived his life as a male and was murdered by two former friends after they discovered his biological sex.
Feb 2, 2023 · On December 24, 1993, 21-year-old Brandon Teena was attending a party with several friends and acquaintances in Richardson County, Nebraska, when he was emotionally and physically assaulted and ultimately raped.
Feb 2, 2022 · On December 31, 1993, a 21-year-old trans man named Brandon Teena was murdered in a brutal hate crime that took place in Humboldt, Nebraska. The brutal hate crime exposed an epidemic of anti-trans violence in America.
Dec 31, 2013 · Twenty years ago in a little Nebraskan town called Falls City, a handsome 21-year-old transman with big blue eyes was brutally beaten, raped and murdered in one of the most heinous hate crimes in...
Jan 3, 2024 · Brandon Teena was a transgender man who was murdered in Humbolt, Nebraska — along with Phillip De Vine and Lisa Lambert — in 1993. Brandon was targeted for being transgender and his death inspired the documentary "The Brandon Teena Story" as well as the Hollywood feature film, "Boys Don't Cry," for which Hilary Swank won an Oscar.
Oct 21, 2019 · The murder of 21-year-old Brandon Teena was different — it garnered national headlines. In 1993, Teena was killed in the town of Humboldt, Neb., along with two witnesses, Lisa Lambert and...
Brandon Teena was a gender non-conforming American trans man. As a female-to-male (FTM) transgender person, Teena’s life exposed the potential consequences of a non-normative gender identity. Brandon Teena seemed to be gender non-conforming in more than one way.
Brandon Teena was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. His life and death were the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry.
