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On December 31, 1993, Brandon Teena was killed in Humblodt alongside with Lisa Lambert (Lana's friend) and her boyfriend Philip DeWine. Lotter and Nissen were arrested and charged with triple murder. Nissen testified against Lotter, claiming he was the mastermind behind the murders and got life sentence while Lotter was sentenced to death in 1996.
If Brandon’s friends and accepting family want, they are free to put a headstone up anywhere in his honor. Hell, I bet y’all could get a mausoleum with a statue erected with all the contributors. The money would be better spent, however, on the charities that help LGBTQ+ kids escape abandonment and exploitation.
Brandon Teena. This article will be about one of the most infamous individual transgender murders of the 1990's, it will also attempt to ascertain the stresses, pressures, and violence that the transgender community must face on a daily basis. Brandon was born Teena Renae Brandon in Lincoln, Nebraska, the younger of 2 children on December 12th ...
The ending where He was stripped of his dignity was as brutal as the assault. RIP Brandon. If anyone is interested, we just did a podcast episode on this where we spoke with Brooklyner journalist Donna Minkowitz who went to Nebraska to report on Brandon Teena's death. Apparently Boys Don't Cry was inspired by her article.
Brandon was born Teena Renae Brandon in Lincoln, Nebraska, the younger of 2 children on December 12th, 1972, growing up Brandon did not have a particularly easy time. His father was killed in a car accident 8 months before he was born.
Mr_Conductor_USA. • 5 yr. ago. Brandon Teena's death was unusual in the fact that it made the mainstream news instead of being confined to gay newspapers like Gwen Araujo. I think interest started with gay news but it maybe got signal boosted through an alternative urban weekly (not sure, you can look this up, some journalists have written ...
RIP Brandon Teena. Discussion. Dudes, I know most of y’all have seen Boys Don’t Cry, and after doing a bit of research on Brandon Teena and Gwen Araujo after throwing a paddy about trans rights, I found out it’s coming up to the 25 year anniversary of Brandon being brutally raped and murdered. Funnily enough, all the info I can find ...
I know that Brandon Teena was by no means a saint and he did some bad things, but he didn't deserve to get raped and murdered. It makes me sad that Find a Grave blocks the ability to leave flowers on his memorial (basically, this kind of turning off flowers is motly used for infamous, bad deceased people like Ted Bundy or Adolf Hitler and I don ...
In a way, yes it is a small town murder. Not so much one the guys would likely cover, mostly because they like to do stories most people don't know about or are not as popularly known with people. I will say this, as a pan man who was a teen during the 90s, the deaths of Brandon Teena, Mathew Shepard, Scott Amedure, and so many more left scars ...
Brandon Teena. Case Conversation. Hey all! I am writing about Brandon Teena, the trans man who was tragically murdered. This happened in Humboldt, Nebraska, but only got real headlines because of his gender. This happened in 1993 and his name was ruthless dragged through the mud. This case even inspired the biopic Boys Dont Cry (1999).