Brandon Teena
Person Or Being In Fiction
1972 – 1993
Photo Credit ยป
19 Views
Who was Brandon Teena?
Brandon Teena 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.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Dec 12, 1972
Lincoln - Also known as
- Teena Renae Brandon
- Teena Brandon
- Billy Brinson
- Teena Ray
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Dec 31, 1993
Humboldt - Resting place
- Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery Association
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Brandon Teena." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 7 May 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/brandon_teena>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Brandon Teena biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In