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    Briana Jackson Mrs. Van Houten English 1 22 Mar. 2018 Brandon Teena’s Life and Court Case Brandon Teena was a twenty-one-year-old transgender man: a person who was born female but who identifies as a male, who was brutally raped and murdered in 1993. After a few friends found out he was transgender they raped him, beat him relentlessly and then later shot him at a friends home for filling a police report. His story brought national attention to transgender people and is the inspiration for two films

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    Brandon Teena is the popular new guy in a tiny Nebraska town. He hangs out with the guys, drinking, cussing, and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women, who've never met a more sensitive and considerate young man. Life is good for Brandon, now that he's one of the guys and dating hometown beauty Lana; however, he's forgotten to mention one important detail. That he was born a female and Brandon falls in love with a girl. Local authorities seen a warrant for the arrest of him , but the poster

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    The film “The Brandon Teena Story” followed the story of Teena Brandon’s, who went by the name Brandon, death in Nebraska. Brandon lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, as a male, despite him being born as a female, at the start of the film. The audience was informed that Brandon had been behaving, acting, and living as a male for years. Brandon’s mother, Joann Brandon, had previously sent Brandon to counseling to treat his attempts and ideas about suicide, and presumably his gender dysphoria. However

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    character Brandon Teena, 21 years old portrayed the disorder Gender Dysphoria as she played the role as the popular new guy in a small town in Nebraska. Where she met a group of new people after getting into a fight at the bar. Brandon started hanging out with the guys she met. Which involved with the typical drinking, smoking, using vulgar language and doing wild sports. As Brandon charmed the young women’s, who they’ve never seen a kind hearted, sensitive and caring young man like Brandon. Everyone

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    The novel “Night” by Elie Wiesel is a book that can be compared to many media or textual forms, such as novel, short stories, comics, etc., but the most suitable comparative media form was a 'film '. The film is a visual presentation of fictional or nonfictional story that gets the audiences a sense of the emotional trauma. The film, which complemented “Night” by Elie Wiesel by the similarity of themes, but a totally different plot was the film titled, “Boys Don 't Cry” Directed by: Kimberly Peirce

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    A belligerent human is hostile and is always ready to fight. Villains are always eager to cause pain to others for no reason or because in their mind they think it is right. People who are violent can cause agony to people near them, even if they are family or friends. In this essay, various examples in literature, art, theater, and film are presented and in the stories, there is always someone violent causing unfairness to others. In some examples, people fight back, but in others, nothing is done

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    Brandon Teena was a 21-year-old transgender, who dreaded to be associated with the word “lesbian”. She believed she was a man trapped in a woman's body. She considered herself a tomboy starting at a very young age and refused to wear any clothing that appeared feminine. Brandon Teena was a victim of rape on December 24, 1993. John Lotter and Marvin Nissan both raped and brutally beat Brandon. They first drove her to another location away from a gathering they all had attended and both took turns

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    development Teena Brandon was a Tran’s male born a female on December 12, 1972, in Nebraska. He was the youngest of two children. Brandon’s father tragically died in a car accident before he was born. Brandon Teena and his older sister Tammy lived with their grandmother in Nebraska, before they were taken back by their mother when Brandon was three years old, and Tammy was 6. As very young children, Teena and Tammy were sexually abused by their uncle for numerous years, and Teena wanted counseling

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    Teena Brandon, the main character, is a young adolescent who saw herself trapped in a woman’s body. She was born with female organs; However, she always felt like a man and because of that reason she decided to show her true self and portray herself as a male. She changed her name to Brandon Teena and that is the moment when he became a transgender. Transgenderism is defined as “of, relating to, or being a person (as a transsexual or a transvestite) who identifies with or expresses a gender identity

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    It 's four years since Frank Ocean 's last collection, Channel Orange, and 13 months since he guaranteed the postliminary, Boys Don 't Cry, would be discharged. In a time when numerous significant specialists are productive –, for example, Drake – or universal – Rihanna, Beyoncé – the New Orleans-conceived craftsman has taken as much time as is needed and stayed under the radar. Past a modest bunch of visitor vocal appearances, an a capella track on Kanye West 's The Life of Pablo, a two-minute

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