Brandon Teena

Brandon Teena being trans man, that is, he was assigned female at birth but his gender identity is that of a man. He wasn’t entirely supported by his family throughout his struggle as a trans man. He was evicted from his cousin’s trailer. Teena Renae Brandon,or Brandon is also enduring a sexual identity crisis. His cousin did not understand Brandon’s identity crisis problem and just said that he was a lesbian. Zooming in on the events that take place in the film Boys Don’t Cry, one can have a deeper

the life of a transgender person, Brandon Teena, and his life and eventual murder. The film begins with Brandon and his cousin Lonny at a skating rink, where Brandon meets a young girl. Later they are seen making out as he drops her off at her house, it cuts to Brandon being chased by people who are apparently related to the girl yelling homomorphic slurs and threatening her. Her and her cousin, who is also gay hideout in their trailer and it is relived that Brandon is not a boy but actually a girl

The film is based on the real story of Brandon Teena from Lincoln, Nebraska. Brandon (Hilary Swank) was born as a girl, and since early childhood he acted and dressed as a boy. He was attracted to other girls but he denied being a lesbian. The movie begins when Brandon is driving at a high speed, and in the next scene, he has his hair cut and puts a sock in his jeans. He looks like a real boy, but his cousin does not approve his behavior. However, Brandon is happy to feel like a boy, and he makes

GENDER STEREOTYPE (Masculinity) Mass media and film play a huge role in this world. It is a way of entertainment to a wide range of audiences across the world. Audio visuals have the capability to manipulate and alter people’s minds by showing certain criteria which people themselves have created. This has started to change people’s perspective towards a lot of things in their surroundings. The word ‘stereotype’ is a dangerous one. It can easily play with people’s minds and make them think in

1. Brief introduction The movies I choose to discuss in this essay are Thelma & Louise (1991) and Boys Don’t Cry (1999). The first movie, Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, and the main protagonists were performed by Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. It is a movie about two women who escaped from the police because they killed a man who wanted to rape one of them but lack of the evidence. Finally they committed suicide together. Boys Don’t Cry, directed by Katherine Peirce, and the main character

attracted to other girls but he denied being a lesbian. The movie begins when Brandon is driving at a high speed, and in the next scene, he has his hair cut and puts a sock in his jeans. He looks like a real boy, but his cousin does not approve his behavior. However, Brandon is happy to feel like a boy, and he makes the acquaintance of a girl, Candace (Alicia Goranson). Then, after a little fight with a girl’s suitor, Brandon meets her friends, Tom (Brendan Sexton III) and John (Peter Sarsgaard). With

society’s norms. Brandon continuously battles with rejection, acceptance, and performing masculinity. Foucault writes, "those who relate their change of sex belong to a world that is strongly bisexual; and their uneasiness about their identity find expression in the desire to pass over to the other side– to the side of the sex they desire to have and in whose world they would like to belong" (Foucault 1980: 14). A scene that best exemplifies Foucault’s statement is when Brandon is hanging out with

happens to be a girl who transformed herself to a boy. The movie probes into gender issues, identity issues, and the principles of social relations. The dominant character in the movie is Teena Brandon, who wears male cloths and bears Brandon Teena as her name. On the other hand, Teena turn out to be Brandon by wearing male outfit, although there are lots more to her imposture than we think. She knowingly

The diversity of human population increases every day. With freedom, people have the will to express themselves in different aspects of a region, beliefs, or sexual orientation. Most recently, there has been an increase in cases of gay people in America, and the world over. Debate rages whether being gay is caused by hormones, genes, social and environmental factors or a combination of all these factors. Regardless of the cause, the general population is gradually accepting the gay community in the

based around Brandon Teena, who is a young female-to-male transgender who flees his hometown because his biological identity had been revealed. He relocates to a small town in Nebraska, where he has the opportunity to start over. He becomes very popular very fast. Brandon meets tons of new people in his new town, and loves to go out drinking with the guys, and is an immediate charm to women, as they are only used to the inconsiderate, wild men that make up a great deal of the town. Brandon quickly becomes