Brandon Teena, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBrandon Teena
American murder victim
Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1972
Place of Birth: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Date of Death: 31-Dec-1993
Profession: victim
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Brandon Teena
- Brandon Teena (born Teena Renae Brandon; December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American trans man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska.
- His life and death were the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, which was partially based on the 1998 documentary film The Brandon Teena Story.
- Both films also illustrated that legal and medical discrimination contributed to Teena's violent death.Teena's murder, along with that of Matthew Shepard, led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.
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