Boys Don't Cry

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I watched Boys Don’t Cry, a film about the life and death of Teena Brandon. Teena Brandon was a young transgendered female struggling with her sexual identity and the acceptance of her peers. After unsuccessfully trying to live as a man in Lincoln, Nebraska, Teena moves to the small town of Falls City, Nebraska. Here, she introduces herself as a young man named Brandon to a small group of peers that includes Candice, whom she stays with, Tom, and John. John introduces Brandon/Teena to Lana whom he is in love with. Brandon/Teena also falls in love with Lana and they begin a romance. Brandon/Teena moves in with Lana and her mother. At this point, no one knows Brandon/Teena is a woman and she tells no one. One day, Brandon/Teena tries to pay a ticket and gets arrested. She is put in the female population. Lana comes to see her and asks why she is with the females. Brandon/Teena tells her that she is a hermaphrodite and needs surgery to correct it. Lana replies that she doesn’t care what she is and loves her anyway. Lana gets Brandon/Teena out of jail and their relationship grows. Meanwhile, Candice finds out that Brandon/Teena has forged one of her checks. She goes into Brandon/Teena’s room and looks for the stolen checkbook. What she finds is evidence that the man she knows as Brandon is really a woman named Teena Brandon. Candice is distraught but doesn’t say anything. Then she gets drunk and tells John, who has resented Brandon/Teena all this time because of he loves Lana. He confronts Brandon/Teena at Lana’s. Tom and John end up taking Brandon/Teena to the bathroom and pulling her pants down to prove she’s not a “man.” They force Lana to look. Lana stills loves Brandon/Teena and wants everyone to leave them alone. Lana’s mother tells Brandon/Teena to get out of her house. Shortly after, Tom and John find Brandon/Teena and brutally rape her to “punish” her. They
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