This year marks 32 years since the Christmas Eve rape and the New Year's Eve murder of Brandon Teena in 1993 in Nebraska. This remains one of the darkest episodes -- in a much too long list of LGBTQ violence. #BrandonTeena #translivesmatter #LGBTQ

Remembering Brandon Teena on his birthday (December 12, 1972).

A young trans man whose life was stolen, but whose story forever changed conversations around trans visibility, violence, and justice. We honor Brandon’s truth, humanity, and enduring legacy.

#BrandonTeena #TransHistory #QueerHistory

Brandon Teena American murder victim Brandon Teena was BOTD in 1972. Born in Nebraska, he was assigned female at birth and named Teena Brandon, and grew up with his mother in a trailer park. Teena began identify…

American trans murder victim Brandon Teena was BOTD in 1972. His gang rape and murder in 1993, aged 21, brought attention to hate crimes against trans people, inspiring the Oscar-winning 1999 film “Boys Don’t Cry”. #brandonteena #bornonthisday #trans #transhero #transmartyr #boysdontcry

On this day in queer history: Oct 22, 1999

Boys Don’t Cry premiered, telling the story of Brandon Teena—a trans man whose life and murder exposed the brutal reality of anti-trans violence and pushed trans stories into the national conversation.

#BrandonTeena #TransHistory #QueerHistory

Kimberly Peirce American filmmaker Kimberly Peirce was BOTD in 1967. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, she grew up in New York and Florida. She studied at the University of Chicago, working as a photographer in Ja…

Genderqueer dyke American filmmaker Kimberly Peirce, best known for her 1999 film “Boys Don’t Cry” about the murder of trans teen #BrandonTeena, was BOTD in 1967, turning 58 today. #kimberleypierce #boysdontcry #supergays #bornonthisday

Marsha P. Johnson - Nikki Kunhausen. Brandon Teena - Cherry Bush. James Byrd - Emmett Till - Vincent Chin - Matthew Shepard. Orlando Pulse Nightclub - Allan Calaca Junior. street art - mural. Say Their Names theme!

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#scopOphilic #micromessaging #streetart #graffiti #brooklyn #nyc #photography #MarshaPJohnson #BrandonTeena #CherryBush #JamesByrd #EmmettTill #VincentChin #OrlandoPulseNightclub #AllanCalacaJunior

On this day in queer history: July 19, 2001

Nebraska’s Supreme Court upheld a jury ruling that found a sheriff negligent in Brandon Teena’s death. A rare legal recognition of law enforcement’s failure to protect a trans victim.

#QueerHistory #TransLivesMatter #BrandonTeena

Watching #TheBrandonTeenaStory.

Such a heartbreaking story. So sorry for all Brandon went through in his life. And so frustrated knowing his mother put his deadname on his gravestone.
#RIPBrandonTeena #BrandonTeena #TransMenAreMen

December 31 Peace Love Art Activism | The Woodstock Whisperer/Jim Shelley December 31 Peace Love Art Activism, Pope Pius XI Casti Connubii (“of chaste wedlock”). It prohibited Catholics from using any form of artificial birth control

#OTD #December31 #Peace #Love #Art #Activism #PopePiusXI prohibited #birthcontrol 1930, #BraceroProgram ended #Mexico 1964, #UMW #TonyBoyle orders #JosephYablonski and family killed 1969, #LGBTQ #BrandonTeena killed 1993, #FernaldSchool settlement 1998, woodstockwhisperer.info/2016/12/31/d...

Today, we honor those who have lost their lives to anti-transgender violence and discrimination
#LeelahAlcorn #BriannaGhey #GwenAraujo #brandonteena

.@CRileySnorton : #PhillipDeVine's death framed as "bonus" in #BrandonTeena murder trial = erasure assemblage of inequalities ESP blackness