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Brandon Teena

American murder victim (1972–1993)

  • Fame59.7
  • Momentum14.4
  • Wikipedia42.6K
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Lived 1972–1993, aged 21United States
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    1972–1993
    Aged 21
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Updated 2026-06-21

Brandon Teena was an American transgender man who was raped and, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. His life and death are the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry. Teena's murder, along with that of Matthew Shepard nearly five years later, led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

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Momentum14.4
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Source confidence60.0
Completeness50.0
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