BBC gets it all wrong on Brandon Teena

[jawnbc]

today is the 10th anniversary of Brandon Teena’s murder [remember the film Boys Don’t Cry]. The BBC is running a story on Brandon, but uses expressions like “ girl from Nebraska who chose to live as a boy” to describe him. And calls him “her.” Grrr...

Here’s the story. click on the Feedback link at the bottom of the page and let them know their depiction is clumsy at best.

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Thank you for posting this, Jawn

[kosseferal.livejournal.com]

It's surprising, but I've not seen ay mention of it in either Transnews, here at LJ, not any of the FtM communities here. Hm.



I saw Boys Don't Cry just as I was really beginning to question who and what I was, and what I was going to do about it. It made me glad to live int he Northeast instead of Bumfuck, NB, that's for bloody sure. But I still did feel rather weird going back to my car alone after watching it.

Someone posted a very interesting news item from Italy (as reported by the BBC, on an Italian transgender named Natale. Natale was born male but preferred to crosdress, and considered himself a gay man. I use transgender as an umbrella term here, meaning someone who is gender-variant, but not necessarily transsexual. Anyhow, Natale was homeless in early December after finding no work and no acceptance anyplace. Cast off and ostrasized by his small Catholic hometown. Natale was in the right palce at the right time, however, for he intervened when a group of men accosted a group of women who'd been out clubbing. It was getting ugly when Natale stepped in, but he took the brunt of the attack and the women got away.

Natale is still in a coma in the hospital. Everyone says he's a hero now, but who knows if he'll live to appreciate their kindness-in-hindsight. Doesn't seem likely to me.
I felt so awful when I read this story, a day or so ago.

Re: Thank you for posting this, Jawn

[jawnbc]

terrible :(