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.

Comments

PS, I wrote to the BBC

[kosseferal.livejournal.com]

We'll see what happens next, if anything.
Thanks for the heads-up.