In 1993, Brandon Teena, a teenage drifter who was locally famous for his romantic relationships with the women of Falls City, Nebraska, was found shot to death on a farm just outside outside the city. But Brandon, despite his reputation with women, was not a man at all. “He” was Teena Brandon, a young woman whose gender was confused. She had managed to pass herself off as a man to all her peers, her girlfriends and her assassins who once considered themselves her best friends. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why violent video games should not be banned”?Get the original essayBoys Don't Cry is a movie based on the above true story, which you will either love or hate. If you're homophobic or don't know what it means to be a minority in society, you probably won't understand how Teena could be Brandon. But for people who have faced similar dilemmas, like being black in a white society or being gay living in a place where you're not accepted, you'll completely understand what it means to be Teena Brandon or even Brandon Teena.Teena. Brandon (played by Hilary Swank) grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. She lived with a gay friend. Even he didn't understand Teena's gender issues. Teena was known to Lincoln residents as Brandon Teena. When this secret was discovered, she was chased out of town. People thought she was dirty and had no place in their town. She fled to a town called Falls City. Falls City was a town where unemployment, poverty, isolation, violence and drug addiction were part of daily life. Before running away, Teena took her role as Brandon even further. She cut her hair short, slipped a sock into her pants to make the bulge straight, and tied her breasts together. Teena was in trouble with the law in Lincoln before running to Falls City. She had stolen cars and failed to show up in court. These accusations followed her. When she, who we'll now call him, arrived in Falls City, he integrated himself into a group of people and became part of the gang pretty quickly. It is in this group that Brandon meets a girl who almost immediately becomes his girlfriend. Unfortunately, Lana's (Chloe Sevigny) ex-boyfriend, John (Peter Sarsgaard), is still on hand and is jealous of Lana's new relationship with Brandon. John accepts Brandon and they become good friends, along with John's other friend Tom (Brendan Sexton III). Brandon has an advantage over other guys, he literally knows what a woman wants. This is how he wins with Lana. He lives with Candace (Alicia Goranson) and becomes friends with Lana's mother. When Brandon ends up in jail for a traffic violation, his secret is revealed when Lana visits him in the women's cells. She accepts the secret and loves Brandon even though he is a she. When John and Tom discover that they feel betrayed by Brandon, they humiliate Brandon and make him strip in front of them. When they discover the rumor is true, they take him in a car, beat him and rape him. The scene is very graphic and very real. Brandon goes to the police, the police victimize him. They don't treat him with respect. And because of that, he ended up dead a few days later. Shot on Candace's farm, with Lana. In addition to this true story, reports recently emerged that the police were negligent in the case of Teena Brandon and that if they had acted as they should, Teena might still be alive today. They should have taken John and Tom into custody, which..