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Originally Posted by flat5
"Boy's Don't Cry" is the movie. Only they killed because she acted as a male.
Not because she had sex with anyone.
In both cases, these "people" were friends for months.
Both victims were 17, I believe. It is terrible.
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Well, they did rape him earlier.
Otherwise, it does bear a resemblance to the Brandon Teena case, with some significant differences. Brandon was raped by his friends because he was still physically female. He was treated badly by the police, who called him "it" and ridiculed him, didn't investigate except to tell the rapists about the charges and accept what they said at face value, and then didn't provide Brandon with any protection. His attackers tracked him down and killed him to shut him up, to protect themselves from the rape charge.
In other words, they raped him because he was transgender, and murdered him (and two other people) to try to cover up the rape.
In both cases, the victim did a lot of foolish things, but in neither case does this mitigate the crime.
Gilda