Teena was also raped as a child. So mabey that can justify her actions. Teena like many other people in this world are constantely critisised and teased for their misunderstood sexuality. Teena potrayed herself as a man. In relationships Teena would pose as a man and have relationships with quite a few girls for a decent amount of time. I would ask myself over and over again how could they not know that Teena or rather Brandon was not a man at all, but a woman. As I read on she would tell the girls that she was a hermaphrodite, and she was soon to go in for her operation to become a complete man. Maybe it was to late at that point for her partner to disagree and get mad. There was a statement that a girl she was seeing said in the article " I depended on ha

ving Brandon in my life so much, " Heather said. " No matter what sex he turned out to be ". It was too late because at that point she was in love. Personaly I think that Teena toyed with the girls men!

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In a different scenario in homophobic violence was an issue of a man who went to a night club with his girlfriend and got stabed in his neck just because " he dressed like a homo, he danced like a homo, must be a homo", reads the essay. The man was not gay he was a straight guy. Makes you wonder, doesnt it ? Imagine yourself in a nightclub and someone tries to kill you because they think your gay. What kind of image are we potraying to the next generation. Or to the gay communities, which are spread all over America. I understand that a I cant sit everyone down and scold them for being homophobic, but i dont understand who these people are bothering. I wish i had that power. The power to change the world. Inoccent people are getting killed. Wake up America!

In the essay which i have also mentioned above theirs a sentence that caught my attention. " Lesbians look like all woman and all woman look like lesbians. " I think that she i

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