All He Wanted

The basis for the Oscar-winning film, Boys Don't Cry, starring Hilary Swank!All NEW introduction by the New York Times bestselling author!Living as a transgender man, twenty-one-year-old Teena Brandon hit the dust bowl town of Falls City, Nebraska, on the run from his family in Lincoln-and from the law for forging checks. Handsome and sophisticated, Brandon was an instant success with young women, but when Brandon started to date the beautiful blonde Lana Tisdel, his luck ran out. In a terrifying incident on Christmas Eve, Brandon was brutally raped when her female sexual parts were unmasked.Then on New Year's Eve, Teena Brandon, her roommate, and a friend were found shot to death in an isolated farmhouse. It was a triple homicide that marked the beginnings of the transgender movement in America.