The young woman goes around as Brandon Teena, going on dates with women and ends up getting into trouble when her secret is discovered. ... I believe like Teena Brandon, a lot of people who share her feelings do hide or try to become someone else for fear of being accused of flaunting, being verbally abused, or physically attacked as was Teena Brandon when her secret identity had been exposed. ... As for Teena Brandon and her sexual identity crisis had made it hard for her to live normally without having a deep, dark secret inside of her, and pretending to be someone she was not. ...

• Word Count: 704
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

As I decided to tell my personal story, I was up and down whether it was right or wrong. Maybe this story is not a kind of attractive or special story, but I hope people would understand and sympathize after they had read this; then they would look at LGBT citizens in a different and natural way as ...

• Word Count: 1077
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School