 Based on actual events. Brandon Teena is the popular new guy in a tiny Nebraska town. He hangs out with the guys, drinking, cussing, and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women, who ve never met a more sensitive and considerate young man. Life is good for Brandon, now that he s one of the guys and dating hometown beauty Lana. However, he s forgotten to mention one important detail. It s not that he s wanted in another town for GTA and other assorted crimes, but that Brandon Teena was actually born a woman named Teena Brandon. When his best friends make this discovery, Brandon s life is ripped apart by betrayal, humiliation, rape, and murder.