A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006)

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Plot: In this movie, Gwen Araujo was born Eddie Araujo. But as she got older she started seeing that she was more of a female then a male. So she changed her name to Gwen when she was in high school and she was no longer a male. When she was 17 years old she was killed by 3 teenage boys after they discovered she was a male. They beat her for 5 hours before tying her up and throwing her in a grave. Two of the boys were convicted of second-degree murder, and one boy plead out to manslaughter. The judge and jury did not see this as a hate crime and none of the boys were convicted of one.

Alternative Plot: Gwen Araujo was a young trans woman who was just beginning to find her feet when she was murdered by a group of men. Gwen's mother, Sylvia, is left to battle against prejudice when the case goes to trial.

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