Brandon Teena (left) poses with Lana Tisdel in this undated photo. The fatality victim was . Lanas dad did not die relatively young. When I first visited the States, in 89, I was struck by how F A T people were. What Nissen and Lotter did, was to take Teena on the night ride into the winter fields and drive around the muddy roads until they got to a location where they raped her. i tried to contact the people who are part of the cast of the story of Brandon Teena but to no avail , https://www.wibw.com/2020/08/31/nebraska-man-killed-late-saturday-in-head-on-crash-in-brown-county/. Another noteworthy moment in the Brandon Teena story is Linda Gutierrez showing classic signs of lying on camera. The comment did not burn my eyes or convert me into a transphobe who thinks Brandon was just a confused woman. That Laux could have garnered enough votes to hold any officeand cart children to schoolsurprised me. I hate that Im wasting my time to even reply.ignorant never to be more fitting of a human. Jones reports that DeVine discovers that Leslie Mayfield sleeps with Lenny Landrum and breaks up with her. The further you get away from the event, the more information gets distorted. He has rationalized his role to the point where he's blameless. Nissen is serving three life sentences at the Lincoln Correctional Center. Lexxi, grow a spine or youre going to implode. This birthday star earned a 2000 Academy Award nomination for her role as Lana Tisdel in "Boys . YES YES YES!!!! But it is more involved. Lotter and Nissen had told Teena that if he told anyone what they did, they would kill him. Boys Dont Cry was almost entirely based on Kim Peirces collaboration with Lana. You also talked extensively about the bail situation. Ex-cons John Lotter and Thomas Nissen had targeted Brandon Teena for murder to quiet a rape case against the two ex-cons. Things are not the same.. What, four houses? Teena started dating Lana Tisdel in 1992, and it seemed he may have finally found his match. Brandon Teena The Boy Who Should've Stayed Alive. C: [Y]ou were all half-ass drunk.I can't believe that if he pulled your pants down and you are a female that he didn't stick his hand in you or his finger in you. She let these dudes rule her OWN HOME? Now same-sex couples soon will be able to . Nonetheless, 71 is pretty poor. There is only one, ONE, possibly redeeming quality to Linda she was keeping her kids safe from the local criminals. She called the police from Lincoln and made a police report, in it she expressed fear for Teena Brandons life. I dont understand, either, how a simple $2500 bond could involve a house and property as collateral. Tisdel was a close friend of Teena's and was present during the events . That makes it easier to get fat. Lana was working at the convenience store when Teena appeared in Falls City. The last time Lana Tisdels name came up in the press was the year 2000, when she settled a lawsuit with movie distributor Searchlight Pictures for an undisclosed sum. Lisa Lambert is one adult and a real heroine in this whole mess. Lana Tisdale, Teena's lover, who is portrayed in "Boys Don't Cry" by Chloe . Marcus, I agree about average age, but thats for the comfortable middle class. I was not required to agree with BBs views in any way. Does anyone know where I can watch the Maury Povich & Current Affair shows about the Teena Brandon case? This in itself is a traumatic event, before any set up or betrayal enters into question. Lana has a daughter with whom she has a very close relationship and the young woman totally adores her mother. But everything started falling apart on December 19, 1993. What kind of a person would NOT comfort a young woman who was raped? Try to get the PDF, its really good stuff! Laux worked with Teena to trace the route through Nebraska countryside and to the location where she was raped. She let Teena drive her car, as if Teena was a guy who came to live with her and asserted his male privilege. Carolyn Gage. John Lotters sister, Michelle Lotter, wo later came out as a lesbian woman, was friends or in love with a black young man from Kansas, who was wanted on assault charges, and Linda was hiding him in her house. He was scared of getting into trouble. In August 2020, Lana suffered a new tragedy when her Ford pickup crossed a center line and fatally injured Chrysler minivan driver Glenn D. Aston in a head-on crash in Fairview, Kansas. Another thing to keep in mind is that when Nissen and Lotter beat Teena they were hitting and kicking her in the belly, you should do your own research into what this means, but this is a hallmark of violence against women and indicates beaters utter contempt for the woman, and of another thing, I will not get into here. Though his murder immediately made headlines, it was Kimberly Peirces film dramatization Boys Dont Cry in 1999 that made Brandons story familiar to millions of Americansand won Hilary Swank an Oscar for her moving portrayal of him. Right up there with Laux ..gross. She kept her kids in the childrens basement out of the reach of the local street hoodlums. Do you kiss them? Afterwards, Teena came to Tisdel's house, and Tisdel and her mother convinced him to speak to the police and go to the hospital. Have you ever been to Falls City, NE? Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry is one of the eeriest, most deeply tragic films of recent years. That goes without saying.. RR, Lana Tisdel They took the rape kit and they interviewed all parties involved. His basic training experience was probably in the late 70's or early 80's, when it lasted all of six weeks., Today, Brandon Teenas experience would be different, Houser said. Those are photos of the alleged rape scene posted on social media. They went looking for Teena, but Lisa did not know that Teena got kicked out of Lanas and was now staying with Nissen, and when police came knocking, Tisdels told police they had no idea where Teena was. But authorities refused to say if the slayings were the result of the assault charges or Brandon's cross-dressing . The Brandon Teena Story is a documentary about hatred and homophobia in the heartland of America. That would be around December 7. I was able to do that, and I got some new perspective on some people in a case I care about, new information which I feel could be worth considering. The case ended up on Sheriffs lap, because the rape occurred outside town, outside Falls City PD jurisdiction. Teena wrote a famous poem: Changes I am going through in my life will change me forever. Of course, nothing is for free. C:Did he have a hard on when he got back there or what? I believe that Teena acted more violent and tougher than Nissen, and intimidated him for a time. He moved into the home of Lisa Lambert and later started dating Lana Tisdel. WTH????? Did he fondle you any? Lana, who in her youth resembled actress Jodie Foster, still has long beautiful strawberry blond hair. They all set Brandon up. I believe that this was on December 29, 1993. People on the run can crash there, I am not if she charged them rent or anything. According to her, Philip DeVine meets Leslie Mayfield (Lanas Half Sister) at Job Corps and comes with her to Falls City for the holidays. Mental health and mental outlook play a big role. I think that Teena Brandon deserves some real credit there. Now having learned about the complexities of being trans, she reported with greater sensitivity and apologized for not understanding trans people when she wrote her original article in . Leland Tisdel is interesting and worth talking about. I am curious how you know so much about this story. Photo: @ galpalswatch Source: Getty Images. Aphrodite Jones was writing a screen play and in her movie, bad people would live in bad houses. There is also Court testimony, that two of the women involved were visiting Lisa Lamberts relatives to try to find out where Lisa Lambert lived and where Teena was hiding. Why did the shark bite the leg off a surfer? Think all the burgers and pizzas washed down with soda. All she knew, she recalls now, was that she couldn't let Teena go. He started dating Lana Tisdel, and found a family of sorts in her inner circle of friends, including John Lotter and Marvin Tom Nissen. You risk your life every day and there are other stresses involved with that work. A practical open house. She was portrayed in the film by Chlo Sevigny, who was . After Teena was assaulted at the Christmas party, she went with Lana to the lobby of a local big hotel practically across the street from Nissens house. She has a daughter and two sons and at least one grandchild. He was studying to be a tattoo artist and died around 2015. According to the statement she gave police, Teena had a problem getting raped, but nor getting beaten up. Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975)[2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert and Phillip DeVine, at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen, is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). Teena and his story have been at the center of academic and public debates concerning gender and sexuality rights. To find out how much progress has made its way to the Richardson County Sheriff's Office, I reached out to the current sheriff, Randy Houser, an affable 61-year-old from Omaha. What aspiring mafioso or gang member, you have suggested, in Brandon goes to an area like that? Teena played a different tune for Lana Tisdel - during their visit Teena is upset, listless, asking Lana to get her out of jail. [10], In August 2020, Tisdel was injured in a car accident when she struck Glenn D. Aston, 66, head-on. Its not clear what type of work she does or whether she and her husband are still together. When Boys Don't Cry was released, she petitioned Nebraska movie theatre owners to not show the film. Valuable property. Law enforcement is not just a job, it is a lifestyle. Only a 21 year old can sign the property away. Teena drove into town in Lisa Lamberts green Mercury Cougar, a luxury sports coupe, that she passed as her own. Worse, she was a part of the local criminal underworld, and her house was a shelter of sorts. But another figure in this horrifying story remains free. But it is the documentary The Brandon Teena Story, which traces his life, and gives an account of his rape and murder, along with the murders of two other people on Dec. 31, 1993. It wasnt fancy, but it was well lived in. Thanks much for sending me the link. "United States Public Records, 19702009," database, FamilySearch (May 23, 2014), Lana M Tisdel, Grant, Nebraska, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information. Thats all for this week. twas it relations gone fizzle? (She hitched up with a guy from her hometown of Falls City on Dec. 6, 2001, according to Douglas County records.). It was callous how he treated Teena, but then there was testimony by a female DA prosecuting sex crimes and by an investigator of sex, both of whom said that interviews of rape victims may appear hard towards the victims or callous, but that is of necessity, so as to get certain information from the victim and to ascertain if the victim can take the stand against the rapist, and be cross examined by the defense, which will be even more cruel and demeaning. C: [A]fter he pulled your pants down and seen you was a girl, what did he do? Up to ten years in prison if an ex gets a second mortgage using the house that now belongs to the ex and not to both of them. DeVine was supposed to take the Greyhound out of Nebraska on December 30, but he does not and ends up being murdered on December 31st. The rough crowd that Brandon was warned about also worked, especially women. Teena was a girl. If call Lotter and Nissen as part of the Rough Crowd in Falls City, then Michelle Lotter, Lana Tisdels half sister, and a couple of others, were the female parts of the rough crowd, and these girls were on record visiting all the acquaintances and Lisa Lamberts distant relatives, canvassing to find out where Teena was hiding, once they found out that Teena was staying with Lisa Lambert, Linda Gutierrez told John Lotter and Tom Nissen, where Lisa Lamberts house was. Tisdel's mother, Linda Gutierres, who died on December 2, 2003,[6] at age 54, was portrayed in the film by Jeannetta Arnette. ronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry. Apparently there is Teena's prison letter to Lana, where Teena is morosely doing time, pacing the cell and doing push ups and chin ups. Why would Linda lie about this? Linda Gutierres had a rough life. What everyone forgets is that when Tom Nissen posted $250.00 bail for Teena, he was putting 10% down and the rest was putting up Lanas house as a collateral. "I fell in love with her," she says. Tom Nissen. Had this been New York City, where suing the municipality is like hitting the jackpot and everyone sues, once you utter the magic words I revoke the bail, a warrant squad will arrive and take your long lost cousin away in handcuffs, lest your long lost cousin you are helping out of the goodness of your heart turn out to be a sex fiend or a drug addict who is corrupting your kids when you are not looking. Teena Brandon blew into town wearing a jacket with a stylized patch on her back from a power utility that made her look like a gang member. Lana Bachman works as a maid at a casino in Kansas. There, he befriended ex-convicts John L. Lotter and Marvin Thomas "Tom" Nissen. [9] She married Josh Bachman in 2001 and lives in Kansas with their children. Then there is the fact that Teena was not a boyfriend or older brother to Lana, much as certain segments of LGBT would like to believe in Brandon. You cant tell the whole story in two hours. if so you must grasp a chisel Lotter & Nissan told Brandon that if he went to the police about the rape that they wound silence him permanently. In 2007, he recanted his original testimony and now admits he murdered the three victims with Lotter as his accomplice. Jones writes that Nissen lived in a small and filthy house with ketchup stained furniture, practically a shotgun shack. Seems like were catching-up in UK. Lana first saw Teena on November 23, 1993 in Nissens company at the Oasis. . Later during the trial, she had to dance circles to explain to the judge why she lied to State Police Detectives. When she was eighteen years old, three years before her death, she had been admitted to a crisis center as a result of a drug overdose, which may have been intentional. (Boys Dont Cry and The Brandon Teena Story). Including Lana, Linda Gutierres left four children behind. View the profiles of people named Lana Bachman. Definitely a better relationship than Teenas with her own mom and possibly better that Lanas own relationship with mom. Lana Tisdels father, Leland Tisdel, listed his employment as a farm laborer, and himself lived in a tiny shack, but he owned several larger homes in Falls City. He encouraged me, however, to give it a try. Lanas Wikipedia page said that Lanas dad gave her a blank check to get her hair done or something, and she used that blank check to post Brandons bail. June 20, 2018. If Tom Nissens biker brother was in the same club as the biker who threatened Nissen, then his brother could protect him. Tisdel was not present at the time of the murder, as it took place inside Lambert's home in Humboldt, Nebraska, a 30-minute drive away from Falls City, where Tisdel lived with her mother and sister. To add insult to injury, Colorado Art Institute, where Teena Brandon was hoping to study towards becoming a commercial artist, was a for-profit commercial school, which has since then closed its doors, as a result of the scandal that engulfed private for profit commercial colleges. Its elements positively resonate with the real world case. When Lana Tisdel posted Teena's bail, she learned Teena was assigned female at birth. Lelands occupation is officially listed as an agricultural worker and lived in a tiny house, and yet, Leland allegedly owned three more properties around town. Her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, had . Which means that if Teena jumped bail, the County would sell Lanas house, take the rest of the bail money, $2,250.00 and give the rest of the proceeds to the Tisdels, after taking out the taxes and processing fees. A law enforcement career in America offers benefits equivalent to Scandinavian socialism, except for six week vacations with pay. When you speak of criminal underworld are you talking about organized crime? How do you explain that? with a grain of salt long enough to glean other possibly worthwhile information. Its interesting to hear that Lanas loyalty to Brandon wasnt steadfast. Rude comments will be deleted) #brandonteena #teenabrandon #boysdontcry #brandonteenastory. She welcomed Teena, whether as a lover or to share in economic hardship is irrelevant. Lisas surviving son, Tanner, I think he blames Teena for his mothers death and he blocks any Brandon fans who try contacting him for information on social networking sites. Teena also befriended several locals, including John Lotter and Marvin Thomas Nissen, and began dating a 19-year-old named Lana Tisdel. Nissen was like your average reader in all of this. B: No, I was sitting up when he got back there. Other people lived there when I saw it. Linda is old, obese, bent. Also, basic law-enforcement training is an intense 16 weeks at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center in Grand Island, where the curriculum includes a viewing and discussion of the The Brandon Teena Story and staged sexual-assault and domestic-violence scenarios between straight and gay couples. Initially friendly, Lotter and Nissen soon began to harass Teena and Tisdel and scrutinize their relationship. Teenas sister spoke to Tom Nissen on the phone and told him (lied) that Teena was scheduled for a sex change surgery after which, she will be just like a man. This is interesting. Or was it rebellion against local conservatism. She is from United States. Lincoln, Nebraska Teena Renae Brandon was born female in the heartland city of Lincoln, Nebraska, on December 12, 1972. Learn to take that sort of thing (in a comment on the internet, for crying out loud! Leland Tisdels occupation was listed as an agriculture production worker, a field hand? The Amateur Radio Operators Preparing for the Worst, How to Make Friends, According to Science, What I Learned About Life at My 30th College Reunion. It makes sense that someone spurred Brandon to report the sexual assault its hard to go to authorities about sex crimes. Based on the Court documents I have seen. In New York police, there is unlimited sick time if you are actually sick. The police described the crash like this: When they asked her, Teena freaked out, and eventually agreed. BIRTHDAY STAR: Actress Chloe Sevigny was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on this day in 1974. Thanks BB. Both young men had criminal records, and Teena had been staying with Nissen. A few days later, on New Year's Eve 1993, Lotter and Nissen came to the Tisdel residence drunk and looking for Brandon, and threatened the Tisdel sisters. Did you work it up for him? But she has a half hidden triumphant smile. Sadly, her mother, Linda Gutierres, who came off as a flawed but not irredeemable character in the documentary, died in 2003 at the age of 54. Later on I heard something to the effect that Leland Tisdel owned FOUR properties in Falls City. ! Later on Michelle Lotter would come out as a butch gay woman with a wife of her own. Tisdel paid to get him out of jail, and he told her that he was undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Are you afraid your mind is so malleable that it could be warped by reading a few sentences of something you dont fully agree with? She earned the money being a professional Celebrity. He went to the wrong town (Falls City) & ran with the wrong crowd. He is now awaiting execution in Tecumseh alongside with Nikko Jenkins, Anthony Garcia and 7 . Not a good thing for him, considering how closed minded people were - especially back in the 90's, when the phrase "transgender" was not at . [8], Tisdel graduated from Falls City High School in 1993. Growing up, the star he most idolized was Cher. A side question worth looking into is why nobody came to help her. Nissen was a convicted felon on parole. I guess realities always are. Now, Leland Tisdels house. Oh absolutely! he responded. These girls are convinced that no harm will come to the man in their life so long as they together with him, and in some cases, little girls are right and they know what they are doing, but Lana was not a little girl, she was 18 and different rules may apply to her. So, what is the big reveal about Lisa Lambert, that she was gay or bi? She was portrayed in the film by Chlo Sevigny, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. I noticed that long time economic stress working poverty has the same effect as long time political oppression. 47 years (May 28, 1975)Lana Tisdel / Age. Brandon Teenas social media page was claiming Lana Tisdel now Buchman since married Josh Buchman, in 2001 and have kids together, claimed Lana Buchman being in a car accident and getting hurt so bad along with the other guy that she had died from her injuries June 1, 2021 and see that written nowhere now. Everyone knew that Teena was not fully male, the question everyone obsessed with was if she was male at all); and second, if Lana admitted to kissing Teena, had she also kissed Michelle Lotter, both having admitted to being in a best friend relationship. I still dont like to talk about 9/11, too soon. While exploring the Falls City area, Brandon Teena settled in a town called Humboldt and moved into the home of a young single mom named Lisa Lambert. In addition, you can retire with half pay after 20 years of service. I hope she now enjoys happiness, not least through her own children and g/children. Rough crowd has its privileges. Lisa does not only help Teena, she also rescues Philip Devine. She was wounded in a stabbing attack by an ex-husband and supported her family on a monthly disability check of less than $400, according to an account by writer Eric Konigsberg, who grew up in Omaha. The bodies were discovered the next day by Lambert's mother, Anna Mae.[4][5]. Tisdel has made it clear that her relationship with Brandon Teena was brief and did not include sex; only lasting about two months from their first meeting until the murder. Peirce, who also spent more than half a decade researching and making her film, chose to underscore the disturbing and participatory nature of Laux's questions about the crime by playing out the rape scene in flashback with Swank's voiceover, as she gets grilled by Laux. Tisdel (pictured above in her 20s), who had dated Brandon Teena who was born a girl named Teena Brandon but dressed and lived as a man also called out Boys Dont Cry for falsely portraying her as having been present during the shootings that killed Brandon, 22, and witnesses Lisa Lambert, 24, and Phillip Devine, 22, just before New Years Day of 1994. Source: Pinterest There is a photo of Linda Gutierrez taken shortly before her death with her grown kids at Leland Tisdels funeral. I wonder which one is true? In his naivete he may have even introduced her to the biker he knew, because Teena may have wanted to join the bikers gang. Brandon had dated Lambert and was dating another woman, Lana Tisdel, at the time of his death. This was a painful process in which victims sought a rational explanation for their horrendous suffering. Today, she maintains a presence on the internet, but she uses her married name, Lana Bachman, and probably isnt looking to satisfy curiosity seekers. In addition, law enforcement in America is a ride into upper middle class. In one, you have Teena Brandons cousin, Maurice Adair twirling his glass of beer and acting guilty, when he tells us how Teena would help him out. Tisdel defended Teena often, at one point lying to authorities and telling them she had seen him naked and saw his penis, in hopes they would leave him alone. Dramatic-license violation: She alleged that the movie used her life story without her permission and unfairly depicted her as a habitual drinker and drug user. Tisdel was taken to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas with serious injuries.[11][12]. Same court documents claim that Nissen and Lotter found out after police interviewed them about the rape. Had Teena been willing to have the two arrested, she would have survived Falls City. You can watch the interviews with Lana Tisdel and Linda Gutierres in the documentary on YouTube. C: And if you're 21, you think you'd have, you'd have, trouble getting it in? Lotter & Nissan told Brandon that if he went to the police about the rape that they wound silence him permanently. Facebook gives people the power to. Or that the purity police will show up and hold you accountable for what you choose to read on your own time (or pat you on the head because you ran away from it)? This has two implication, first, as a girl, Teena would be third in line to be Lanas new best friend (and John Lotter trying to drag Lana with him is claiming that both Lana and her half sister Leslie have treated Teena like crap. When my letter requesting an interview went unanswered, I called Laux's home in Dawson. The States doesnt do well for longevity compared with Europe and Asia obesity being the big (if youll pardon the pun) killer (dementias up there too, but its no nearly so clearly linked with obesity). A friend of mine whos from Nebraska actually knew Lisa Lambert, but she wont say any more about it. Thats not intersex by definition. To ingratiate herself to the camera? This is social status in criminal underworld. Worse yet, she gave them the location, where Teena was hiding out, but it wasnt her who was looking for Teena from December 28, when they found out that Teena reported the rape, until the night she was murdered. A series of bad decisions were made by the guy at the top and that won't be me if something like this happens again. RR, would you expect loyalty after a 3 week relationship? That is why that bail package (paperwork for the transfer of the money and collaterized property obligation) required a 21 year olds signature. When Teena was calling anyone and everyone to get out of Falls City, it was Lisa Lambert, who called Falls City Police. you are really hot baby Where is Lana Tisdel now? Twenty years ago in a little Nebraskan town called Falls City, a handsome 21-year-old transman with big blue eyes was brutally beaten, raped and murdered in one of the most heinous hate crimes in American history. [T]he girls that don't know about you, thinks [sic] you are a guy. With all this, it makes one wonder, why Linda Gutierrez (now dead) was not charged as an accessory to triple homicide. The big question is whether Lana can be blamed for leaving Teena in the company of her rapists, who had just got done humiliating her at a social gathering. . This birthday star earned a 2000 Academy Award nomination for her role as Lana Tisdel in "Boys Don't Cry." Her other film work includes appearances in "The Dead Don't Die," "Lizzie" and "The Snowman." Sevigny starred as Nicolette Grant on Lana Tisdel. I'm sure it's a defense mechanism. Houser updated me on Laux's life since 1993. In a rural area of the middle of nowhere SE Nebraska, who are they shaking down to finance their enterprise? cause I purloin. I love them the way a man does. Without their excellent investigative journalism we would have never learned of the extreme misconduct and inhumanity Brandon suffered from Laux. When Tom Nissen went to Falls City Police to try to have Teenas bail revoked, he asked the police if it will be okay to have Teena tied up in his bedroom until she could be taken back into custody. Regarding the recently paroled convict Nissen (at the time), you say he had no employment but supported 3 kids while living in a pricey house in a pricy area.