Boys Don’t Cry is a tragic film based on true story of Brandon Teena casted by Hilary Swank, a transsexual youth who wanders aimlessly leaving his home of Lincoln and finally reaching Falls City, Nebraska where he discovers a new group of friends. Teena Brandon, who was actually a born female decides to reject all of her feminine attributes and decides to lead her life as a man. In Falls City, Brandon surrenders herself for a young woman named Lana starring Chloe Sevigny in the movie. Lana by this time had already become easy target of monotonous life and Brandon has been portrayed as the one who comes to save her from boredom with assurance of travel and fleeing, Lana falls in love with Brandon. Lana, at first does not affirm that Brandon Teena is actually Teena Brandon, a
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Brandon meets all the above criteria’s for GID as depicted in the movie.
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) list three diagnostic criteria for Gender Identity Disorder and the case of Brandon Teena falls under the category of Trans sexualism:
Trans sexualism has three criteria’s which are “the desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by the wish to make his or her body as congruent as possible with the preferred sex through surgery and hormone treatment, the transsexual identity has been present persistently for at least two years and the disorder is not a symptom of another mental disorder or a chromosomal abnormality” (ICD-10, 1992)
Causes for this disorder can be hormonal influence, biological factors, social factors and social learning theory and sometimes it is unknown but can be treated with family counselling, seeking professional help in understanding, hormonal therapy such as puberty blocker but the end result is usually gender reassignment which is exactly what Brandon was seeking due to his strong desire to be a
Brandon meets all the above criteria’s for GID as depicted in the movie.
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) list three diagnostic criteria for Gender Identity Disorder and the case of Brandon Teena falls under the category of Trans sexualism:
Trans sexualism has three criteria’s which are “the desire to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by the wish to make his or her body as congruent as possible with the preferred sex through surgery and hormone treatment, the transsexual identity has been present persistently for at least two years and the disorder is not a symptom of another mental disorder or a chromosomal abnormality” (ICD-10, 1992)
Causes for this disorder can be hormonal influence, biological factors, social factors and social learning theory and sometimes it is unknown but can be treated with family counselling, seeking professional help in understanding, hormonal therapy such as puberty blocker but the end result is usually gender reassignment which is exactly what Brandon was seeking due to his strong desire to be a