A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
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| A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story |
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| Directed by | Agnieszka Holland |
| Written by | Shelley Evans |
| Starring | J.D. Pardo Mercedes Ruehl |
| Distributed by | Lifetime Television |
| Release date(s) | June 19, 2006 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story is a 2006 made-for-tv movie directed by award-winning director Agnieszka Holland and aired on Lifetime Television. The story documents the real life of Gwen Araujo, born Edward Araujo, Jr., a transgender teenager who was murdered after it was discovered by acquaintances that she had male genitalia.
The movie stars J.D. Pardo as Eddie/Gwen, Mercedes Ruehl as her mother, and Avan Jogia as her brother, Danny. It premiered on the Lifetime Television network in the US on June 19, 2006.
[edit] See also
- Boys Don't Cry, the story of Brandon Teena
- Transphobia
- Transgender in film and television
- Queer Cinema
- List of transgender-related topics
[edit] External links
- A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story at the Internet Movie Database
- Rolling Stone article about the real life events
- Cast list from Yahoo
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