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19 giu 2006 · A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story: Directed by Agnieszka Holland. With Mercedes Ruehl, JD Pardo, Lupe Ontiveros, Henry Darrow. The true story of Gwen Araujo, a young trans woman who was brutally murdered by four men in 2002.
- (2K)
- Biography, Drama
- Agnieszka Holland
- 2006-06-19
The film dramatizes the events surrounding the 2002 murder of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teenager who was murdered after acquaintances discovered that she had male genitalia. In 2007, the film won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Television Movie or Miniseries at the 18th GLAAD Media Awards .
- Who Was Gwen Araujo?
- Why Was Gwen Araujo Killed?
- How Did Police Find Out About The Murder?
- What Was The Community's Reaction to The Murder?
- What Happened at The Trial?
- Was There A Lasting Impact of Araujo's Murder?
- What Was The Impact to Gwen Araujo's Family?
Gwen Araujo was a 17-year-old transgender teenager who lived in Newark, Calif. with her mother, Sylvia Guerrero. Araujo was born with male genitalia but her immediate family noticed early on that she identified more easily with being a girl than a boy. At age 14, Araujo sat down with her mom for a heart-to-heart talk. Guerrero remembers Araujo tell...
In the fall of 2002, Araujo met Michael Magidson, 22, who invited her to hang out with his friends. According to court testimony, Araujo, who presented herself as Lida, engaged in sexual acts with Magidson and his friend, 22-year-old Jose Merel. After several encounters, the men grew suspicious about why she wouldn't let the men touch her parts of ...
Nobody reported the murder of Gwen Araujo. Her family reported her missing, but police had no information about her disappearance until Nabors told a close friend about what happened. That friend told someone else and the rumor of Araujo's murder eventually got back to the family who reported it to police. Investigators got Nabors' friend to wear a...
The case attracted national attention, both good and bad. Initial coverage by several news media outlets described the victim as a cross-dressing man. Police and the family referred to Araujo by her birth name, Eddie, a practice now discouraged, called deadnaming. The case became a rallying cry for transgender rights. Vigils and marches seeking jus...
Justice for Araujo was delayed. The first trial started on April 14, 2004 and ended in a hung jury against Magidson, Merel and Cazares. During the trial, the defense maintained that Araujo deceived the men into non-consensual sex by not revealing her biological gender and that the men reacted out of rage when they killed her. Analysts compared the ...
Gwen Araujo's murder brought about several changes in California law. In 2005, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act. It instructed jurors not to let bias against a victim's gender identity or sexual orientation influence their decisions. In 2014, that law was strengthened by Gov. Jerry Brown. AB 2501 ...
At the sentencing of the suspects, Araujo's mother, Sylvia Guerrero, said that the murder and court process (which lasted three years) had taken an emotional toll on her and that it had affected her relationship with her children. Guerrero became an advocate for transgender rights. She got a grant from the Horizons Foundation to speak at schools ab...
- 3 min
- Juan Carlos Guerrero
19 nov 2022 · ABC7 News Bay Area. 452K subscribers. Subscribed. 8.6K. 526K views 1 year ago #lgbtq #transgender. She was killed 20 years ago. But the murder of Gwen Araujo is still important today. The...
- 48 min
- 534,7K
- ABC7 News Bay Area
The story of Gwen Araujo, a transgender teen who was murdered in California in 2002. Cast. Mercedes Ruehl. Sylvia Guerrero. J. D. Pardo. Eddie / Gwen Araujo. Lupe Ontiveros. Mami. Leela Savasta. Chita Araujo. Henry Darrow. Papi. Corey Stoll. Joey Marino. Avan Jogia. Danny Araujo. Jacqueline Samuda. Angie. Zak Santiago. Carloes Guerrero.
Being Gwen: A Life & Death Story: With Gloria Allred, Susan Bonilla, Nicole Brown, Jason Cazares. A look at the murder of 17-year-old trans woman Gwen Araujo, who was killed in a transphobic hate crime in 2002.
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story. Starring Mercedes Ruehl. Sylvia dedicates her life to advocating for the rights of all transgender people after her own transgender daughter is murdered. 93 IMDb 7.3 1 h 29 min 2006. 16+.
