Lana M Tisdel was born on May 28,1975 and 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.
13 Facts About Lana Tisdel
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Lana Tisdel was portrayed in the film by Chloe Sevigny, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance.
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Brandon and Lana Tisdel began seeing each other, because Lana Tisdel found Teena attractive and believed Brandon was a male.
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Lana Tisdel found out he was transgender after his birth name was printed in the local newspaper in the arrests section.
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Lana Tisdel has disputed claims that after the truth was revealed to her, they continued a romantic relationship, but instead she told Brandon that they could still be friends.
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Lana 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.
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Lana 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 Lana Tisdel lived with her mother and sister.
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The Lana Tisdel family appeared on the TV shows Maury and A Current Affair, to discuss Brandon Teena and the trial proceedings.
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The Lana Tisdel family did not get along well with Teena's mother, Jo Ann Brandon, and his sister, Tammy, who accused Lana Tisdel of being responsible for the murders.
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Lana Tisdel sued the creators of the film Boys Don't Cry for using her name and likeness without permission; the suit was settled out of court.
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Leslie Lana Tisdel was vocal about the film's script changes, and upset that her boyfriend who was murdered, Phillip DeVine, was not included in the film, nor was she, and instead the film focused on Brandon Teena.
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Lana Tisdel married Josh Bachman in 2001 and lives in Kansas with their children.
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Lana Tisdel was taken to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas with serious injuries.