Digital Transgender Archive
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: BRANDON TEENA & FRIENDS [...]
This artifact offers a critique of a statement made by Norm MacDonald on Saturday Night Live regarding the murder of Brandon Teena and his two friends. It also discusses the response people had to the statement. Content warning: This item relates to the death of Brandon Teena, who was murdered and sexually assaulted as the target of gruesome anti-LGBT hate crimes. Brandon's death became a major news item, and the language used to describe his identity and depict the violence he suffered by contemporary press coverage ranges from insensitive to outright cruel.
- Identifier
- b2773v919
- Collection
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Brandon Teena Collection
- Institution
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Digital Transgender Archive
- Creator(s)
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Wilchins, Riki Anne
- Date Issued
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Feb. 28, 1996
- Dates Covered
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Feb. 24, 1996
- Genre
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Transcriptions
- Subject(s)
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Andrew Brewer
Brandon Teena
Chanelle Pickett
Charles Laux
Daniel Ferguson
Deborah Forte
Donna Minkowitz
John Lotter
Kate Bornstein
Leslie Feinberg
Lorne Michaels
Minnie Bruce Pratt
Norm MacDonald
Roz Wineman
Saturday Night Live
The Transexual Menace
Thomas Nissen
Tyra Hunter
Village Voice
Warren Littlefield
- Places
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Nebraska
>
Richardson County
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Falls City
- Topic(s)
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Hate speech
LGBTQ+ victims of hate crimes
Murders of LGBTQ+ people
Transgender activism
Transmasculine people
- Resource Type
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Text
- Language
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English
- Related URL
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http://www.qrd.org/qrd/media/television/1996/snl.slur.response-02.28.96
- Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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