He Passed as a Man in Falls City Until the Local Newspaper Printed His Name Brandon Teena moved to Falls City, Nebraska, in November 1993 with check forgery warrants trailing him out of Lincoln, and no one in Richardson County knowing his name. He was transgender and passing. Five weeks later, he was dead, killed by two men who learned his biological sex from a newspaper crime report the local sheriff's office handed to the press after his arrest. He passed easily as a man, b