A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

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A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Official poster
Directed by	Agnieszka Holland
Produced by	Fran Rosati
Written by	Shelley Evans
Starring	J. D. Pardo Mercedes Ruehl
Music by	Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Cinematography	David Frazee
Editing by	Michael John Bateman
Country	United States
Language	English
Original channel	Lifetime Television
Release date	June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19)
Running time	96 minutes

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story is a 2006 LGBT biography television film 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. Scenes depicting the murder trial are shown alternating with the story of Gwen's life.

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.

Cast

• J.D. Pardo as Gwen Araujo
• Mercedes Ruehl as Sylvia Guerrero
• Leela Savasta as Chita Araujo
• Avan Jogia as Danny Araujo
• Lupe Ontiveros as Mami
• Greyston Holt as Jaron Nabors
• Nolan Gerard Funk as Michael Magidson
• Neil Denis as Jose Merel
• Jorge Vargas as Jason Cazares
• Henry Darrow as Papi
• Ivan De Leon as Berto
• Corey Stoll as Joey Marino

Awards

• A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story won the award for Outstanding Movie for Television at the 2007 GLAAD Media Awards.

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story premiered on June 19 at 9 PM ET/PT on Lifetime.

See also

• Boys Don't Cry, the story of Brandon Teena
• Transphobia
• Transgender in film and television
• Queer Cinema
• List of transgender-related topics

External links

• Official website
• A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story at the Internet Movie Database
• Rolling Stone article about the real life events

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