A Girl like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

Drama based on the true story of a transgender teenager. With the support of his mother, the boy gradually adopts a female identity, only to meet a tragic end at the hands of a brutal gang., Based on a true story, high schooler Eddie is a woman trapped in a man’s body who lives life as Gwen. When she is killed by a group of young men angered upon learning about her gender, her mother is galvanized to become an activist., With the support of his mother, the boy gradually adopts a female identity, only to meet a tragic end at the hands of a brutal gang., Mercedes Ruehl plays a mother struggling to accept her transgender child in this fact-based story, which offers a moving and sensitive account of a teen, born a boy named Eddie Araujo, who feels he’s a female trapped in the wrong body. J.D. Pardo. Mami: Lupe Ontiveros. Papi: Henry Darrow. Joey: Corey Stoll. Directed by Agnieszka Holland.