What's Up Wit That? Gwen's Story

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  • Опубликовано: 6 май 2012
  • In October of 2002, Gwen Araujo, a transgender teen in California's east bay was killed at a party by several of her friends who were unaware she was born male after these friends had sexual relations with her. Andrew talks about the case, Gwen's life, the trial of the perpetrators ( who have since been convicted of her murder ), and issues facing transgender teens today.
    Fired Up Productions
    Producer / Host: Andrew Willyoung
    Director: John A. Vink
    Audio: Bill Lindemann
    Camera: Ray Raffa
    Editor / Camera / Opening credits: Keith Stattenfield
    Guest: Sylvia Guerrero

Комментарии • 349

  • @thedestroyerguy1585
    @thedestroyerguy1585 8 лет назад +109

    Hi guys thats my aunt and my aunt is very depressed what happened to her daughter or my cousin gwen did not deserve to die any one who waching this please like this👍👍👍 for my cousin

    • @notjamesfake1313
      @notjamesfake1313 8 лет назад

      U believe in hell and heaven. U actually believe you will go to heaven

    • @dawnagordon2333
      @dawnagordon2333 7 лет назад +14

      The destroyer Guy I'm a fan of Gwen and I'm sorry what you and your family went through. Gwen with God and may she rip

    • @thedestroyerguy1585
      @thedestroyerguy1585 7 лет назад +9

      ASadCloWn Mac shut the fuck up ok you thinl your so cool cause you had the most longest comment but that doesn't mean your smart you dumbass ok you dont mess with the guerrero family she did nothing wrong you dont even no who her uncle is her grandma aunt no one so how woud you now that she is burning in hell yeah seem like a hard question

    • @davidsmith-uw2ci
      @davidsmith-uw2ci 7 лет назад +5

      I'm sorry for ur loss no human being deserves to b treated like that regardless and all those guys deserved life and it should have been labeled a hate crime

    • @mamaloves8995
      @mamaloves8995 7 лет назад +4

      I'm so sorry honey for everything your family is going through. {{Hugs}}

  • @evaramirez2642
    @evaramirez2642 11 лет назад +95

    i say convict the girl who egged on the deadly beating on gwen

    • @JaneDoe-em7zi
      @JaneDoe-em7zi 4 года назад +14

      Ikr she was evil for that and jealous of Gwen.

    • @boomshakatacalaka1101
      @boomshakatacalaka1101 4 года назад +6

      Yes she had alot to do with it I also believe that guy was bitter after finding out she was a man but in reality knew she was a guy smh I'm confused.

    • @boomshakatacalaka1101
      @boomshakatacalaka1101 4 года назад +10

      @Rookielove1 but she set up the whole fucking bs party it wasnt a party it was a set up it was just them and gwen at the party she set it up then got scared when everything started to happen so fuck her she needs to be convicted she got off

    • @Catsss1017
      @Catsss1017 4 года назад +1

      Rookielove1 stupid bitch

    • @robertray7016
      @robertray7016 3 года назад

      Tell the truth

  • @misskat525
    @misskat525 11 лет назад +19

    I have great compassion for this mother! I have 3 grown children, none of which are transgender, or homosexual, however, I am still able to empathize, and feel her pain. It's hard enough to raise children without having to deal with a child who believes they are one gender, but their body says something else. Sylvia, if you happen to read this, please know that, Gwen really did touch the hearts of many. I don't feel sorry for you, I feel sorry for what happened to Gwen... RIP Gwen Eddie Araujo!

  • @cassandrazenzo
    @cassandrazenzo 11 лет назад +23

    The host didnt care about Gwen , he cared about his show

    • @kandie3127
      @kandie3127 4 года назад

      @ominous cloud 💔
      💙💚💜🧡💛💚💙❤️
      Sending you all so much love

  • @jennaharris4180
    @jennaharris4180 10 лет назад +58

    Sylvia is a wonderful mother :) R.I.P Gwen

  • @kriszgoseyun7828
    @kriszgoseyun7828 9 лет назад +49

    I liked the movie alot, Rest In Paradise Gwen... (:

  • @ninihamm8810
    @ninihamm8810 11 лет назад +20

    Thank you Sylvia for sharing Gwen's story and having the paitence to put up with such an incompetent interviewer!!

  • @star_kitten110
    @star_kitten110 9 лет назад +41

    I remember watching the lifetime movie about her. very sad

  • @rebeccaspratling2865
    @rebeccaspratling2865 4 года назад +12

    Great interview. Gwen would be so proud of her mom if she were still with us. ❤️

  • @siobhancosgrove2386
    @siobhancosgrove2386 10 лет назад +20

    I have a problem with the 4 people who were charged with Gwen's death. The girl she had the argument with i think her name is Nicole. This Nicole IS guilty also of Gwen's death. It WAS friends who killed her? FUCK !! even though i never heard about this story as i live in Northern Ireland. Rest in peace Gwen. XX

    • @SatelliteShawty
      @SatelliteShawty 10 лет назад +2

      They are gonna consider them her friends if they knew her and hung out with her. However, this does not actually justify anything.

  • @pseudocomrade09
    @pseudocomrade09 9 лет назад +23

    Those who disrespect and beat transgenders should be punished harshly! Gwen would have been alive if those homophobes didn't kill her!

    • @gcrav
      @gcrav 9 лет назад +10

      pseudocomrade09 Araujo deceived two men into consenting to sexual contact by disguising his identity. Since 2013, that is considered rape under California law. I don't respect lying rapists regardless of orientation. Araujo in no way deserved to be killed, just to face the same consequences other rapists face through the legal system.

    • @noanswersdad
      @noanswersdad 9 лет назад +8

      pseudocomrade09 He might still be here if he didn't deceive gang members into sexual intercourse!

    • @johnjoseph1687
      @johnjoseph1687 8 лет назад +5

      +pseudocomrade09 Oh, gtfo. That has nothing to do with homophobia or prejudice, and "she" is actually a he.

    • @MsPrettypinkpanther8
      @MsPrettypinkpanther8 8 лет назад +12

      He would still be alive if he didn't deceive them into having sex with him when they mistakenly thought he was a girl.

    • @mariad548
      @mariad548 8 лет назад +2

      People need to stop blaming it on her they r wrong Gwen was living life as a women because that's how she felt that's it so all u can go fuck yo self

  • @lovesmcdreamy
    @lovesmcdreamy 9 лет назад +31

    i agree its wrong for a transgender not to be honest with straight people but that does not make it right to murder her its absolutely sickening what was done to her just awful.

    • @michaja2
      @michaja2 7 лет назад +1

      I do not think it was wrong that she did not tell the truth. Not really. Because in such a hypocratic society we live in it is very hard to be completely honest. Look around the world, anything different from what is generally considered to be "normal" is taken as something dangerous, strange, unnatural etc. I think being transgender is a very difficult thing even in the 21st century. She could have been honest if people were more open and tolerant.
      I do not care whether the person is black, white, yellow, gay, transgender, fat, thin or dissabled, even not very clever, as long as it is a good person with a good heart. But my attitude is not a general attitude, there are so many hateful people in this world, even in your surroundings.
      If all people were wise, she should have lived a happy life as a woman.
      But so many people are far from wise. They are blind and stupid, materialistic, egoistic, full of hatred and prejudices.

    • @osarsaph
      @osarsaph 6 лет назад

      what do you understand about honesty?

    • @Neku628
      @Neku628 6 лет назад +2

      Jana, I can understand your point but too many people biological sex wins out. Many straight people don't like being "fooled" but not all of us go to the extreme these men did and straight up murder someone for being transgender. Sex is an intimate part of a relationship.

  • @kelsian_smith03
    @kelsian_smith03 4 года назад +8

    This reminds me of the Brandon Teena story. Brandon was a trans man he dated girls throughout the early 90s. He grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska where people weren’t keen of trans people. His girlfriends later found out he was born female at birth. He later moved to Humboldt, Nebraska where it was even worse. He used to visit a town called Falls City, he made friends with ex convicts called John Lotter and Tom Nissen. He met a beautiful strawberry blonde haired girl called Lana Tisdel, they both started dating in early December 1993. Before Brandon moved to Humboldt he was commonly known to forge checks to get gifts for his girlfriends. So he missed his court date and so his birth name was put in the local newspaper and John and Tom saw and got suspicious about it. Brandon handed himself in on 15th December 1993 because he felt guilty. Lana found out ask her dad for money so she “could get a perm” but she needed the money so she could bail Brandon out. So she got the check off her dad and wrote out $250 and got Tom to bail Brandon out because she was 18 and Tom was 21. After he was bailed out he went to a house Christmas Eve party at Tom’s house with Lana. Tom and John grabbed Brandon took him to the bathroom punched him and kicked him a few times and stripped him to reveal his genitals and forced Lana to look. Later they took Brandon after when Lana’s mother need Lana to go home for something and John and Tom beat Brandon up and raped him in a remote location. Then went to back to Toms and they both forced Brandon to get a shower to get rid of evidence. Brandon jumped out of the window and ran to Lana’s house. He had a raped kit done but was later “lost” by authorities. He reported the rape but the sheriff was getting off on it throughout the rape interview. John and Tom found out that Brandon went to the police and ended up murdering Brandon, Lisa Lambert and Philip Devine and spared Lisa’s toddler son. The homicide happened on New Year’s Eve.

    • @kandie3127
      @kandie3127 4 года назад +5

      Excellent summary.
      Yeah I thought that sheriff was sick in the head. The questions he kept asking... It was like he was beating off while asking for details.

  • @sherimedina
    @sherimedina 7 лет назад +18

    can he stop interrupting? mmmhhmm...let her talk!!!

  • @stephonmaysii2098
    @stephonmaysii2098 5 лет назад +9

    This interviewer was so inconsiderate of Ms. Guerrero’s feelings & answers to his questions. I feel he just wanted all of HIS questions answered, kept interrupting, responded with “uh huh” “mmmhm” & “yea”. Not to mention it looks like he hit the pipe a few times before this time interview.

  • @dishy200
    @dishy200 11 лет назад +19

    I watched the movie too but that was just a actor playing her.. I think from the pics I saw she was prettier then the actor & looked more girly.

    • @amygonzales9146
      @amygonzales9146 4 года назад +9

      The real Gwen WAS GORGEOUS!! 🤩🤩🤩

    • @kandie3127
      @kandie3127 4 года назад +6

      I agree. I had to look her up during the movie & just WOW she was freaking gorgeous. Stunning.

    • @amygonzales9146
      @amygonzales9146 4 года назад +5

      @@kandie3127 Girl I know!! She was a FREAKING KNOCKOUT! 😱😱😃😃😃

  • @ronakonina
    @ronakonina 3 года назад +7

    I just saw the movie and was so incredibly touched by this story. My heart is breaking into a million pieces. I will forever have Sylvia and Gwen in my prayers. What they both went and go through is unimaginable. Sylvia I know you did the best you could for Gwen, you are a loving mother. It's so unfortunate that it had to end this way.
    May Gwen rest in peace. She will always be in my heart!

  • @hawkmoon4888
    @hawkmoon4888 8 лет назад +12

    What a wonderful mother.

  • @ms.martiegallego8834
    @ms.martiegallego8834 5 лет назад +6

    It's going on 17 years since this senseless murder took place !! We still are dealing with these kinds of hate crimes !! Gwen was a beautiful, young, and brave transgendered woman, who by all that is good should be here with us today!! Living her best life !! That didn't happen , because these cruel, ignorant, hate filled , young guys that knew exactly what was up, took advantage of her, raped her, then savagely killed her!!! They took Her breathing, beautiful body away from people that loved her so very much, but they did not take Her spirit from us !! She lives on through every one that knew Her, and through those that only knew Her by seeing and hearing Her story , then and now !! We must never let the ignorance, and hate win !! Never !! I have lived my 68 years of life as a trans Woman, and have struggled with hate and intolerance most of my life . Did it stop me from my truth? NO !! I have stood for Human Rights for as long as I can remember, and will continue to the end .. Please remember Gwen, and keep the Love Alive !! I would really like to meet Her Mother, this is a good, and loving Mother . My heart breaks listening to Her tell Her daughter, Gwen's story. A story, She should never have had to tell. Let us stand with Her and Her fight to rid this world of trans phobic , hate crimes !! Keep watching over us all, Gwen !! You are always in our hearts . Luv Ya !!

  • @BriBri9380
    @BriBri9380 4 года назад +8

    I believe that with all the love she has in her heart will live on..and she will rest with the lord. 💕💕💕💕 I admire her alot

  • @lissettemercedes75
    @lissettemercedes75 9 лет назад +14

    Amazing how people can judge and condemn another human being!!! We don't have the right to take someone's life regardless of their preference or actions... Do not use God as an excuse for your ignorance, God is love, He hates sin but loves the sinner... It's disgusting that mothers have to bury their children cause of someone else's ignorance... Eddie or Gwen, he or she is not a reason to be killed... Land of the free?

    • @osarsaph
      @osarsaph 6 лет назад

      Very well said! Love your comment!

    • @HopefulInterventions
      @HopefulInterventions 5 лет назад +1

      Rookielove1 exactly! He lied to them and had sex. Gwen should have been honest before having any kind of intimacy!!

    • @HopefulInterventions
      @HopefulInterventions 5 лет назад +3

      He got murdered because Eddie or Gwen lied! Before having any kind of sex, Gwen should have been honest about being transsexual. He was no angel but murder is wrong.

    • @luhhtonii2770
      @luhhtonii2770 4 года назад +1

      @@HopefulInterventions fuck off you stupid bitch

  • @lovesmcdreamy
    @lovesmcdreamy 9 лет назад +9

    he keeps interupting her thats driving me nuts

  • @samanthaellis8390
    @samanthaellis8390 10 лет назад +15

    awwwwwwwwwww gwen looked like her mom:) so pretty:)

    • @dsk0_916
      @dsk0_916 7 лет назад

      Sylvia is my aunt

    • @kandie3127
      @kandie3127 4 года назад

      @@dsk0_916 I'm sorry you lost your cousin, especially in the way she was murdered, taken away from the world. I don't think the 90s or early 2000s deserved her & I'm not so sure we deserve her now.
      Sylvia seems like such a wonderful mom & wow Gwen really looked alot like her.

    • @carinarosales6899
      @carinarosales6899 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@dsk0_916oh I'm sorry for your loss she's in Heaven

  • @indridcold6688
    @indridcold6688 3 года назад +3

    She’s so brave and amazing for sharing Gwen’s story. God bless her and her family. RIP Gwen.

  • @monicaobrien9702
    @monicaobrien9702 7 лет назад +13

    gwen is amazing and i know that everyone like her deserves a chance to live how they feel..and noone shall judge..and she has so much courage and strength as others..love ya girl may u rest in peace..

    • @jmeshox2730
      @jmeshox2730 5 лет назад

      Him...everyone like him. Do you know the story? Gwen is a he...not a she... Why do we all have to play pretend that the guy with a penis is a woman??? I mean seriously????

    • @mrs.elentz2336
      @mrs.elentz2336 4 года назад +2

      @@jmeshox2730 I dont even have a problem with that. If someone appears female, I'll call them she. What I have a problem with is Gwen sexually assaulted these men. That led to her murder. Did she deserve to die? Absolutely not, but what she did was pretty awful telling them she was on her period so couldnt touch, but had them have anal sex.

    • @aplacewithnoname5512
      @aplacewithnoname5512 4 года назад +1

      Elizabeth H That’s the part. I feel bad for her mother honestly. Every time I see this story I can’t help but what wonder if she would’ve just stopped the men before getting close to intimate with them how things would’ve been different. I wish she didn’t put them through that but I also wish she didn’t get hurt the way she did.

    • @luhhtonii2770
      @luhhtonii2770 4 года назад +1

      @@mrs.elentz2336 I doubt those men didn't know already that gwen was a trans woman. Gwen was in the beginning of transition and most trans women during that stage are clockable . I'm pretty sure they knew and they don't want to admit that they're pansexual or bisexual

    • @luhhtonii2770
      @luhhtonii2770 4 года назад

      @@jmeshox2730 STFU . Have a little sympathy and quit being a asswhole

  • @angellove1043
    @angellove1043 6 лет назад +5

    She is a angel for all transgender people

  • @ginaloveian
    @ginaloveian 9 лет назад +23

    I wish people knew the story she wasn't honest with those men she liked guys until this girl exposed her and they found out she was a guy and that's why they killed her like I understand some people might not understand transgender but they shouldn't of killed Gwen like seriously

    • @asadclownmac7415
      @asadclownmac7415 8 лет назад +2

      Yea Edward Araujo should of got 10 years in prison for rape by deception not murdered

    • @asadclownmac7415
      @asadclownmac7415 8 лет назад

      +not james fake funny that you got no subscribe r white boy thinking your special

    • @dsk0_916
      @dsk0_916 7 лет назад

      says the person who has one sub

    • @dsk0_916
      @dsk0_916 7 лет назад

      that profile picture is you burning in hell with a sad face

    • @osarsaph
      @osarsaph 6 лет назад +3

      This is the typical passive aggressive comments from all these people full of hate. I am just going to state this "People feel anxious about sexual identity. It is something we like to believe it is biologically fixed like the eye colour or height. It is very threatening to think that might be in question. You don't have the right to know anyone's medical condition unless it is a danger to your own health" So no! people can demand nothing, it does not work like that. I don't see people asking around medical history before making friends or interacting socially, etc. Why is it okay for someone to ask if they are transgender or not? BTW, nothing justifies murder! For all of you that state "that's what happens when you do not tell" you are very hateful people full of traumas. How on earth we can go by life justifying murder!? what is wrong with you people!

  • @osarsaph
    @osarsaph 6 лет назад +5

    I am just going to state this "People feel anxious about sexual identity. It is something we like to believe it is biologically fixed like the eye colour or height. It is very threatening to think that might be in question. You don't have the right to know anyone's medical condition unless it is a danger to your own health" So no! people can demand nothing, it does not work like that. I don't see people asking around medical history before making friends or interacting socially, etc. Why is it okay for someone to ask if they are transgender or not? BTW, nothing justifies murder! For all of you that state "that's what happens when you do not tell" you are very hateful people full of traumas. How on earth we can go by life justifying murder!? what is wrong with you people!

    • @HopefulInterventions
      @HopefulInterventions 5 лет назад +2

      Wrong! Before having any kind of sex with the person, Gwen should have been honest about being transsexual. This is the difference. I agree you don’t have to disclose it in general but when it comes to dating and sex, honesty is important. Gwen deceived these man!!

  • @deedelavega6688
    @deedelavega6688 2 года назад

    I wish that I could have the opportunity to meet this amazing mother. I am also transgender and I was assaulted recently. I was living in a motel in the night shift employee tried to burn me up in the room poor gasoline on my door it was a big mess the police would not do anything they did not even arrest him now he has five counts of hate crimes but that was only because an attorney friend of mine called the DA in the city where I'm at. I'm still struggling trying to find an attorney no one will help me. I would like to just tell her thank you for being an advocate and being supportive

  • @uniquepurpose03
    @uniquepurpose03 5 лет назад +6

    LET THE WOMAN TALK!!!!!

  • @sanju0202able
    @sanju0202able 11 лет назад +4

    IM NOT USE TO THIS WORLD... but i seriously wish for this beautiful girl to rest in peace.. she is legend and angel sent to earth to teach the world about being human.

  • @cristinacontreras7604
    @cristinacontreras7604 2 года назад +5

    Gwen fly high 🙏🏻❤️🦋

  • @reynabei6817
    @reynabei6817 10 лет назад +16

    Gwen is my best friends auntie

  • @spieraldi1973
    @spieraldi1973 5 лет назад +2

    I saw this movie over 10 yrs ago. It touched me really. It's a damn shame those cowards responsible for her death weren't charged with a hate crime

  • @sissieangels
    @sissieangels 5 лет назад +4

    I watched the movie and it was heart broken and it made me cry at the end and if I lived in California in the same town I would've loved to meet Gwen and loved been good friends with her....

  • @LadyAlf57
    @LadyAlf57 2 года назад +1

    Gwen was a good kid with a loving heart who’s only mistake was to think that society would let her live as she wanted.

  • @divyashe_her5377
    @divyashe_her5377 5 лет назад +2

    hope Gwen lives on and her life- her message

  • @angellove1043
    @angellove1043 6 лет назад +3

    I feel so sorry for her mother just keep your head up im trans to and i feel like Gwen its so hard to tell people who we are

  • @chaskeboyz9278
    @chaskeboyz9278 7 лет назад +4

    ~*~Rest In Paradise~*~
    *~* Gwen *~*

  • @bobbiemiller4683
    @bobbiemiller4683 4 года назад +2

    Such an amazing mother.

  • @VeronicaDeHoyos408
    @VeronicaDeHoyos408 9 лет назад +5

    She's such a strong woman. So sad. :(

    • @johnjoseph1687
      @johnjoseph1687 8 лет назад +1

      +Veronica Reveles He wasn't a woman. -.-

    • @ehrichan6726
      @ehrichan6726 4 года назад

      John Joseph You are right. SHE was only just a 17 year old girl!

  • @sandrarocha9695
    @sandrarocha9695 7 лет назад +4

    r.i.p. gwen :(

  • @luismbuenrostro3761
    @luismbuenrostro3761 3 года назад

    How can I see it . I can’t find it no where .

  • @noaccount7595
    @noaccount7595 3 года назад +1

    Gwen way a pisces Feb/24/85 I'm a aquarius/pisces cusp
    feb/20th/86
    People should let people live their lives the way they want 2.

  • @nickolasv.creations34
    @nickolasv.creations34 8 лет назад +6

    I've watched the movie many times over and I find it horrible they believed by killing Gwen it was in the right cause she never revealed being born male before they had sex with her and she and so many other transguys and transgirls whom are victims of hate crimes shouldn't ever have to go thru that cause being beautiful isn't fitting into into societys boxes of normal as a transman Gwen to me will be always the gorgeous and beautiful soul that was taken due to her being true to herself I'm truly sorry her mom and family and this world lost such a magical soul like hers

    • @notjamesfake1313
      @notjamesfake1313 8 лет назад +1

      It's not rape you stupid ignorant homophobe. They consent engaging in sex acts. Go worry about yourself instead trying to focus what others do with their lives. And why are u watching this video if being transgender is so wrong

    • @notjamesfake1313
      @notjamesfake1313 8 лет назад

      Funny how u have not one single subscriber

  • @dorothygale5672
    @dorothygale5672 6 лет назад +1

    🕊🕊🕊🖤😢 We Love you Gwen.

  • @R232dds
    @R232dds 7 лет назад +2

    most of these comments of sympathy are from women. Any man , well straight man, would want to hurt a dude pretending to be a woman and doing something sexual with them. alot of trans know what they are doing. They be scared to tell people because they don't want to be ridiculed but rather face having sex with a man and letting him find out the hard way.

  • @cheyennehawkins4611
    @cheyennehawkins4611 4 года назад

    Whatever happened to the movie about her? I can't find it anywhere. This is such a tragic story. It's absolutely heartbreaking knowing what Happened to her. The fear she must have felt. My heart goes out to her family and friends and all those that were sincerely close to her. 💔💔😭😭

  • @SandfieldBunny84
    @SandfieldBunny84 3 года назад +2

    Gwen favors her mom alot. Very beutiful.

  • @Openyoureyez83
    @Openyoureyez83 7 лет назад +5

    Prayers to the family this was very sad an unnecessary

  • @pbjgurl
    @pbjgurl 3 года назад +2

    She looks so much like her mom.

  • @glin805
    @glin805 4 года назад

    I think she didn't get the same treatment as Teenna Brandon. This was not only premeditated murder, that so called friend set her up. And they don't call it a hate crime. Don't know how much truth this story goes but I think it should have reached the A List theaters. This is a story that needs more critical avenue for people just trying to be them. A ramake with Mitchell Rodriguez. God thus this family and rebuke all the negativity that comes their way. Gwen you will always be missed but not forgotten💖

  • @jennifersalinas1007
    @jennifersalinas1007 2 года назад +1

    I can’t even focus on Sylvia because of the host…… please learn to be patient and listen to the people you are interviewing instead of interrupting them !!!

  • @hayhayitsbrianna
    @hayhayitsbrianna 11 лет назад +3

    i know this is late but i just saw the lmn movie a girl like me gwen aroujo story and i loved it. RIP Gwen. i love you!!!!!!!!

  • @jesuschild5167
    @jesuschild5167 8 лет назад +2

    I watched the movie, and it broke my heart. Eddy/Gwen was still a person!! She didn't deserve to be treated like that!! The people that murdered her, should've been put in prison forever!!

  • @DepalmaJay
    @DepalmaJay 9 лет назад +31

    Sylvia, you should have taught Gwen not to deceived straight men in to sex because that could get her in big trouble. Honesty is the best policy.

    • @DepalmaJay
      @DepalmaJay 9 лет назад +6

      Jay DePalma Be proud of who you are and "tell people who you are"

    • @gcrav
      @gcrav 9 лет назад +13

      Jay DePalma Today, deceiving someone about who you are to obtain sexual consent is rape under California law.

    • @DepalmaJay
      @DepalmaJay 9 лет назад +1

      Sylvia's full shit

    • @ooyo8253
      @ooyo8253 8 лет назад +5

      Actually I'm pretty sure Sylvia did tell her that. I saw an episode of a show about Gwen's story and they interviewed Sylvia & Gwen's best friend who both mentioned that the night Gwen got killed, they had suggested to her before going out to change her outfit because she was wearing a skirt and a small top. They were worried for her because usually she wore jeans, shirts that covered her more manly shoulders, scarfs or choker necklaces, etc. Obviously they told her this because they knew it could be a risk of her being harrassed, or worse, on the basis of her being trans. Her mom had seen her hurt before (bullied at school, ppl on street, etc) and hated her child having to go through that so she tried to protect her, and educate her on what could happen. They knew as a 17yr old pre op transgender that if she wore a skirt & tank top she would be much more recognizable as not a biological female. She cared, she tried telling Gwen. Not all 17 year old listen to their parents, especially when they're going thru a major coming of age time. Add to that the confusion she was going thru then top it off with her wanting to validate her gender identity and explore her sexuality. It can be a deadly combo, unfortunately. However we can't just accept or excuse these guys by saying ' I see how they'd freak the fuck out finding out she was trans' or somehow saying that because she lied to them, and technically committed rape according to some laws, there's no wiggle room to really blame her. There's been plenty of men that have been tricked and they don't commit murder. Especially premeditated murder, as a group. That is so much brutality, so no I'm sorry, in these cases the punishment doesn't fit the crime. And I do not understand it. I used to think that since she tricked them she was putting herself at such risk, although I didn't think she deserved to die. But I've re-evaluated my stance on that because it's similar to saying if a women is walking home alone at night she's putting herself at risk to be raped. No, I'm sorry, it falls on the person committing the violent act. Not the victim at fault for being in a vulnerable or at risk situation that may have contributed to providing easier access for someone to assault them.

    • @gcrav
      @gcrav 8 лет назад +8

      Jo Molly I don't think the comparison with someone who gets raped or robbed while minding their own business in a risky situation is a good one. There's often a risk if you deceive or cheat someone that they'll take the situation into their own hands. Street justice is harsh. You can get killed over a a thousand bucks or less if you're tangled up with the wrong people. Another way to look at it is what used to happen when a woman with male relatives to defend her honor would get raped. The rapist could be beaten, driven out of town, or even killed. It was not an uncommon type of response. Today of course that sort of revenge is a crime, but it was still a situation that a rapist could bring upon himself. A severe response to someone deceiving or cheating you out of your honor, particularly in the heat of the moment, is instinctive. When trans men play with that fire they sometimes pay with their lives. I'm not saying that's right. I'm saying it's understandable in the same way as some women who want to kill their rapists.

  • @tequilliasmith4934
    @tequilliasmith4934 4 года назад +2

    According to the movie and the mom's interview that is totally different how she accepted her son / daughter and by her recapping how she was really beating her face had to be reconstructed nobody move me change no tear she's just cold I really can't understand her interview

  • @katieadams9620
    @katieadams9620 5 лет назад

    I feel bad for Gwen. Just because she was transgender doesn't mean she should of died. Transgender people have rights just like everyone else and should be treated with respect and not be discriminated for who they are. I have friends who are transgender and I treat them like family.

  • @cmandrea269
    @cmandrea269 9 лет назад +13

    Gwen is an angel in heaven now when it is my time i hope to meet her !!!

    • @asadclownmac7415
      @asadclownmac7415 7 лет назад +1

      Gwen is in hell

    • @dsk0_916
      @dsk0_916 7 лет назад +4

      fuck off

    • @ms.willalwayslovemylife4832
      @ms.willalwayslovemylife4832 3 года назад

      @@asadclownmac7415
      " Gwen is in hell ".
      Not yet, child.
      Contrary to popular belief, we do NOT go to hell, ( nor heaven ), when we die.
      Not until Jesus returns to earth, no one knows when that will be.

    • @prettyboyterianoabioye4833
      @prettyboyterianoabioye4833 3 месяца назад

      @@ms.willalwayslovemylife4832all the dead sleep in the grave

  • @beautylover9862
    @beautylover9862 9 лет назад +44

    I feel absolutely sorry for Gwen, and she didn't deserve to be treated that way, BUT she definitely should have been upfront about the fact that she was transgender before any sort of sexual relationship with anyone

    • @your1supporter
      @your1supporter 8 лет назад +9

      +The V Lander No offense, but this is the dumbest response. Of course people don't reveal themselves because if you LOOK like a woman and have a VAGINA, why reveal it? But if you're passing yourself off as a woman and have a PENIS that's totally unexpected and unnatural. Also, I don't agree with how Gwen died and do not condone this sick behavior and treatment of people whether they're straight, gay, lesbian, transgender, transsexual.

    • @badgalpandamanda
      @badgalpandamanda 7 лет назад +3

      BeautyLover98 actually they don't have to tell
      You upfront... they have to gain your trust; they have to trust you! Same as a person who has HIV but it is against the law to have sex infected and not telling the person especially if it's unprotected but that's a different story. A transgender who is going through the stages or fully complete from the stages do not have to be upfront at all!!! If they are not doing a sexual act; but getting to know you they have to trust you then if they feel safe and feel like you're not going to leave their life they will reveal themselves

    • @crystalfleetwood407
      @crystalfleetwood407 7 лет назад +13

      Amanda Avilez if a person has hiv and knowingly has sex with a person and does not inform them its a felony. I agree she shouldve been honest about her orientation.

    • @badgalpandamanda
      @badgalpandamanda 7 лет назад +3

      Crystal Fleetwood yes she should of but also it's about trust!!!! She didn't have sex with the boyfriend because she really cared for him until the mother told him. But when it came to the other guys... idk I wanna say it was revenge for one cause he did pick on her when she was a boy... idk wanna reach that far. But at the end she didn't deserve to die

    • @jazmenwilliams6848
      @jazmenwilliams6848 7 лет назад +3

      Uh no. If a chick who was born a boy, lies about her situation and becomes sexually involved with someone, without revealing the truth? They deserve whatever outcome!

  • @Vegheadsrock
    @Vegheadsrock 11 лет назад +2

    Really Lilly? I think she would have been alive if she would have avoided this. Now go take a nice pill.

  • @ericmartin9296
    @ericmartin9296 2 месяца назад +1

    The Father wasn't in that house that's why Eddie was pretending to be a girl

  • @LadyAlf57
    @LadyAlf57 2 года назад

    The bullies are the ones with the problem. They are insecure with their own sexuality

  • @elizabethg4269
    @elizabethg4269 4 года назад

    Rest In Peace Gwen

  • @margaretwolferman858
    @margaretwolferman858 8 лет назад

    where do I go to watch the movie? I searched for 5 hours so far

  • @joybell72
    @joybell72 6 лет назад +2

    I watched the movie,Gwen was a beautiful young lady,what happened to her shouldn't of happened, RIP Gwen

  • @boomshakatacalaka1101
    @boomshakatacalaka1101 4 года назад +1

    The whole murder was a set up because dude felt some type of way of gwen being a guy when in reality he knew he had a girlfriend cheated on her in front of her with gwen. It's a sad case of fatal attraction. She wasnt honest but thats not ok to be set up and murdered that guy knows more than what he showed in that movie he isnt even speaking out so concerned of being portrayed gay. If your not your not. The fuck he obviously is insecure becaus maybe deep down he is gay and he knew gwen was a guy but when it was put out in the open he got embarrassed. And called that girl to set her up.in the movie the mom says gwen only went to that party because of you talking to the guy she was dating he didn't wanna talk he knew what happened already he played it off. And that girl most likely went in hiding. She set all that up with help from the damn guy. The murderers got caught and the people who set it up need to do time too Instead of just live life normally and gwen didnt get the right to live.

  • @rubyneedville
    @rubyneedville 11 лет назад +2

    I hope for the sake of this movie, they did not subject this little boy to having to wear a dress and enjoy it.

  • @dawnagordon2333
    @dawnagordon2333 7 лет назад +9

    she don't look older enough to have Gwen. u can tell she loves and missing Gwen. rip Gwen

    • @destinybooker7329
      @destinybooker7329 7 лет назад

      do you know if anyone has the full movie

    • @levinmoser4001
      @levinmoser4001 6 лет назад +1

      Donna Brooks the pictures that I've seen of Gwen made me notice she looked just like her mother! My heart hurts for this family.

    • @Neku628
      @Neku628 6 лет назад

      Destiny Booker, you can find the movie here on RUclips.

  • @breekolean2758
    @breekolean2758 Год назад

    Gwens friend Dana Rivers trial started this week Dana is accused of murdering 3 of Gwen s other friends Pat Wright, Char Reed and their adopted son

  • @MansonMel
    @MansonMel 7 лет назад +7

    This woman's story is heartbreaking and compelling but this interviewer sucks. His constant mmhmms sound so phony and disinterested. It's really annoying.

  • @derrickbarber9958
    @derrickbarber9958 6 лет назад

    Am I the only one that feels like ppl are just using Gwen as a money making scheme? I luv sylvia and feel sorry for the lost but this was a human being we're talking about hear. But mom is a strong woman to say the least so accept my apology.

  • @mayamonroe
    @mayamonroe 7 лет назад +5

    "Uh huh" "yeah" "right" lol

    • @animalbattles7774
      @animalbattles7774 6 лет назад +3

      Maya K thats the first thing i thought of this interview. Fuck that guy. Mmhmm yea. Worst cut off interviewer of all time

  • @missylawson2525
    @missylawson2525 7 лет назад +4

    I'd love to talk with her. She's such an amazing mother. I'm a mother of a gay son

    • @uniquepurpose03
      @uniquepurpose03 5 лет назад

      I am a single mother of a gay teenage daughter

  • @Vegheadsrock
    @Vegheadsrock 11 лет назад +3

    I watched the movie tonight. Gwen was playing with fire by kissing straight males without telling them but if the movie was close to what she was like THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THEY COULD NOT TELL SHE WAS A HE. She even had a mans voice. Also I found it disgraceful that those guys got such a small penalty. Justice was not served.

    • @HopefulInterventions
      @HopefulInterventions 5 лет назад +1

      Actually the real Gwen looked just like a girl. Check out the photos. Gwen should have been honest before having sex with any guy.

  • @MsBraidenChiszar
    @MsBraidenChiszar 11 лет назад +2

    Seriously? Please tell me you're joking with this homophobic comment....

  • @crissy_4991
    @crissy_4991 Год назад

    I really can not with this "host" , right ,uh huh, hmm, hmm, uh huh, yeah, ok, uh huh.....on and on... My love and heart goes out to Gwens family, also with teens, i get it. Ive got 4, . God Bless ALL of You beautiful trans people, we are who we are. It's OKAY! OKAY!

  • @netcycortes3630
    @netcycortes3630 11 лет назад +3

    R.ip gwen

  • @badvibezm7925
    @badvibezm7925 7 лет назад

    Yeah what's up with that

  • @xinthrau8520
    @xinthrau8520 11 лет назад +1

    he coughed and stifled it

  • @esilk847
    @esilk847 5 лет назад +3

    If someone lied to you about having hiv and you contradicted aids. How would you fee ?

    • @ms.willalwayslovemylife4832
      @ms.willalwayslovemylife4832 3 года назад

      Very well said, @e silk ! ! ! ! ! ! 👏👏👏
      Many of the douches in the comment section are hating on the boys / men who beat and murdered *Eddie * Araujo.
      Yet those same douches NEVER stated anything about *EDDIE * and how he lied to everyone around him . . . . . . his family, friends, etc. 😒
      Eddie deserved to have his @$$ kicked ! ! ! ! 😡😡

    • @roxannemoser
      @roxannemoser 3 года назад

      Bless your little heart

  • @rachellebenderkb
    @rachellebenderkb 10 лет назад +4

    It is never an excuse to take someones life but why is it ok to make someone gay? The lesson should also be that gransgender people should not be allowed to make someone gay without informing them about it.

    • @HopefulInterventions
      @HopefulInterventions 5 лет назад

      Rookielove1 I agree.

    • @mrs.elentz2336
      @mrs.elentz2336 4 года назад +2

      @@gooneca_ triggered much?? This person said there's NEVER an excuse to murder, but Gwen was a perpetrator first before a victim. BOTH were so wrong!! Gwen lied saying she was on her period, couldnt be touched, proceeded with anal sex. That's sexual assault. MeToo only applies when its convenient for your agenda, huh?? Facts dont care about feelings, and people need to stop telling half the story here. It wasnt a hate crime. This BS of people not being able to be critical of someone because they're a minority of a group needs to stop. We need uncomfortable truth over comforting lies!!

  • @carinarosales6899
    @carinarosales6899 5 лет назад +1

    yeah thats true a lot of parents of transgenders dont accept them and throw them out and gwens mom did accept her😇💖🎭🚢🚘🌈🎄🎀🎉☔🎃🐈🍟

  • @christinacantu6381
    @christinacantu6381 9 лет назад +6

    Fly with the angles

  • @sglover8271
    @sglover8271 7 лет назад +2

    If she had sexual relations with them how did they not know? Love everybody. It's that simple. Loving them doesn't mean you agree with them.

    • @HopefulInterventions
      @HopefulInterventions 5 лет назад +3

      Rookielove1 it does not matter. When it comes to dating and sex , transsexuals need to be honest right from the start.

    • @marcvslicinivscrassvs7536
      @marcvslicinivscrassvs7536 2 года назад

      They knew Gwen was male. Even though Gwen was very pretty, it's still clear that she was not a female. Then throw in the behavior when they were having sex with her and it would have been clear from the outset.

    • @carinarosales6899
      @carinarosales6899 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@HopefulInterventionsyes true lol

  • @shilandahatten3685
    @shilandahatten3685 3 года назад +1

    She loss her child it iz to much dont matter what she was

  • @rubyneedville
    @rubyneedville 11 лет назад +3

    Noone deserves to die for their belief but I would not like to be a girl and fall in love with someone that will later reveal they are a guy...so wrong.

  • @mimicx3361
    @mimicx3361 11 лет назад +1

    19:13 it looked like he wanted to laugh

    • @gooneca_
      @gooneca_ 5 лет назад +1

      Mimi Cx he’s trash

  • @romeopowe7241
    @romeopowe7241 9 лет назад

    That God is the only (LOVE) with out fault.

  • @fsufantampa
    @fsufantampa 7 лет назад

    this isn't nice I know but Gwen looked more female than her mom..RIP

  • @hiddengemz955
    @hiddengemz955 3 года назад +1

    The host is weird as hell

  • @beautylover9862
    @beautylover9862 9 лет назад

    Is mmmhhm mhhhm, mhhhhmmmm the only thing the interviewer can say

  • @theresachalker78
    @theresachalker78 8 лет назад +3

    mmmmhhmmm yea huhhh hmmmm mmmmmhmmmm yea right right mmmmmhmmmm hmmmm yea right hmmmm right..omg this guy is pethetic

  • @theresachalker78
    @theresachalker78 8 лет назад

    I don't believe were born Gay/lesbian that is my own personal statement...the this human being died is so horrible male/female it doesn't matter they had to know Gwen was male they took her life just because they were sickened by having sex with a male..I hope these men who do this are going through hell...this girl who egged it on why isn't she in jail it's her fault as much as the guys she put their minds in rage and egged that poor SOUL to death God bless every person whos different we can't judge them....GOD IS OUR JUDGE NOT MAN

    • @mariad548
      @mariad548 8 лет назад +2

      Can u just get up and say u like women no u just felt that since birth so people r born gay/lesbian and Gwen was a transgender women not a gay male do ur fucking research bitch

    • @Ama94947
      @Ama94947 5 месяцев назад

      And the west does complain about the Islam who is extreme etc? LOL

  • @mskally912
    @mskally912 9 лет назад +1

    Si Dios odia a Los homosexuales, transgender, Ke son seres humanos ,entonces donde esta el amoor De Dios? Porke hay tantos falsos cristianos Ke solo usan La biblia para ocultar su propio Pecado, no olviden Ke el adulterio La fornication, La envidia el odio el egoismo ,y matar tambien es un pecado ,Pero sobre todo solo Dios puede juzgar nosotros no Somos nada, solo El puede.

    • @MrDaGeil
      @MrDaGeil 9 лет назад

      Agreed. God is our judge. No scum bag with a stomach full of alcohol and prejudice has any right.

    • @livelovelearn1040
      @livelovelearn1040 9 лет назад

      Dios no odia a nadie Catherine Padilla, el nos ama a todos, lo que no le gusta a Dios es lo que hacemos que es algo muy diferente. Dios ama a el pecador pero no ama al pecado. Es lo mismo con los homoxesuales. El los ama por no esta de acuerdo con lo que hacemos.

  • @chloekit4861
    @chloekit4861 5 лет назад

    Today is his birthday

  • @spiritfinder321
    @spiritfinder321 10 лет назад +2

    EDDIE, EDDIE, EDDIE WAS MURDERED!!!!!!!!!!

    • @carabeck
      @carabeck 10 лет назад +13

      At the time of her tragic death it was actually Gwen who was murdered so get it right before ya comment!!!!

    • @bazils5067
      @bazils5067 9 лет назад +8

      Her name was GWEN not Eddie

    • @dsk0_916
      @dsk0_916 7 лет назад +1

      it was eddie couse she was a boy but there was a singer she like name gwen so she name her self gwen

    • @dsk0_916
      @dsk0_916 7 лет назад +1

      I call her a she that is what she like being called shes my cosin listen to the song magic of the makeup

    • @dsk0_916
      @dsk0_916 7 лет назад

      watch the movie girl like me