'Being Gwen: A life and death story' | Watch documentary

documentary, "Being Gwen: A Life and Death Story," focuses on the struggles she faced early in life, her gender transition as a young teenager, and the tragic events in October 2002 that led to her death.

At age 14, Araujo sat down with her mom for a heart-to-heart talk. Guerrero remembers Araujo telling her, "I don't feel like a boy. I feel like a freak." Even though it took time to adjust to the change, soon they started to see and accept Araujo as a woman.In the fall of 2002, Araujo met Michael Magidson, 22, who invited her to hang out with his friends. According to court testimony, Araujo, who presented herself as Lida, engaged in sexual acts with Magidson and his friend, 22-year-old Jose Merel.

Araujo was eventually strangled to death with a rope, tied up and taken by four of the men -- Jose Merel, Magidson, Cazares and Nabors -- in the back of a pickup truck to a camping area in the El Dorado National Forest where they buried her body.Nobody reported the murder of Gwen Araujo. Her family reported her missing, but police had no information about her disappearance until Nabors told a close friend about what happened.

Transgender activists educated the family about what it means to be transgender and the proper use of pronouns.Justice for Araujo was delayed. The first trial started on April 14, 2004 and ended in a hung jury against Magidson, Merel and Cazares. Four months later, the jury found Magidson and Merel guilty of second-degree murder. They jury deadlocked once again on Cazares, but this time 9-3 in favor of a conviction.

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Happened 2 decades ago in quiet Newark. I pray this wouldn't happened again today, but I'm glad you are reminding us of how horrible we can be to one another.

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