1. Plot

2. Cast

3. Awards and nominations

4. See also

5. Further reading

6. External links

Soldier's Girl is a 2003 Canadian-American drama film produced by Showtime. It is based on a story of the relationship between Barry Winchell and Calpernia Addams and the events that led up to Barry's murder by a fellow soldier. It was written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Frank R. Pierson, with Troy Garity starring as Barry and Lee Pace starring as Calpernia.

Soldier's Girl was among the ten best Television Programs of the Year (2003) by the American Film Institute.

Plot

Barry is a private with the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky while Calpernia works as a showgirl at a transgender revue in Nashville, Tennessee. Barry's roommate Justin Fisher (Shawn Hatosy) brings Barry to the club where Calpernia performs. When Barry and Calpernia start dating, Fisher, out of jealousy, participates in spreading rumors about Barry's alleged affair, which appeared to be a violation of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which forbids discussion of sexual orientation of military personnel. Barry faces increasing harassment and pressure, which explodes into violence over a Fourth of July weekend after Barry easily bests Calvin Glover in a fight. While Calpernia performs in a pageant in Nashville, Barry is beaten to death in his sleep by Glover with a baseball bat given by Fisher. The film ends with a discussion of the aftermath.

Cast

• Troy Garity as Barry Winchell
• Lee Pace as Calpernia Addams
• Andre Braugher as Carlos Diaz
• Shawn Hatosy as Justin Fisher
• Philip Eddolls as Calvin Glover
• Merwin Mondesir as Henry Millens
• Dan Petronijevic as Collin Baker (as Daniel Petronijevic)

Awards and nominations

See also

• Boys Don't Cry (1999)
• The Gwen Araujo Story (2006)
• Gay bashing
• Sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States military

Further reading

• {{Cite web |url=http://www.calpernia.com/soldiersgirl |title=Soldier's Girl: The Reality |last=Addams |first=Calpernia |website=Calpernia.com}}
• {{Cite journal |title=An Interview with Jane Fonda on Gender |url=http://www.gendercentre.org.au/resources/polare-archive/archived-articles/an-interview-with-jane-fonda-on-gender.htm |last=Rowe |first=Michael |editor-last=Cummings |editor-first=Katherine |date=June 2003 |journal=Polare |issue=52 |publisher=The Gender Centre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320054658/http://gendercentre.org.au/resources/polare-archive/archived-articles/an-interview-with-jane-fonda-on-gender.htm |archive-date=2016-03-20}}

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