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Nex Benedict: outrage as no criminal charges filed over school bathroom fight

LGBTQ+ advocates criticize decision by Oklahoma authorities not to prosecute over incident preceding trans teen’s suicide

The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2024

What happened to Nex Benedict?

Benedict was attacked at their Oklahoma high school, and found dead at home the next day. The medical examiner's office says the nonbinary 16-year-old died by suicide. Their family has questions.

WEKU · Mar 15, 2024

Oklahoma Autopsy Finds That a Bullied Nonbinary Student Committed Suicide

After blaming the state's bathroom law, The New York Times says "it has never been clear" whether gender identity figured in the fight that preceded Nex Benedict's death.

Reason · Mar 14, 2024

Vigils held nationwide for nonbinary Oklahoma teen who died following school fight

Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old who identified as nonbinary, got into an altercation with three girls in an Owasso High School bathroom who were picking on Benedict and some friends.

WEKU · Feb 26, 2024

Senator equates Nex Benedict with filth

At a legislative forum on Friday, Sen. Tom Woods emphasized the moral and Christian fortitude he aims to represent

Salon · Feb 24, 2024

The New York Times Implausibly Implicates Oklahoma's Bathroom Law in the Death of a Nonbinary Student

Don’t let culture war politics overwhelm a commitment to the facts.

Reason · Feb 22, 2024

Nonbinary teen dies after bathroom fight

Family to probe death after police say Benedict "did not die as a result of trauma"

Salon · Feb 22, 2024

‘Scared for our kids’: anger mounts after non-binary teen dies following school fight

Activists decry anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric as they mourn Nex Benedict, 16, who died after ‘altercation’ in Oklahoma high school bathroom

The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2024