Nex Benedict - Revision history

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	'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 – February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/ \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/rn5k2 \|archive-date=18 October 2025}}</ref>		'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 – February 8, 2024) was an American [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/ \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/rn5k2 \|archive-date=18 October 2025}}</ref>

	==Background and personality==		==Background and personality==

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	'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/ \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/rn5k2 \|archive-date=18 October 2025}}</ref>		'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 – February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/ \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/rn5k2 \|archive-date=18 October 2025}}</ref>

	==Background and personality==		==Background and personality==

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	'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/}}</ref>		'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/ \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/rn5k2 \|archive-date=18 October 2025}}</ref>

	==Background and personality==		==Background and personality==

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Media response

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	Representatives from ACLU and Lambda Legal issued a press release on February 20 stating in no uncertain terms that "The assault on Nex is an inevitable result of the hateful rhetoric and discriminatory legislation targeting Oklahoma trans youth."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/response-to-death-of-nex-benedict-from-bridge-v-oklahoma-state-board-of-education-legal-team \|title=Response to Death of Nex Benedict From Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education Legal Team \|date=20 February 2024 \|publisher=ACLU.org}}</ref> ACLU and Lambda Legal were and still are fighting a [[transphobia\|transphobic]] "bathroom bill" that required Nex to be in the girl's bathroom where the attack took place.		Representatives from ACLU and Lambda Legal issued a press release on February 20 stating in no uncertain terms that "The assault on Nex is an inevitable result of the hateful rhetoric and discriminatory legislation targeting Oklahoma trans youth."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/response-to-death-of-nex-benedict-from-bridge-v-oklahoma-state-board-of-education-legal-team \|title=Response to Death of Nex Benedict From Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education Legal Team \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/i6ieq \|archive-date=22 February 2024 \|date=20 February 2024 \|publisher=ACLU.org}}</ref> ACLU and Lambda Legal were and still are fighting a [[transphobia\|transphobic]] "bathroom bill" that required Nex to be in the girl's bathroom where the attack took place.

	Kylan Durant, president of Oklahoma Pride Alliance, said that "This happened in a red state where all of these laws and these leaders are saying terrible things about queer people and kids. Can we not draw a line and acknowledge that stuff like this happens because of that?"<ref>{{cite web \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/LTR3U \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/21/oklahoma-teen-lgbtq-nex-benedict-died/ \|title=Okla. nonbinary teen died after school fight amid reported bullying \|date=21 February 2024 \|archive-date=21 February 2024 \|last=Hennessy-Fiske\|first=Molly \|work=The Washington Post}}</ref>		Kylan Durant, president of Oklahoma Pride Alliance, said that "This happened in a red state where all of these laws and these leaders are saying terrible things about queer people and kids. Can we not draw a line and acknowledge that stuff like this happens because of that?"<ref>{{cite web \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/LTR3U \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/21/oklahoma-teen-lgbtq-nex-benedict-died/ \|title=Okla. nonbinary teen died after school fight amid reported bullying \|date=21 February 2024 \|archive-date=21 February 2024 \|last=Hennessy-Fiske\|first=Molly \|work=The Washington Post}}</ref>

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	Representatives from ACLU and Lambda Legal issued a press release on February 20 stating in no uncertain terms that "The assault on Nex is an inevitable result of the hateful rhetoric and discriminatory legislation targeting Oklahoma trans youth."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/response-to-death-of-nex-benedict-from-bridge-v-oklahoma-state-board-of-education-legal-team \|title=Response to Death of Nex Benedict From Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education Legal Team \|date=20 February 2024 \|publisher=ACLU.org}}</ref> ACLU and Lambda Legal were and still are fighting a [[transphobia\|transphobic]] "bathroom bill" that required Nex to be in the girl's bathroom where the attack took place.		Representatives from ACLU and Lambda Legal issued a press release on February 20 stating in no uncertain terms that "The assault on Nex is an inevitable result of the hateful rhetoric and discriminatory legislation targeting Oklahoma trans youth."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/response-to-death-of-nex-benedict-from-bridge-v-oklahoma-state-board-of-education-legal-team \|title=Response to Death of Nex Benedict From Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education Legal Team \|date=20 February 2024 \|publisher=ACLU.org}}</ref> ACLU and Lambda Legal were and still are fighting a [[transphobia\|transphobic]] "bathroom bill" that required Nex to be in the girl's bathroom where the attack took place.

	Kylan Durant, president of Oklahoma Pride Alliance, said that "This happened in a red state where all of these laws and these leaders are saying terrible things about queer people and kids. Can we not draw a line and acknowledge that stuff like this happens because of that?"<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/21/oklahoma-teen-lgbtq-nex-benedict-died/</ref>		Kylan Durant, president of Oklahoma Pride Alliance, said that "This happened in a red state where all of these laws and these leaders are saying terrible things about queer people and kids. Can we not draw a line and acknowledge that stuff like this happens because of that?"<ref>{{cite web \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/LTR3U \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/21/oklahoma-teen-lgbtq-nex-benedict-died/ \|title=Okla. nonbinary teen died after school fight amid reported bullying \|date=21 February 2024 \|archive-date=21 February 2024 \|last=Hennessy-Fiske\|first=Molly \|work=The Washington Post}}</ref>

	Podcaster Matt Bernstein (he/they) made a post on Instagram drawing parallels between Nex's tragic death and the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old [[cisgender]] gay man who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/C3lhrbIvYyl/~~?img_index~~=1</ref>		Podcaster Matt Bernstein (he/they) made a post on Instagram drawing parallels between Nex's tragic death and the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old [[cisgender]] gay man who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C3lhrbIvYyl/ \|title=rest in peace, nex. \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/fN5SS \|date=20 February 2024 \|archive-date=18 October 2025 \|author=Bernstein, Matt (@mattxiv)\|work=Instagram}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/}}</ref>		'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/}}</ref>

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	On 21 February 2024, Owasso police stated that Nex "did not die as a result of trauma", but this statement has been questioned by some journalists.<ref name="Riedel" /><ref name="PinkNewsBaska" /> Regardless of how accurate that is, Nex's death has brought additional media attention to the problem of bullying and the problem of anti-trans sentiments gaining popularity across America in recent years.<ref name="Riedel" />		On 21 February 2024, Owasso police stated that Nex "did not die as a result of trauma", but this statement has been questioned by some journalists.<ref name="Riedel" /><ref name="PinkNewsBaska" /> Regardless of how accurate that is, Nex's death has brought additional media attention to the problem of bullying and the problem of anti-trans sentiments gaining popularity across America in recent years.<ref name="Riedel" />

			The Biden administration and other sources put out statements that characterized Nex's death as a suicide due to bullying.

	==Media response==		==Media response==

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	Nex's grandmother, Sue, reports that Nex "was a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, loved to read, played the video games ''Ark'' and ''Minecraft'' and loved their cat Zeus."<ref name="PinkNewsBaska">{{Cite web \|title=Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say \|last=Baska \|first=Maggie \|work=Pink News \|date=22 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/22/nex-benedict-oklahoma-non-binary-teen-death-police-trauma-family-statement/}}</ref> Nex was also known by the nicknames "Roach" or "Roachie".<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />		Nex's grandmother, Sue, reports that Nex "was a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, loved to read, played the video games ''Ark'' and ''Minecraft'' and loved their cat Zeus."<ref name="PinkNewsBaska">{{Cite web \|title=Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say \|last=Baska \|first=Maggie \|work=Pink News \|date=22 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/22/nex-benedict-oklahoma-non-binary-teen-death-police-trauma-family-statement/}}</ref> Nex was also known by the nicknames "Roach" or "Roachie".<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

			Spencer, Nex's partner, told NBC News that "He made everything easier. He kept energy levels high. He would always keep the room in a good mood. He was always one of the brightest kids in the room, whether he would smile or not."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

	Ally (they/them), a friend of Nex, told NBC News that "They were such an adventurous little thing. It was never really a dull moment with them."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />		Ally (they/them), a friend of Nex, told NBC News that "They were such an adventurous little thing. It was never really a dull moment with them."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

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	'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/}}</ref>		'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/}}</ref>

			==Background and personality==
	Friends of Nex reported that the teen, a student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma, preferred [[he/him]] pronouns but also used [[they/them]].<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/vigil-friends-remember-nex-benedict-fiery-kid-rcna140440 \|title=Friends remember Nex Benedict, Oklahoma student who died after school fight, as 'fiery kid'\|first=Jo \|last=Yurcaba \|date= 25 February 204 \|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> He was was a member of the Choktaw nation, and lived on Cherokee reservation land (where his high school is also located).<ref name="Riedel">{{Cite web \|title=Everything We Know About the Death of Nonbinary Oklahoma Teen Nex Benedict \|last=Riedel \|first=Samantha \|work=Them \|date=23 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.them.us/story/nex-benedict-death-everything-we-know-nonbinary-oklahoma-teen}}</ref>		Friends of Nex reported that the teen, a student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma, preferred [[he/him]] pronouns but also used [[they/them]].<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/vigil-friends-remember-nex-benedict-fiery-kid-rcna140440 \|title=Friends remember Nex Benedict, Oklahoma student who died after school fight, as 'fiery kid'\|first=Jo \|last=Yurcaba \|date= 25 February 204 \|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> He was was a member of the Choktaw nation, and lived on Cherokee reservation land (where his high school is also located).<ref name="Riedel">{{Cite web \|title=Everything We Know About the Death of Nonbinary Oklahoma Teen Nex Benedict \|last=Riedel \|first=Samantha \|work=Them \|date=23 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.them.us/story/nex-benedict-death-everything-we-know-nonbinary-oklahoma-teen}}</ref>

	Nex's grandmother, Sue, reports that Nex "was a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, loved to read, played the video games ''Ark'' and ''Minecraft'' and loved their cat Zeus."<ref name="PinkNewsBaska">{{Cite web \|title=Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say \|last=Baska \|first=Maggie \|work=Pink News \|date=22 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/22/nex-benedict-oklahoma-non-binary-teen-death-police-trauma-family-statement/}}</ref> Nex was also known by the nicknames "Roach" or "Roachie".<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />		Nex's grandmother, Sue, reports that Nex "was a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, loved to read, played the video games ''Ark'' and ''Minecraft'' and loved their cat Zeus."<ref name="PinkNewsBaska">{{Cite web \|title=Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say \|last=Baska \|first=Maggie \|work=Pink News \|date=22 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/22/nex-benedict-oklahoma-non-binary-teen-death-police-trauma-family-statement/}}</ref> Nex was also known by the nicknames "Roach" or "Roachie".<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

			Ally (they/them), a friend of Nex, told NBC News that "They were such an adventurous little thing. It was never really a dull moment with them."<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

	==Feb 7 attack and Nex's death==		==Feb 7 attack and Nex's death==

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	'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with ~~them~~ in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/}}</ref>		'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a [[nonbinary]] and [[genderfluid]] adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students fought with him in their school bathroom.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death. \|last=Pauly \|first=Madison \|work=Mother Jones \|date=24 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/nex-benedict-trans-oklahoma-bullying-bathroom-bills-police-body-cam/}}</ref>

	Nex, ~~who~~ used [[they/them]] ~~pronouns~~, ~~was a~~ student ~~at Owasso High School in Owasso~~, ~~Oklahoma. They were~~ a member of the Choktaw nation, and lived on Cherokee reservation land (where ~~their~~ high school is also located).<ref name="Riedel">{{Cite web \|title=Everything We Know About the Death of Nonbinary Oklahoma Teen Nex Benedict \|last=Riedel \|first=Samantha \|work=Them \|date=23 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.them.us/story/nex-benedict-death-everything-we-know-nonbinary-oklahoma-teen}}</ref>		Friends of Nex reported that the teen, a student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma, preferred [[he/him]] pronouns but also used [[they/them]].<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/vigil-friends-remember-nex-benedict-fiery-kid-rcna140440 \|title=Friends remember Nex Benedict, Oklahoma student who died after school fight, as 'fiery kid'\|first=Jo \|last=Yurcaba \|date= 25 February 204 \|access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref> He was was a member of the Choktaw nation, and lived on Cherokee reservation land (where his high school is also located).<ref name="Riedel">{{Cite web \|title=Everything We Know About the Death of Nonbinary Oklahoma Teen Nex Benedict \|last=Riedel \|first=Samantha \|work=Them \|date=23 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.them.us/story/nex-benedict-death-everything-we-know-nonbinary-oklahoma-teen}}</ref>

	Nex's grandmother, Sue, reports that Nex "was a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, loved to read, played the video games ''Ark'' and ''Minecraft'' and loved their cat Zeus."<ref name="PinkNewsBaska">{{Cite web \|title=Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say \|last=Baska \|first=Maggie \|work=Pink News \|date=22 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/22/nex-benedict-oklahoma-non-binary-teen-death-police-trauma-family-statement/}}</ref>		Nex's grandmother, Sue, reports that Nex "was a straight-A student who enjoyed drawing, loved to read, played the video games ''Ark'' and ''Minecraft'' and loved their cat Zeus."<ref name="PinkNewsBaska">{{Cite web \|title=Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say \|last=Baska \|first=Maggie \|work=Pink News \|date=22 February 2024 \|access-date=25 February 2024 \|url= https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/22/nex-benedict-oklahoma-non-binary-teen-death-police-trauma-family-statement/}}</ref> Nex was also known by the nicknames "Roach" or "Roachie".<ref name="NBC-Yurcaba" />

	==Feb 7 attack and Nex's death==		==Feb 7 attack and Nex's death==