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	Nex, who used [[they/them]] pronouns, was a student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma. 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, who used [[they/them]] pronouns, was a student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma. 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>

	On 21 February 2024, Owasso police stated that Nex "did not die as a result of trauma".<ref name="PinkNewsBaska" /> Regardless of how accurate that is, Nex's death has brought additional media attention to the subject of trans youth being mistreated at school.		On 21 February 2024, Owasso police stated that Nex "did not die as a result of trauma".<ref name="PinkNewsBaska" /> Regardless of how accurate that is, Nex's death has brought additional media attention to the subject of trans youth being mistreated at school, as well as attention to anti-trans legislation being introduced and passed across the country.<ref>{{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>