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'''Nex Benedict''' (January 11, 2008 - February 8, 2024) was a nonbinary adolescent who died at age 16 the day after a group of students picked a fight 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 picked a fight 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, who used [[they/them]] pronouns, was a student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma. | 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> | ||
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", 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 anti-trans sentiments gaining popularity across America in recent years.<ref name="Riedel" /> | |||
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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 picked a fight with them in their school bathroom.[1]
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).[2]
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."[3]
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">[3] Regardless of how accurate that is, Nex's death has brought additional media attention to anti-trans sentiments gaining popularity across America in recent years.[2]
References
- ↑ Pauly, Madison (24 February 2024). "Video shows nonbinary teen Nex Benedict reflecting on fight before their death". Mother Jones. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Riedel, Samantha (23 February 2024). "Everything We Know About the Death of Nonbinary Oklahoma Teen Nex Benedict". Them. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Baska, Maggie (22 February 2024). "Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn't die from trauma, police say". Pink News. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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