Nex Benedict

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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.

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).

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."

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"> 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.

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