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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 | '''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, 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, 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> | ||
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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'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" /> | ==Feb 7 attack and Nex's death== | ||
On February 7, 2024, Nex and another transgender student at Owasso high were attacked in a school bathroom by three [[cisgender]] girls. Sue Benedict and an anonymous person who claimed to be the other victim's mother reported to media that Nex was "beaten so badly that bruises formed around their eyes", and had their head slammed into the bathroom floor repeatedly. After the fight, school officials determined that an ambulance was not necessary, but Nex and a family member went to receive care at Bailey Medical Center and they were discharged later that day.<ref name="Riedel" /> | |||
According to Nex's mother, Nex was complaining of head pain as they went to bed on the night of February 7. At some point after that, "They collapsed [and] were taken back to Bailey Medical Center, where they were later pronounced dead."<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" /> | |||
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