A graffiti-style yellow, white, purple and black mural that reads “Nex” adorns a wall in the Plaza Walls to memorialize Nex Benedict and recognize other LGBTQ+ youths. The artist, Jesse Warne, is the director of the Oklahoma Murals Syndicate, a nonprofit organization that promotes and facilitates public art in Oklahoma. He’s also a professor at […]
Transgender Oklahoma student Nex Benedict, who died last month the day after a fight at school, left handwritten notes “suggestive of self-harm” that were found by his family and provided to police, according to a full autopsy report released Wednesday. The Oklahoma medical examiner’s office ruled Benedict’s death a suicide in a preliminary summary report […]
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. You can also visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional support. No charges will be filed in connection to the fight that happened the day before Nex Benedict, a nonbinary high school student, […]
If you or someone you know needs mental health resources and support, please call, text, or chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visit 988lifeline.org for 24/7 access to free and confidential services. This week the nation learned the heartbreaking news that Nex Benedict, who used he/they pronouns, died by suicide the day after they […]
The death of Oklahoma student Nex Benedict has been ruled a suicide, according to a medical examiner’s report released Wednesday. The 16-year-old, who was transgender and used he and they pronouns, according to friends and family, died Feb. 8, a day after a fight at Owasso High School. His name has become a rallying cry […]
President Joe Biden issued a statement on the death of transgender Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict, whose Feb. 8 death a day after a fight at Owasso High School was ruled a suicide Wednesday. “Jill and I are heartbroken by the recent loss of Nex Benedict,” Biden said in a statement Thursday. “Every young person deserves […]
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If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or chat live at 988lifeline.org. You can also visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional support. The death of Oklahoma student Nex Benedict has been ruled a suicide, according to a medical examiner’s report released Wednesday. The 16-year-old, […]
Oklahoma 16-year-old Nex Benedict died by suicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Benedict, a member of the 2SLGBTQ community, died one day after getting into a physical fight with several other students at Owasso High School. Benedict was nonbinary and went by they/them pronouns, […]
A national LGBTQ youth nonprofit said crisis calls from Oklahoma more than tripled in the weeks after transgender student Nex Benedict died there on Feb. 8. Lance Preston, founder of the Indianapolis-based Rainbow Youth Project, a suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization, said the group’s crisis hotline for LGBTQ young people received 1,097 contacts, including […]
Nex Benedict will be 16 years old forever. And while we wait to learn exactly what caused the Oklahoma teenager’s death, we know many things with certainty: Nex’s final days on this earth were plagued with bullying that targeted the teen’s gender identity. That bullying erupted into a fight in the Owasso High School bathroom, […]
Federal authorities have announced an investigation into allegations of bullying involving Nex Benedict, the non-binary teen who died last month after a fight with classmates in a women’s bathroom at their high school in Oklahoma. Related: New video sheds light on fight that took place before non-binary student died The US Department of Education said […]