The U.S. Department of Education will launch a civil rights investigation into Nex Benedict’s suburban Tulsa school district, the school confirmed Friday. The investigation will look into allegations that Owasso Public Schools failed to adequately address reports of sex-based harassment. News of the investigation comes nearly a month after Nex, 16, died one day after […]
The Department of Education is opening an investigation into whether the Oklahoma school district where the late 16-year-old transgender student Nex Benedict attended high school failed to appropriately respond to sex-based harassment, according to a letter obtained by NBC News on Friday. The letter was addressed to the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ […]
A non-binary Native American student’s death in Oklahoma is being investigated as a crime, according to local news reports. Sixteen-year-old Nex Benedict, whose mother is a tribal citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, died on Feb. 8, one day after a physical altercation in a girl’s bathroom at an Owasso, Okla. high school. Nex’s […]
Ally, a senior at Owasso High School in Oklahoma, said the last thing Nex Benedict said to them was “happy birthday.” Nex was involved in a fight at the school on Feb. 7, Ally’s birthday, and died the next day. Nex’s mother, Sue Benedict, told The Independent that Nex, 16, was bullied because of his […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW)- Just a couple hours ago, hundreds of Wichitans gathered at the Keeper of the Plains downtown for a candlelight vigil to honor the life of Nex Benedict. Benedict, who was 16 years old and identified as nonbinary, died on February 8th a day after a fight inside a girls bathroom at Owasso […]
NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — So many emotions were shared Saturday night of both sadness and love at prayer vigils held to honor 16-year-old Nex Benedict. “I am also a mother and my child is 16 and it breaks my heart,” said Ellen Bannister, who attended the vigil. After Benedict’s death received national attention, Norman leaders […]
Many questions still remain unanswered about the circumstances surrounding the death of Nex Benedict, the 16-year-old nonbinary student in a Tulsa, Okla., suburb, who died earlier this month after being involved in a fight in a high school bathroom. Though police have said they do not believe the teenager died as a result of injuries […]
A police investigation is underway after a 16-year-old Owasso High School student died earlier this month after sustaining injuries in an altercation on school grounds. Authorities have disclosed some information in the last week in an attempt to dispel rumors circulating online, but many questions remain unanswered, including who, if anyone, will be held responsible. On Tuesday […]
The family of a nonbinary Owasso High School student who died earlier this month has identified them as 16-year-old Nex Benedict. A police investigation is underway after the teen passed away the day after sustaining injuries in an altercation on school grounds. Their official cause of death has not yet been disclosed by the state […]
Courtesy photo Editor’s note: This story has been updated. It contains descriptions of violence against a nonbinary person. Nex Benedict, a nonbinary high school sophomore died on February 8, the day after reportedly being beaten by classmates in the bathroom of their high school in Owasso, Oklahoma. An anonymous source who identified herself as a […]