A Tulsa County district attorney said that no charges will be filed in the fight that took place in the bathroom of an Oklahoma high school last month and involved 16-year-old Nex Benedict, whose death the following day was ruled a suicide. District attorney Stephen A. Kunzweiler released a statement …
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Renée Rapp called for an “immediate” and “permanent cease-fire” in Gaza last night during her acceptance speech at the annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles. “We’re in a room of very influential people, very privileged people, which is exciting and also a huge privilege to be a part of …
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President Joe Biden shared a statement Thursday reacting to the news that Nex Benedict, the nonbinary teen whose death sparked outrage last month, died by suicide. “Jill and I are heartbroken by the recent loss of Nex Benedict,” Biden said in a statement. “Every young person deserves to have the …
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Nex Benedict, the 16-year-oldstudent from from Owasso High School whose death has sparked outrage across the nation, died by suicide, according to the Oklahoma Medical Examiners Office. A summary report identified the cause of death as combined toxicity from diphenhydramine and fluoxetine. Friends and family said Benedict used he and …
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The Department of Education has launched an investigation into the death of Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict, who died a day after a fight inside a school bathroom. Friends and family said Benedict, who was 16 years old, used he and him pronouns as well as they and them pronouns. Relatives …
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I have been thinking a lot about Nex Benedict, the 16-year-old transgender student who died on Feb. 8, a day after allegedly being assaulted in the restroom at Owasso High School in Oklahoma. Although Nex’s death is still being investigated, his grandmother has said he had been bullied in the …
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Students at Oklahoma’s Owasso High School staged a walkout Monday, with 40 students leaving class to protest the death of former student Nex Benedict —and the bullying polices students believe caused Benedict’s death, NBC News reports. Previous reporting used they/them pronouns following statements from Benedict’s family that said the teen …
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When Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict went to school on Feb. 7, months of bullying over their gender identity boiled over into a physical fight between them and three older girls in the school bathroom. The next day, Nex was dead. Now, as the circumstances around their death continue to develop, …
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On Feb. 7, Nex Benedict was involved in a fight at Owasso Public High School in Oklahoma. The 16-year-old, who identified as nonbinary, was rushed to a hospital a day later and died. Relatives of the 10th-grader, who used they/them pronouns, said Benedict had been bullied over their gender identity, …
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