Okla. nonbinary teen died after school fight amid reported bullying

2/22/24
 
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from The Washington Post,
2/21/24:

Nex Benedict collapsed the day after an altercation in a girls’ bathroom at the public high school they attended, a school where relatives say the 10th-grader, who used they/them pronouns, had been bullied for being nonbinary.

Beyond that are the unknowns, as well as soul-searching, pain and recriminations.

Last year, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an executive order defining an individual’s sex as the “biological sex” at birth. Laws took effect requiring students to use bathrooms that match their sex assigned at birth and restricting gender-affirming care for trans youths.

This year, legislators already have proposed more than 50 anti-LGBTQ+ laws — more than any other state, according to the ACLU.

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