LGBTQ teen Nex Benedict died by suicide, medical examiner says
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An autopsy report released by the Oklahoma’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that Nex Benedict, a member of the 2SLGBTQ community, died by suicide.

The cowards, this is how its being reported on all major news channels. Lie after lie.

In a statement to ABC News, the Owasso Police Department said it suspected the cause of Benedict’s death, but refrained from saying anything pending the results of the medical examiner’s office.

The students of Oklahoma are holding walkouts to honor Nex. It would be appreciated if you joined any nearby vigil or march honoring them, in solidarity.

Remember that this wasn’t some passive death, transphobes actively and knowingly agitated harm against them. This was a murder, not a suicide. They, an indigenous trans minor, died in the hospital after being assaulted in the bathroom by 6 transphobes.

Last week, a family buried their nonbinary child, Nex Benedict, who died after being brutally beaten in the girls’ bathroom at their high school in Oklahoma. According to their mother, 16-year-old Benedict had been bullied relentlessly for a year leading up to the incident, in which a group of peers ganged up on them and a trans student. It’s a horrific case and one that is inseparable from its context amid a climate of seemingly unceasing anti-LGBT demonization in the state and the nation.

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Remember, an injury against one of us is an injury against all of us.

  • CableMonster
    11·
    4 months ago

    I am aware of this, but they said there was indications of suicide but they didnt want to confirm it until they were sure. How do you know there wasnt a bottle of pills taken that morning?

    • SpookyBogMonster
      3·
      4 months ago

      Prozac and Benadryl, the two drugs that supposedly killed Nex, interact at high doses, in the form of Serotonin Syndrome. Serotonin Syndrome kills you relatively slowly, and has a fatality rate of about 1-2%. It’s very easy to treat, and the symptoms Nex had, did not match those of serotonin syndrome.

      Serotonin Syndrome symptoms from Mayoclinic:

      Compare that to Nex’s symptoms, from Vox:

      “The assault was so violent that Benedict says he ‘blacked out’…Benedict texted a relative later. '[I] had to go to the ER… if I’m still dizzy and nauseous in the morning I might have a concussion.'The next morning, Sue Benedict placed a call to 911, stating that Benedict had fallen unconscious and appeared to be ‘posturing,’ exhibiting involuntary motions that can indicate brain trauma. Benedict returned to the hospital but was pronounced dead soon after arrival.”

      Additionally worth noting, the cause of death which was released made no determination on the levels of the two drugs that were in Nex’s system, nor made any reference to Serotonin Syndrome, only a “Toxic interaction.” Both of which feel like strange things to leave out, if this was the cause of death.

      I remain Pretty skeptical, all things considered

      • CableMonster
        11·
        4 months ago

        Thats fine, but the people with all of the information are not us, and so I am going to believe the people with the data unless there is a smoking gun.