#Nex

[crystalsandbubbletea]

Their name was Nex Benedict.

Nex Benedict, not whatever name the news keeps saying.

Nex used He/Him pronouns according to friends, not whatever the news keeps saying.

Nex was the victim of a hate crime. Nex's death was because of a hate crime. Nex's death was not an accident, it was a hate crime.

[ghoulpoole]

dear nex,

your school failed you.

your peers failed you.

the hospital failed you.

authorities fail you,

adults fail you,

words fail you.

i fail you,

and i'm so sorry.

[enbycrip]

Finding out that Nex was Choctaw means I can’t help seeing the difference in media response between their death and that of Brianna Ghey, the young middle class white trans girl horrifically murdered by her schoolmates last year in the UK.

Because the US and Canadian media actively erases the mass deaths of indigenous people, especially those of marginalised genders (women and nonbinary people) and especially queer, gender-divergent and two-spirit indigenous folk.

This is such a horrendous fucking crime by both the school and the perpetrators, and a horrendous fucking tragedy for not only Nex, their family and their friends, but all of us. They deserved so much fucking better than this.

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[riotsux]

Just a reminder that we can do a lot more for Nex,

Owasso Highschool hasn't done anything so far, that's what I've heard, however,

Principal Tiffani Cooper has her information up on the school directory

I recommend emailing her to ask her to comment as to why her school refused to call ambulances after a student was beaten in the restroom

Or you can call, and call and call

And email email email

You can also leave reviews of the school,

Once again that's

TIFFANI COOPER, principal of OWASSO highschool

Don't let her rest

(Yes there was an error that I'm gonna chalk up to the worst Freudian slip I've ever made)

[butchosprey]

!!DO NOT GO TO THE VIGIL IN OWASSO!!

THERE WILL BE A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE AT THE OWASSO VIGIL! PLEASE GO TO GUTHRIE GREEN INSTEAD!!!

Please stay safe!!!

EDIT: Now with image description embed. Thanks @fix-fax-fuckyou

EDIT 2: Both vigils have concluded

[vooshiemba]

We need justice for nex. I know I can't do much, but maybe a few people can see this.

If the world truly cared about trans people then there would be riots until this systemic injustice was gone.

Schools are now allowing literal terrorists (libs of tiktok aka Chaya Raichik) to run schools who are not even part of the same district. The hateful laws hateful people say protect kids are literally getting kids killed. But in the hateful's mind it's fine because it was a trans person, the enemy in their minds.

The hateful are Nazis and should not be in power over any children. I simply cannot understand why people can stand idle when hate spreads so clearly.

I'm not a doomer, I think we will create a better tomorrow, but only because we know this time. We know who the hateful are and what they want and what the end is that they want. This time they can't silence us.

No book burning can set us back. We can't forget the first Nazi book burning was to silence us LGBT+ folk. And we won't forget the next.

[futurebird]

More about Nex

“Nex did not see themselves as male or female,” Ms Benedict said. “Nex saw themselves right down the middle. I was still learning about it, Nex was teaching me that.”

This is a gut punch to read. I've seen "old folks" go through that journey of gaining understanding. Ideally it wouldn't need to be a whole journey but there's something loving in people willing to grow.

But not knowing just how at risk they might be ... from this kind of violence.

what could have been.

Nex was a really good student apparently. Had strait As. So a nerd. Another gut punch. They just remind me of more than one person I know and care deeply about.

These FUCKERS destroy everything beautiful.

[auntphibian]

Nex Benedict

A 16 year old Owasso student who died after being beaten in the head by three other students. They were nonbinary and a citizen of the Choctaw nation. They lived in the Cherokee reservation of Oklahoma. They had complained of bullying about their identity prior to being assaulted. Police are claiming their death was unrelated to the assault they experienced just a day prior.

Nex enjoyed nature, minecraft, drawing, and reading. They had a cat named Zeus.

I grew up near this region. I have identified as nonbinary since freshman year of high school. I'm a citizen of the Muskogee tribe. I was bullied in high school. My sister is much the same as me in most of this. I hate to think either of us could have been this poor child. They didn't deserve this. I can say from first-hand experience that the handling of bullying in Oklahoma schools is pretty much non-existent. This situation makes me so incredibly sad. This did not need to happen.

I hope Nex rests peacefully. Hopefully, something good can come from this tragedy. Hopefully, we will see change.

[genntrygenntry]

Being queer is hard. Sometimes it feels all we’ve won is the space to mourn out loud. Finally.

[edenexxe]

For my city's art show, I painted a portrait of Nex Benedict.

Nex was 16 years old when they were killed. Rest in Power, Nex.

[nex-has-gender-envy]

Venom 3 leak, trust me. I am mister Tom Hardy

Ref is that one insane symbrock art. ❗ from @d-erm ❗❗

I feel it's over due to have tom hardys version

(thank you @krisseratops for helping me find the artist :))

[gvmdisease]

can we talk about how so many comments on videos about nex’s death are fucking disgusting and their the people who preach kindness and love for all and continue to say disgusting shit about a dead fucking child who didn’t just die from anything natural who died from fucking murder like god i fucking hate ppl @starrsarchive pointed this out to me earlier today as we were having our daily rant/yap session and they were so fucking real

[padawan-historian]

Check in with your friends and kinfolk this week // Rest in power among the stars Nex ✨

[mythweaverarts]

I just searched Nex Benedict's name to find out more about them and oh my god. Some people man. How many times do we have to say that it is NOT YOUR BUSINESS. You don't need to know what sex he was born as. You don't need to know his old name. His name is Nex, he is a transgender boy, that is the end of it.

[Image ID: A dark mode cropped screenshot of Google. At the top it says "People also search for" and underneath the search recommendations say, "Nex Benedict birth gender", "Nex Benedict biological gender", "Nex Benedict born male" and "Nex Benedict real name." END ID]

[drsonnet]

VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHY OF #EGYPT

Gabriel Lekegian was an Armenian photographer, active in Egypt and the Middle-East from 1870 to 1890.

[cursedluver]

i wonder how nex’s grandmother is doing. i can’t even imagine realizing you have to take your grandchild to the hospital. realizing she was the only adult who cared about their life. the only one who didn’t want nex to die.

every part of this is horrific and is absolutely locking trans kids in their own mental closets right now because they’re scared of their classmates beating them to death if they get the chance.

i’m so sorry. i promise there are kind adults. i promise there are trans adults. i promise there are adults that care. i promise there are other CHILDREN who care. you have peers who love you even if they don’t know you. keep yourself safe, in the closet if you have to. survive. and when you can reach us, we will hold you and love you as one of us. you have a people. keep yourself safe. even if we don’t know you’re here, there’s room for you. there is always room for you.