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.

  • Justice@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 months ago

    Yeah, I'm not a doctor, but from using both of those drugs in my life prozac caused me... sexual issues, and just leave it at that. Benadryl I used to take constantly for allergies as a child. It definitely made me sleepy and groggy, I COULD imagine it potentially killing someone, but even reading online briefly that seems incredibly rare as i suspected. I give my dog like 4 Benadryl capsules if she's upset by thunder (vet approved). I don't think this is a drug with a record for danger. This is so weird.

    • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
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      4 months ago

      it truly sounds like made up bullshit. they dont even know how much zyrtec and prozac was in their system. Nex had prescribed and/or OTC allergy medicine in their system so its a suicide? Highest level of bullshit. Oklahoma desperate to not look like they murder trans children.

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        4 months ago

        You can OD on antihistamines surprisingly easily. Benadryl is the common one.

        My brother probably died that way, not necessarily a suicide, just took too many and something happened.

        That being said, the fact that this happened in the context of them being in the hospital for a beating it's highly unlikely, and even if those substances were involved, their effects only amplified other issues from blunt trauma or internal bleeding.