A non-binary Native American student’s death in Oklahoma is being investigated as a crime, according to local news reports. Sixteen-year-old Nex Benedict, whose mother is a tribal citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, died on Feb. 8, one day after a physical altercation in a girl’s bathroom at an Owasso, Okla. high school. ex’s death has made international news and re-ignited a debate about transgender rights. Nex identified as non-binary and used they/them pronouns. Their cause of death remains unclear.
