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FEDERAL PROBE TO LOOK INTO OKLA. SCHOOL’S ACTIONS BEFORE TEEN’S DEATH

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
March 1, 2024 at 9:18 p.m. EST

Participants of a walkout at Owasso High School in late February call for
answers into the death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teen who died a day after a
fight in a girls bathroom at the Oklahoma school. (Nick Oxford/AP)

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The U.S. Department of Education is investigating alleged discrimination and
sex-based harassment at a public high school in Oklahoma where a 16-year-old
nonbinary student was injured in a bathroom fight last month — collapsing and
dying the following day.


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Nex Benedict, who used they/them pronouns, died Feb. 8 after being rushed to a
hospital in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso. The community is in the northeastern
corner of Oklahoma, a conservative state where lawmakers — including the head of
public schools — have targeted LGBTQ+ rights.


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