Nex Benedict: outrage as no criminal charges filed over school bathroom fight
LGBTQ+ advocates criticize decision by Oklahoma authorities not to prosecute over incident preceding trans teen’s suicideAdvocates for LGBTQ+ rights expressed outrage following an announcement that no criminal charges will be filed against the Oklahoma teens involved in a high school bathroom fight with Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old who was ruled by the authorities to have subsequently taken their own life, the county district attorney said.The president and CEO of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Glaad), Sarah Kate Ellis, criticized the decision by the Tulsa county district attorney, Steve Kunzweiler, who had cited as part of his decision that he deemed the incident where Nex reported three students “coming at me” as “an instance of mutual combat”. Continue reading...
LGBTQ+ advocates criticize decision by Oklahoma authorities not to prosecute over incident preceding trans teen’s suicide
Advocates for LGBTQ+ rights expressed outrage following an announcement that no criminal charges will be filed against the Oklahoma teens involved in a high school bathroom fight with Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year-old who was ruled by the authorities to have subsequently taken their own life, the county district attorney said.
The president and CEO of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (Glaad), Sarah Kate Ellis, criticized the decision by the Tulsa county district attorney, Steve Kunzweiler, who had cited as part of his decision that he deemed the incident where Nex reported three students “coming at me” as “an instance of mutual combat”. Continue reading...
