Oklahoma highschool scholar Dagny “Nex” Benedict, the gender-dysphoric 16-year-old lady who selected a ‘non-binary’ id, and whose demise on February 8 the day after a faculty lavatory struggle was blamed on anti-LGBTQ ‘hate’, died from suicide in keeping with a coroner’s report launched Wednesday.

Benedict was a sophomore at Owasso Excessive College situated northeast of Tulsa.

Benedict was discovered to have taken an overdose of Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and Fluoxetine (Prozac).

An effort was made by politicians and activists to make a trigger célèbre out of Benedict’s demise after studies that she was crushed in a faculty lavatory and blacked out the day earlier than her demise.

Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) posted, “The killing of Nex Benedict is gut-wrenching and underscores the danger of extremists who are dehumanizing kids with anti-trans hate in Oklahoma and across the country. Every student should feel safe at school and supported for who they are. Nex deserves justice.”

The killing of Nex Benedict is gut-wrenching and underscores the hazard of extremists who’re dehumanizing youngsters with anti-trans hate in Oklahoma and throughout the nation. Each scholar ought to really feel secure at college and supported for who they’re.

Nex deserves justice. https://t.co/oRgch51ZXO

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) February 21, 2024

The narrative of Benedict as sufferer fell aside when police bodycam video of her describing how she began the struggle by throwing water on a bunch of ladies within the faculty lavatory for speaking about her and her pals’ laughter after which threw certainly one of ladies right into a paper towel dispenser after they fought again.

The media informed us repeatedly that Nex was crushed to demise by transphobes

They informed us Libs Of TikTok was at fault

They informed us that it may all be stopped if everybody simply affirmed “trans kids”

Seems, Nex Benedict truly died of an overdose, began the struggle, and was… pic.twitter.com/hIsas2Anoy

— Finish Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 13, 2024

KOTV-TV reported on the bodycam transcript (excerpt):

Benedict stated they’d solely met the opposite ladies concerned whereas they had been in “In-School Placement” (ISP) collectively that week.

Video Transcript:

Nex: “We don’t know each other.”
Officer: “You know of each other, with the vape situations and all that.”
Nex: “No. Before this ISP thing, We never saw each other. They’re freshmen, we’re sophomores. We didn’t know any.”
Benedict informed the officer the ladies within the lavatory had been making enjoyable of the way in which Benedict and their pals had been laughing about one thing.
Right here is the transcript of what Benedict stated occurred subsequent:
Nex: “They were talking about us, in front of us. So I went up there and I poured water on them. And then all three of them came at me.”
Nex: They grabbed onto my hair. I grabbed onto them. I threw certainly one of them right into a paper towel dispenser. Then they bought my legs out from beneath me and bought me on the bottom and began beating me.”

Full video:

The Biden administration introduced earlier this month it’s investigating the Owasso Public Colleges after receiving a grievance from the LGBTQ group Human Rights Marketing campaign.

Excerpt from the letter from the U.S. Division of Schooling Workplace for Civil Rights:

This letter is to inform you that the U.S. Division of Schooling, Workplace for Civil Rights (OCR), is opening for investigation the above-referenced grievance that you just filed in opposition to the Owasso Public Colleges (the District). Your grievance alleges that the District discriminated in opposition to college students by failing to reply appropriately to sex-based harassment, of which it had discover, at Owasso Excessive College in the course of the 2023-2024 faculty 12 months.

…OCR is opening the next points for investigation:
1. Whether or not the District didn’t appropriately reply to alleged harassment of scholars in a way according to the necessities of Title IX.

2. Whether or not the District didn’t appropriately reply to alleged harassment of scholars in a way according to the necessities of Part 504 and Title II.

State Rep. Mauree Turner (D) introduced a march on the Capitol on Oklahoma Metropolis for Thursday afternoon. Turner blamed everybody however the progressives who benefit from confused youngsters and drive them to suicide:

“Content Warming: mention of suicide & death. By now you might have heard the news about the Oklahoma medical examiner determined Nex Benedict’s death a suicide. I was made aware this afternoon when I stepped out of the chamber & a reporter told me So, I want to make sure I name: Whether or not it was a suicide or homicide – The state of Oklahoma absolutely is responsible for the death of Nex Benedict. From Ryan Walters, to school officials, to members of the Oklahoma Legislature. We failed Nex and continue to fail students like Nex when these leaders* remain in power. We also know that isolation is a tool of oppression. That is what they are continuously trying to do: isolate us, drive us out of the state, or throw a stone and wait for our deaths. Tomorrow at 1:30pm there will be a march at the Oklahoma Capitol. I hope to see you there. Often in deep times of despair like this better understand the need for more community. Especially at this time & this place. For more information reach out to Rural Oklahoma Pride.”

So, I need to be certain that I identify:

Whether or not or not it was a suicide or murder – The state of Oklahoma completely is liable for the demise of Nex Benedict. From Ryan Walters, to high school officers, to members of the Oklahoma Legislature.

— Rep. Mauree Turner | They / Them (@MaureeTurnerOK) March 14, 2024

Tomorrow at 1:30pm there will likely be a march on the Oklahoma Capitol. I hope to see you there. Typically in deep instances of despair like this higher perceive the necessity for extra neighborhood. Particularly right now & this place. For extra data attain out to Rural Oklahoma Satisfaction. pic.twitter.com/BpxAQoQeRV

— Rep. Mauree Turner | They / Them (@MaureeTurnerOK) March 14, 2024

Excerpt from the family’s obituary:

Dagny Ellis Benedict was born on January 11, 2008, in El Paso, Texas. She handed from this life on Thursday, February 8, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the age of 16 years. Dagny was raised and educated in Owasso, Oklahoma and was at present enrolled as a scholar at Owasso Excessive College. She had a love of nature and caring for cats however significantly cherished her cat, Zeus. Dagny loved quite a lot of previous instances reminiscent of watching the Strolling Lifeless, drawing, studying, and taking part in Ark and Minecraft.

She is survived by her mom and father, 4 sisters and two brothers.