Nex Benedict's School Was Performing Conversion Therapy in Their Restrooms 

3/15/24 UPDATE: Let’s make a few things clear, Nex Benedict did not die from suicide. 1. Pushing someone to end their life is still manslaughter at best and murder at worst. Nex was bullied all school year and pushed to it. 2. You cannot die from diphenhydramine, an antihistamine unless you drink gallons of it. So, this medical report that was released today needs to be investigated by the DOJ and the family likely needs to do a private autopsy to find the true cause of death. Sadly, far-right terrorist groups are already celebrating Nex’ death because they would rather us dead than be alive and LGBTQ.

How many more children will die before they admit they don’t actually want to protect children?

A full investigation needs to be conducted by outside experts

i never heard of corrective rape therapy before but i'm disgusted entirely by this

the number of comments i've been seeing under mainstream coverage of this story about how Nex "got what [they] deserved for going into the wrong bathroom" is beyond disturbing.

This is actually insane and demoralising. I'm genuinely scared this kind of rhetoric could come to Australia where I am too. I hope you guys can stay safe over there in the US, it's really depressing and infuriating hearing about all this.

**Its disgusting that the next day they die and the cover up of negligence and targeted hatred is stated to not be related, just ridiculous.**

I'm a trans woman, I remember how hard life was in high school. When I was going through high school was around the time the trevor projects "it gets better" campaign began due to how many lgbt kids were harming themselves. Its getting worse, but back then the it gets better projecy saved my life and likely saved other children as well. Is there anyway we can try to start up a massive campaign like that again?

As someone who lives in Oklahoma, please dont give up on Oklahoma. Alot of trans people in the state do not have the money or social connections to move States, and desperately need help from outside the State. Most people in this state actively hate trans people, and those of us who support LGBT rights are an extreme minority. Oklahoma needs help from the outside.

This whole situation had been taking a toll on my health as a non-binary teenager. I may not live in Oklahoma, but i do live in Texas, and situations like this make me fele afraid of coming out, let alone expressing my identity the way I want to. Hate mobs may be small, but they are so overwhelming.

As a trans floridian who graduated recently and narrowly escaped being bullied to death, stories like these scare me. I was grabbed, yelled slurs at, recorded, barked at (for some reason), anything you could think of during EVERY walk between classes. That was about 7 times a day, not even counting arriving and leaving, where the same things happened. It got so bad that I missed entire classes and almost failed, my only saving grace was that one of my guidance counselors allowed me to stay in their office during the day while I did work. During the last week of school. Only then did they do anything, and I only had one week to catch up, which I somehow did. So many times was I almost beaten up or thought about taking my own life, but I somehow pulled through. The future looks grim, unfortunately.

the people running this school need to be in prison

I live in Oklahoma and their anti-trans law suck! The governor is a twit.

I’m a survivor of that particular version of “correction” that happened in that school bathroom. His justification was that he thought I was lesbian. I was 11 when it started…the fact that it happened in a school…just disgusting. I feel sorry for the students at that school…poor Nex…poor Ely…they shouldn’t have suffered the way they did.

😢 I am a 72 year old retired Minister who is also transgender and have completed my transition from male to female. I believe the only way we're ever going to get a handle on this is two ways one is to have education mandatory for all teachers principles and other staffs at schools showing them and telling them that this is nothing to be afraid of and nothing for them to perpetrate violence towards the lgbtq students. The other thing that I think we need to do is enforce the hate crime laws and that the perpetrators of the death of this person need to be enforced and these people need to be taken to court and prosecuted for the crime of the hate crime that they perpetrated on this person.

Comment for the algorithm. If you're a trans teen reading this. Know that we are out here fighting for you. Keep your chin up. Stay vigilant. Love you all so much. (mother of 14 yo NB teen)

There is more to Nex’s story than we know. This was possibly a systemic cover up the school, police, and the entire town is involved in 😡😠 the name of the teacher who SA’ed that person needs to be arrested and charged.

This smells like negligent homicide.

The feds need to come in and take over admin of that school and do a staffing overhaul. As an educator and queer/pansexual person this really infuriates me.

Call your federal senators & demand the federal justice department investigate.

I'm so disgusted they're dragging us back to the way things were in the 80s and 90s. I guarantee this isn't just Owasso. This needs to end.

What happened to Nex and their school is disgusting, it's appalling that conversion therapy still continues in the western world despite not working and having ill effects, I'm not straight and never will be

It's telling how officials have been saying "keep people safe". The unstated premise there is that they don't consider queer individuals people. The things this school is doing (and will no doubt continue to do without intervention) are hate crimes of the highest degree, and they should receive swift and harsh justice.

Chaya Raichik and the superintendent need to pay for this.

I’m not from America but I really worry for the LGBTQIA+ people who lives there.

So I'm a straight cisgender male and I don't get why the bigots of the world want to believe everyone should confirm to their standards instead of people being who they feel they are.

I didn't think this could get any darker. Now it calls into question the whole narrative, if this may have been an unofficially sanctioned act.

A person over 21(as any teacher will be) assaulting a 16-year old - that is statutory rape. Period. No matter the circumstances. Even if it were consensual, which it wasn't. The power dynamic (teacher/student) only makes it worse.

I am an ops alumni 2012. My BF in high-school was ftm. He was horribly bullied and jumped more than once. And I was involved in an unfortunate incident where I was peed on in a locker the school is a terrifying place. Also BTW the teachers name is Martin he teaches science. Your welcome. He's been known for a long time to be a problem and the school won't get rid of him

It just feels like people are trying desperately to go back to the past. I had a principal who responded to someone getting rocks thrown at them because of their sexuality that if they were "just normal" then the other kids wouldn't do it. That friend quit school, but at least survived. Not all of my friends did. And no one even talked about what happened. It is terrifying as well as disheartening that people actually would like to go back to that.

I am done with these schools failing to keep their kids safe because they are too bigoted to do so. Help protect all kids from injustice like this or you don't need to be in a facility for shaping young minds. What happened to Nex and many other kids who had the same fate is an atrocity.

While responding to a person's question to lawmakers in the state one of the lawmakers said that it was their goal to remove this "filth" (yes, that is a quote) from The state entirely because the state is built on Christian values. How a state senator can refer to a dead child as filth and stay elected is beyond me.

@MeidasTouch this covered up story DESPERATELY NEEDS to be reported on ASAP!!! Maybe get Nex' parents, Professor Pride and possibly Ty Turner, a trans actvist who used to live in the area on the show. So much mainstream media are trying to bury the attempted genocide of trans people in the USA and how far it reaches!

Just horrible. Nex didn't deserve any of this.

The feds need to start kicking in doors. DO SOMETHING, BIDEN!

ps as a LGBTQI activist since the beginning of the 1970's well said dear young person - stay strong & keep fighting !

speechless. no words can explain my anger and utter disbelief that this happened. owasa needs to be shut down

As a teen in the 80s Brooklyn, NY, I had a really cool friend, very counter-culture, a bit of a pothead, and she introduced me to the first gay guy I ever met. As the years went by, we lost touch, only to reconnect in the 2010s when Facebook became a thing. In the interim, she'd had a terrible divorce, moved to Oklahoma, became a Reborn Christian, and got a job as an Oklahoma grade school teacher. I threw her off of my Facebook when the Republican Party decided that Transgenders were to be their new whipping boy, and she started posting demeaning, transphobic posts on her Facebook! The thought had occurred to me to find out what school she worked for and report her, but I figured, if anything, in a state like Oklahoma, they'd probably give her a raise for posting that ignorant crap! I'm sure my assumption was right, but I will Never make that mistake again! In the 80s, at the height of the AIDS epidemic, I marched in the NYC Pride Parades with a placard that read, "Silence Equals Death." That is just as true today as it was then. And I will never be silent in the face of ignorance and hate again.

I can’t believe this school is allowed to keep going!!. I’m sick to my stomach that this isn’t being reported on more and that action isn’t being taken against this school. Absolutely disgusting

Dear G-d this is so fucked up 😢

My mouth was wide open when i saw the title, how is it even possible for this story to get EVEN WORSE???

wtf is wrong with that school

I really don't think splashing someone with water is the same as beating someone to unconsciousness. Fighting back doesn't mean Nex deserved to be killed either. Also, shock is a hell of a drug so I'm not buying the "[they] were fine in the interview" bs. Brain injures can be severe without visible symptoms until hours or days later. There's audio recording of Nex's mom calling 911 describing severe concussion symptoms like slurred speech and loss of coordination so it was definitely not "suicide" like some people are saying.

Body cam footage of Nex in the hospital has been released. RIP Nex ❤

And people laughed as if it was ridiculous when we had identified this behavior as genocidal years ago

I am disgusted by these transphobic hypocritical people who are apparently ok with children dying even though their goal is to “protect the children.” How many children have to die before they admit they don’t actually care about kids or anyone besides themselves?

Bathrooms in American schools were never safe. The valedictorian (smartest kid) at my high school graduated without one of his eyes because he was beaten in a bathroom. This was in 1976, so it was racial instead of homophobic. Boca Raton was mostly rich white families so to achieve racial equality, black kids were bussed two hours from a neighboring town and rebelled by smoking marijuana in the bathrooms all day. Staff and teachers would not make them go to class. Bathrooms were their turf. Last thing the kid said before his skull was fractured was "it'll be OK, I just have to pee".

Uhm. What the actual fuck is going on in Oklahoma.

I don't think I can listen to this right now. RIP to two-spirit Nex. 🥺

Thank you for urging us to take action. Your channel on Friday at 17:00 , Chicago time , meant a lot to me. Owen Wagner

Every time something pops up on my dash about Nex or similar stories to theirs, I’m gonna comment. I am a genderfluid queer teenager currently in high school (not in OK thankfully). I don’t experience anything remotely close to what Nex or Eli went through, but their stories still scare the shit out of me. The more I learn about what’s going on, the more nervous I get about going to school each day. These adults are not protecting kids, they’re actively letting kids get murdered and letting them get so depressed that they commit suicide. This is bullshit. These grown ass adults are saying they “don’t feel safe” with lgbtqia+ people. Guess what? I don’t feel safe with your asses either. Faith in humanity? Fuck that. Justice for Nex AND Eli, and every other queer child that has gone through or is currently going through shit like this.

Schools should be safe for all children!!!!

These Nex Benedict updates are so hard to watch, every time it just gets worse and worse. Send in the DoJ and disband the school, a culture that toxic cannot be corrected by small changes.

Poor baby. These moments dent my patriotism. Thank you for reporting. ❤

this is horrible. it's fucking shameful that this shit is still happening. how can someone hurt a litteral child like this and look in the mirror with no remorse. i am angry beyond belief

Those events leading to Nex's death feel (and probably are) co-ordonated

Omg, this just keeps getting more and more horrifying. I can't comprehend the scale of the evil on display here, it's abhorrent😢😢😢

What outlet reported on the sexual assault? I'm having trouble finding info on it online.

These children are just living their life bothering no one, they are of no danger to anyone, leave them alone. Look after your own business and live in peace side by side.

I lost a friend to similar bullying...

Should contact Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani--they live in OK and could bring insane awareness here.

“Land of the Free”…😞

Cold, calculated and premeditated these monsters are guilty without a doubt life in prison please

Just a few years ago, conversion therapy was made fully illegal in Canada. There is hope, keep fighting!

This is so sickening oh my god those poor children, I’m in high school rn and idk what I would do if I were them. This is so horrible

Absolutely disturbing and disgusting news! Owasso High School needs to be federally investigated and these teachers need to be thrown in jail!

I am not part of the LGBTQ+ community. I support the LGBTQ+ community though. I am so sorry that this happened. Trans people have always had my admiration, whether they are out or not. They are so strong, even when they are fragile. They are so brave, just like the rest of the LGBTQ+ community. There should be no need for anyone to have to be brave just to be themselves, and hopefully sooner than later the world will be a better place and things like this will not happen anymore. My heart breaks for all of the victims, not just the 3 mentioned in this one place, or in this one video, but all of the victims and their families through the world. I know you don't know me, and I don't know you, but please stay safe. I am sorry if my thoughts are not very coherent, I have been awake for over 24 hours and my brain is scrambled at this point. Stay safe, and remember you are perfect just the way you are!!

I'm a survivor of a racial hate crime it's terrible to go through those things that so young man I hope god guides this family 😢

We need to revive study of a book called *_Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds,_* which studies phenomena like the Salem Witch Trials, Dutch Tulipmania and other cases of mass hysteria in which an entire community or even an entire culture is swept up in a derangement which people look back on in astonishment. We will look back on the anti-trans mania of the 2020s with a similar horror.

Thank you for all you do. I'm rallying everyone in my neighborhood. We're marching on our representatives and asking them to speak to Joe Biden to get the federal government involved. I hope that the rest of you watching see how few views powered by rainbows is getting. If not you, then who? Get your representatives attention through email and marching. We need a spotlight on this. If not you, then who?

Every child should feel safe at school, this is beyond disturbing 😢

this story sounds like an extremely depressing movie, but the most sad part of all of this is that its not a movie, its real life. rip💔

Please continue to educate our community, very, very important. ☮️

Can’t give up on these kids. Not an option.

What's the teacher's name? Be aware it's most likely on a school website, so it ain't doxxing.

Do you have a source for the conversation therapy claim? I would like to look deeper into this and googling it isn't pulling anything up. Please and thabk you!

"You've got to be taught to hate and fear. you've got to be taught from year, to hate all the people your relatives hate. You've got to be carefully taught." :"South Pacific".

They converted them, all right, from a straight A student into a corpse. Protecting children, my @55. It's as bad as the high school on Beavis and Butthead, only that was supposed to be an over-the-top piece of satire, not an absolutely verbatim depiction of reality.

I am just so heartbroken over this situation. Nex was failed on SO many levels. I genuinely hope they're at peace.

Who is in charge of investigating hate crimes?

Why isn't President Biden having the DOJ start an investigation?

7:03 I truly admire your restraint, to state it that calmly…

I'm not American but I am trans so this is just absolutely terrifying

Rape is never a therapy

I know why the enclave abandoned the citizens of the United States to nuclear fire

Someone needs to remind these evangelicals a little scripture “The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

If Project 2025 happens, this will be a daily basis. This, and much, much more.

I am so sorry you are having to deal with this. It's disgusting.

Do I have your permission to share your video on LGBTQ reddit? I want more people to know! And hopefully this will get us to do something about it!

there are no words for this.

This whole situation is like a nightmare. Thank you for digging into this. It is truly appalling what this school and state has gotten away with

😢

Keep up the good work.

Everyone call the US Justice department.

When do you get the police involved at school? Surely there has to be a CPS child protection services teaming up with the police then work with the school like maybe have some sort of dedicated LGBT correction team teaming up with CPS teaming up then with the police, then govern schools, so they don’t do things like this.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE FORE FRONT😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

Commenting for the algorithm. To my fellow trans teens, you deserve all the love in the world

R.I.P. Nex 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

This is both depressing and awful. I hope they went to a better place than they were in life

This story is so crazy. When I was a 13 year old queer person head over heels in love for one full year, my partner's parents found out and sent them 5 states away to a "boarding school." No contact. We tried to get around it, it kinda worked, but eventually due to probably the absolute trauma of what they went through, we drifted apart. I think about how heartbreaking things like that are, and then there's people who just, take someone's life from them...... children. Children are doing this. I don't know what needs to happen in order to stop this, but it needs to be fast. Hate crimes shouldn't be a statistic. They shouldn't be happening.