Vigils held nationwide for nonbinary Oklahoma teenager who died day after school bathroom fight
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Vigils took place across the nation for Nex Benedict, who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student claimed to be a target of bullying.

Vigils took place across the nation for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying.

Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old who identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns, got into an altercation with three girls in an Owasso High School bathroom who were picking on Benedict and some friends. The girls attacked Benedict for pouring water on them, the teen told police in a video released Friday.

Benedict’s mother called emergency responders to the family home the day after the fight, saying Benedict’s breathing was shallow, their eyes were rolling back and their hands were curled, according to audio released by Owasso police.

  • LordOfLocksley@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    9 months ago

    American Christianity*

    Like everything America does, it’s much further right than the equivalent in Europe.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 months ago

      Nope. All Christianity. Europe is more progressive despite Christianity, not because of it. Which is also why Europe is, in general, far more secular than America and has far more non-religious people.

      It was a relatively short time ago when Europe was imposing Christianity on a lot of the rest of the world and making laws which forbade things they considered to be non-Christian.