More than two dozen people gathered at an Oklahoma church for a vigil for Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died one day after a fight in a high school bathroom. The vigil Friday night at All Saints Episcopal Church in McAlester was one of two in Oklahoma, the first of more than a dozen scheduled nationwide. Organizer Matt Blancett with the LGBTQ+ group McAlester Rainbow Connection, told KOKI-TV, that it was important hold a vigil in McAlester because of the 2020 murder of a transgender man. Benedict told police in a video released Friday that three girls attacked after the teen poured water on them for picking on Benedict and some friends.
More than two dozen people gathered at an Oklahoma church for a vigil for Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died one day after a fight in a high school
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More than two dozen people gathered at an Oklahoma church for a vigil for Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died one day after a fight in a high school bathroom.