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The Rainbow Youth Project has seen a 500% increase in the number of calls it received following the death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old in Tulsa, Okla.
The Rainbow Youth Project, a nonprofit organization that advocates for LGBTQ+ youth and has a call crisis center, has seen a 500% increase in the number of calls it received in the last week, following the death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old nonbinary sophomore at Owasso High School in Tulsa, Okla. Nex passed away on Feb. 8, a day after the teen was assaulted in a school bathroom. While Owasso Police say that the teen did not die as a result of trauma, parents say they will independently investigate the cause of Nex’s death.
A leading national nonprofit providing a 24/7 crisis hotline and free mental health counseling to the 2SLGBTQ+ youth community is seeing alarming surge of crisi
A leading national nonprofit providing a 24/7 crisis hotline and free mental health counseling to the 2SLGBTQ+ youth community is seeing alarming surge of crisi