The War on Trans Folks

[Disciple of Fate]

I guess she became (in)famous before the grift really became profitable for her?

[easye]

Maybe it isn't on the front page anymore, but the war on Trans folks keeps going.....

Idaho asks Supreme Court to let it enforce ban on transgender care

www.cnn.com/2024/02/19/politics/idaho-supreme-court-transgender-care/index.html

[easye]

The death of an Oklahoma teen after a fight in school has LGBTQ+ advocates seeking answers

www.cnn.com/2024/02/21/us/oklahoma-teen-death-school-fight/index.html

A 16-year-old student died following a fight at an Oklahoma high school – and as an investigation into the cause of death continues, advocates point to a heightened and hostile climate against the LGBTQ+ community.

Nex Benedict, whose family says identified as nonbinary, died February 8, one day after they told their family they and a transgender student were involved in a fight with others at Owasso High School. Police in Owasso are investigating.

It is not clear if or how the fight contributed to Nex’s death. Police in Owasso have not called the investigation criminal and said Wednesday that early autopsy findings indicate Nex did not die as a result of trauma.

“Preliminary information from the medical examiner’s office is that a complete autopsy was performed and indicated that the decedent did not die as a result of trauma,” Owasso police said in a release Wednesday.

Police declined to make any further comments on the cause of death “until toxicology results and other ancillary testing results are received.”

[Peregrine]

I'm sure this will be a totally unbiased investigation with no incentive at all to find that the school did nothing wrong and it's all the student's fault for disobeying Jesus.

[Disciple of Fate]

So they were advised to go to the hospital for treatment, but died after being taken to the hospital the next day. However, its not related to the reason they were meant to go there in the first place, physical injuries?

Feels very strange.

[dabbler]

It's not a stretch to say the kid may have topped themselves after the fight, if it went poorly and they were promised more for the rest of their schooling... after years of struggle, finally coming out then copping something like that it might seem like the only way out to a kid. So while it may not have been "caused by" the fight, it was still caused by the fight. Just not in a way that they can then blame the people involved legally, sadly

[Disciple of Fate]

It might not be, but then the family statement would be the strange part, I assume suicide would not leave other "liable parties".

[Haighus]

I think suicide, unintentional overdose, and trauma are all plausible given the information provided (I am aware the police statement states trauma was not the cause of death). It is also possible to be a coincidental death from something unrelated, but that is far less likely.

Given the victim was probably concussed it is reasonable the family thought it could be related to their head injury rather than an intentional overdose.

Although it sounds like quite a typical history for a traumatic subdural bleed, I wonder if they received a head scan.

[carlo87]

Teen death like this is always a tragedy.

As for the cause of death, and total speculation on my part, I'm leaning towards either suicide or natural causes/chemically induced accident. From the school video feed from the time Nex entered the ladies' room to the time they left was about 25 seconds. Yes, this IS time to get a serious injury but I kinda doubt it. Nex also had a history of seizures. Also they had bad reactions to vaping, yet continued to vape. Either of those things could be, or might not be, a cause or contributing factor in their death.

[easye]

Let's speculate that the attack did not kill Nex.

Does that make the attack acceptable? Is it just kids being kids? Locker-room activity? No, but it probably would not be National news.

The fact that Nex died is secondary to the main issue, that her attack was promoted by a hateful ideology towards Trans and LGBT+ folks in Oklahoma. This ideology was aided and stoked by the State Legislature.

That is the root of the issue, and the real reason this is National News.

[easye]

Interesting re-shaping of the Florida Law.....

www.npr.org/2024/03/11/1237730819/florida-dont-say-gay-law-settlement-lgbtq

Florida teachers can discuss LGBTQ topics under 'Don't Say Gay' law, settlement says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critics dubbed "Don't Say Gay."

The settlement clarifies what is allowed in Florida classrooms following passage two years ago of the law prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades. Opponents said the law had created confusion about whether teachers could identity themselves as LGBTQ+ or if they even could have rainbow stickers in classrooms.

[skyth]

Won't stop parents from suing the teachers though.

[carlo87]

Mar 5, 2024 10:50:56 GMT -5 easye said:

Let's speculate that the attack did not kill Nex.

Does that make the attack acceptable? Is it just kids being kids? Locker-room activity? No, but it probably would not be National news.

The fact that Nex died is secondary to the main issue, that her attack was promoted by a hateful ideology towards Trans and LGBT+ folks in Oklahoma. This ideology was aided and stoked by the State Legislature.

That is the root of the issue, and the real reason this is National News.

I'd like to make a distinction in my comment between the overall bullying, and the fight itself.  Speaking about just the fight, saying the other students "attacked" Nex isn't exactly accurate. Nex started the fight, and even admitted to it on camera. It lasted, at most, 25 seconds from the time Nex walked into the bathroom to the time she walked out. Now, I do understand that a history of being bullied should be weighed here, and may have prompted Nex's instigating this altercation. 


Also, Toxicology is back. Nex died be overdosing on two different medications. 

[skyth]

Yeah, spilling water on someone is 'starting the fight'. Sorry, but physical violence in response to that is not warranted...

[easye]

This feels like the grand tradition on the Right of "Blaming the Victim" for retaliating for harassment that the authorities put in place to spawn harassment in the first place against the victim.




Edit: I am not 100% sure that sentence makes sense, but I hope you get the idea.