#oklahoma

[federer7]

Hitch-hiking from Joplin, Missouri, to a sawmill job in Arizona. On U.S. 66 near Weatherford, western Oklahoma. August 12, 1938

Photo: Dorothea Lange

#Dorothea Lange #Hitch-hiking #Joplin #Missouri #Oklahoma #August #1938 #Weatherford

[itgetsbetterproject]

Some proof that there ARE elected officials out there, like Vice Mayor Sean Cummings in Oklahoma, who are standing up for LGBTQ+ youth like Nex Benedict and calling out the fact that our words and rhetoric DO matter.

[Context: In this video, Sean Cummings is seen speaking to Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters referring to the death of student Nex Benedict].

#itgetsbetter #justice for nex benedict #justice for nex #nex benedict #oklahoma #lgbtq youth #queer youth

[hewasmadeofthegalaxy]

X

Don't look away from us. Don't ignore the Oklahoman queer community. Don't ignore the indigiqueer community. Don't forget Nex Benedict and the future they should have been entitled to.

#ndn #indigiqueer #oklahoma #nex benedict

[humanoidhistory]

Spotted in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

(via)

#dune #film #dune 2 #shai hulud #sandworm #movie #tulsa #oklahoma

[memoirs-of-a-trans]

How many more queer kids are gonna die before people give a shit? What are we supposed to do. Nex Benedict did fucking nothing wrong and they had their head bashed against the fucking floor. They just wanted to go home that day.

Kevin Stitt is a fucking murderer.

Chaya Raichik is a fucking murderer.

Ryan Walters is a fucking murderer.

Margaret Coates is a fucking murderer.

#queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #lesbian #gay #bisexual #transgender #Nex Benedict #Trans Activism #Oklahoma #Fuck Stitt #Fuck Walters #Fuck Raichik #nonbinary #gender non-conforming

[animentality]

#twitter #drag queens #lgbt #us politics #oklahoma

[that-sharkaholic]

I am a transgender teen.

We are being harassed and murdered.

Kids don't need protection from the rainbow, we need protection from those who want to end our lives and limit our freedom.

Nex Benedict's death is a tragedy. He was harassed, assaulted, and murdered for trying to use the restroom as an Indigenous and trans teen. Nex should be alive. My heart goes out to Nex, his loved ones, and everyone else who has suffered.

Nex Benedict, the world failed you.

Edit: To prevent further confusion, close friends of Nex have professed that he preferred he/him pronouns. Here's an article that explains it further:

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/vigil-friends-remember-nex-benedict-fiery-kid-rcna140440

#transgender #trans #nex benedict #trans rights #oklahoma #trans youth #nonbinary #lgbtq #lgbtqia

[bfpnola]

Clips from the Oklahoma House floor concerning anti-trans legislation, original linked in source

Edit: I see this post is popping off again, thank you for sharing! Reminder to our youth watching this video (operationally defined as those 14-25), @bfpnola is an international, Black-, queer-, woman-, and youth-run organization. We’d love to have some new volunteers, especially from Oklahoma in particular because we don’t have any! If you’d just like to meet everyone first, this is our Discord Server. Why not start there and then you can decide? 🫂

#tiktok #reaux speaks #trans #american government #oklahoma #republican #democrat #bodily autonomy #intersectional feminism

[catfindr]

#petfinder #catfinder #cat #kitten #kitty #food mention #scream cheese #ok #oklahoma #1k #5k #10k

[genderqueerdykes]

i hope what people take away from nex benedict's brutal murder is that transphobia affects all trans people, which heavily includes nonbinary people and especially non binary people of color. while people argue over whether or not nonbinary people are trans, we are being targeted by cishets. we are actively being targeted by transphobia. we are in danger of trans panic. we are still trans, and we need our binary trans siblings to stand beside us.

rest in power nex. you deserved better. please fight like hell for them. please fight like hell for the safety of trans folk in Oklahoma. please fight like hell for all nonbinary people. we are trans. we are your siblings, too.

you can help support queer folk living in oklahoma by supporting Freedom Oklahoma, a native-based organization for trans & queer rights in Nex's home state:

#nex benedict #nonbinary #non binary #trans #transgender #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt #genderfluid #genderqueer #agender #bigender #multigender #our writing #oklahoma #resources #freedom oklahoma

[weenie-wizard]

Are you an Oklahoma resident? Do you also want to try and remove Ryan Walters to counteract even more harm being done to our trans, nonbinary, and 2S kids?

Sign this petition to show your support of harm reduction for our schools

Share this link with others! Idc how you do it, just share it!

#oklahoma #nex benedict #transgender #nonbinary #2 spirit #two spirit #lgbt #lgbtq #please boost #kieran.txt

[conurecc]

nothing like citing bible verses while justifying child abuse

ain't no hate like christian love

curiously the majority of states that allow for corporal punishment in school (read: literal child abuse) are run by Republicans

& this remains the most accurate meme i ever made

#politics #oklahoma #republicans #are a danger to children #child abuse #corporal punishment

[comediesmusicales]

Posters for Sesame Street, the musical

#sesame street #les miserables #hamilton #rent #phantom of the opera #back to the future #oklahoma #little shop of horrors #waitress

[americaisdead]

mama lou’s restaurant still has a smoking section. oklahoma city. june 2023

© tag christof

#tag christof #america is dead #on the road #smoking #nonsmoking #cigarette #diner #okc #oklahoma

[arlh0e]

The situation with the Owasso Public School district and the Owasso Police Department regarding the death of Nex Benedict is nothing short of fucking rage provoking.

A 16 year old non-binary child was brutally beaten in their high school’s bathroom (which they were forced to use because of Oklahoma legislation requiring that trans students use the restrooms coinciding with the gender assigned to them at birth) by THREE girls for over two minutes before other students and a singular school faculty member managed to pull these girls off of them.

They had their head repeatedly smashed into the floor. For over two minutes. Their face was covered in cuts and bruises and they were unable to walk without assistance following this attack.

Nex was suspended for several days for engaging in a “fight”. (Btw 3 to 1 is NOT a fight, thats called getting jumped.)

After seeing the schools nurse, Nex was denied the option to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance as it was deemed “unnecessary” but it was suggested that a guardian took them to get checked out if they were concerned about Nex’s injuries.

Nex was then taken to the hospital where they were discharged, but were then rushed back to said hospital the next morning, where they were pronounced dead.

The Owasso Public School district has stated that because Nex died the following morning and not the night of the attack, that the attack is unrelated and did not cause the death of this child.

The Owasso Police Department claims that they cannot release the autopsy report to the public but that “A complete autopsy was performed and indicated that the decedent did not die as a result of trauma.” It has been implied that Nex died of natural causes or from an underlying medical condition. Less than 24 hours after having their head brutally and repeatedly smashed into a bathroom floor for over 2 minutes.

I don’t know about you guys, but I personally am beyond sick and fucking tired of watching republican politicians be so loud about how they’re “protecting children” and then turning their backs on trans kids and believing what is probably the laziest cover up of a non-binary child being brutally beaten to death while they were AT SCHOOL.

And what makes this even worse is that according to the Benedict family, Nex had been telling them about how they were being bullied at school and that they felt unsafe. They had told the school that they were being bullied and they felt unsafe. The school had been given every opportunity to neutralize the problem and prevent this very situation and chose to do nothing, and that negligence caused the death of a student. And they have the audacity to claim that Nex’s blood is not on their hands and that they “do not tollerate violence or bullying of any kind” and “are taking the situation very seriously”.

Nex Benedict was brutally beaten to death in a school bathroom and Oklahoma schools, law enforcement, and legislative officials are doing nothing about it.

Nex Benedict. Say their fucking name.

Attached is the link to the go fund me started by Nex’s mother. Warning, in the description, They are deadnamed and misgendered, however this was remedied in an edit lower down on the page, where their mother states that they will be addressed properly on their headstone.

#owasso #Owasso Oklahoma #nex benedict #justice for nex benedict #lgbtqia #save trans kids #anti trans legislation #oklahoma #lgbtq community #trans kids #nonbinary #non bianry

[ismellpestilence]

Nex Benedict was in their "correct" bathroom, as it is seen under Oklahoma law.

Nex Benedict and their cisgender friend were beaten by three cisgender girls in that bathroom.

The school gave Nex a two-week detention and neglected to report the incident to Nex's family or the police.

Nex's grandmother took them to the hospital. They were discharged, but complained of a headache and collapsed the next day in their living room.

Nex Benedict is dead. They were only 16 years old.

Following the law didn't protect them. Going to the bathroom with a friend didn't protect them.

The police claim they did not die from their injuries. For that to be true, it is a mighty coincidence.

Transphobia kills, just as it was intended to. Whether they'll admit it out loud or not, this is what they want.

#nex benedict #trans rights #tw transphobia #cw transphobia #oklahoma