"Biden Urges Action on LGBTQ Suicide Crisis Following Nex Benedict's Tragic Death"
President Biden mourns the death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old LGBTQ student who died by suicide in Oklahoma after an altercation in a high school bathroom possibly prompted by bullying over gender identity. Biden calls for action to end discrimination and address the suicide crisis impacting nonbinary and transgender children, urging parents and schools to take reports of bullying seriously. LGBTQ groups have called for the resignation of Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction, and the federal Department of Education has launched a civil rights investigation into Benedict’s death.
