School District Under Investigation by Education Dept

The Department of Education has launched an investigation into the death of Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict, who died on Feb. 6 — one day after getting into a fight in the school’s girls bathroom.

Friends and family said Benedict, who was 16 years old, used he and him pronouns as well as they and them pronouns. Relatives of the 10th-grader said Benedict had been bullied over their gender identity. His death has drawn national attention as activists and trans students have blamed the state’s antagonistic policies surrounding transgender students for the tragedy.

The investigation arrives after Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Kelley Robinson sent letters to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Attorney General Merrick Garland, calling on their respective departments to launch investigations into the circumstances of Benedict’s death.

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