GLAAD, Task Force, HRC React to Nex Benedict Autopsy Report

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declared the death of Nex Benedict a suicide, LGBTQ groups lamented the nonbinary teen’s death and demanded accountability from officials whom they allege allowed bullying to take place at the teenager’s high school.According to a summary report from the Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s Office, Benedict died of “combined toxicity” caused by an interaction between diphenhydramine, also known as Benadryl, an anti-allergy medication, and fluoxetine, a drug used to treat depression that is more commonly known as Prozac.The medical examiner’s summary report does not indicate how the manner of death was determined to be a suicide, versus an accidental death, and does not include details as to what dosage of the respective drugs were in Benedict’s system at the time of their death.A spokesperson for the Medical Examiner’s Office did not respond to Metro Weekly‘s question about the dosage of each drug Benedict allegedly took that caused them to collapse at their home on February 8.The national LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD expressed skepticism concerning the medical examiner’s findings.“There is nothing in this one-page document to explain why the medical examiner checked a box.

Media must have learned by now that they need to continue to question what they get from law enforcement and government entities in Oklahoma that have so far failed to protect vulnerable students and responsibly provide any information that is critical for student safety,” Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and CEO of GLAAD, said in a statement.“Nex Benedict‘s family and the entire state of Oklahoma deserve far more answers and accountability from those charged with keeping Nex and all youth safe.”Ellis also noted that Benedict had told police, during.