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Vigils held for U.S. non-binary teen who died following school bathroom fight

16-year-old said they were the target of bullying; police not commenting on cause of death

Vigils took place across the nation for an Oklahoma teenager who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom in which the nonbinary student said they were a target of bullying.

Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old who identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns, got into an altercation with three girls in an Owasso High School bathroom who were picking on Benedict and some friends.

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