In 1998, Matthew Shepard was killed in a homophobic attack. In 2024, trans teen Nex Benedict died after being bullied by their classmates.
This article contains subject matter that may be especially upsetting for readers, including references to suicide, violence, and the targeting of marginalized communities. We’re now more than a month out from the death of trans Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict, who died a day after getting beaten up by a group of older girls in the girls bathroom at their high school.
While the worst of the bills against trans rights — including bans on medical treatment for trans minors, bans on trans girls playing school sports, and school bathroom bills — have passed in traditionally red states, the map of bans on gay marriage extended much farther; even California banned gay marriage following the infamous Proposition 8 referendum.
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