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trans people and our allies are fighting; that's why the christian theocrats are freaking out and using us as the threat of the day to drum up their stupid, ignorant base.
When we fight back, we get killed. (And then blamed for own deaths/have our deaths covered up - if you believe that Nex offed himself, you know nothing about how corrupt Oklahoma is)
Edit: that was meant to read “didn’t off” himself. I said the opposite of what I meant.
Nex did not kill himself, Owasso covered up the bullying and pretty much every state department is understaffed by under qualified toadies of Stitt.
Oklahoman here. I don't know whether Nex died by suicide or not. But on a local level, the Owasso (and greater) community hasn't given up the fight yet. Whether his injuries from the attack at school are what directly killed him or not, it doesn't change the fact that he'd been a target of bullying for months and that he and his family were repeatedly ignored by the school and the police, and then he was beaten in the school bathroom by several classmates. Since his death, our politicians have doubled down on transphobic rhetoric, and our schools are still becoming more and more hostile towards LGBT+ youth. There's a lot to talk about here, and local organizations have done a great job on covering these issues in press releases and the like. And there's still more to come; we're currently waiting on the release of the Medical Examiner's full report (unless it's been published already; I last checked about a week ago, and I just don't have the emotional spoons today).
Anyway, sorry for going into a whole rant. What I was going to say, in reply to your comment, is that our OCME (office of the chief medical examiner) hasn't been nationally accredited since 2009. So, um. There's that. ¯\(°_o)/¯
Yes - I left out a word and changed the entire meaning of the sentence. I do not believe Nex killed himself. I believe that Owasso Public Schools and the Owasso police were complicit and are involved in covering up Nex’s death.
I’m a transgender teacher in Oklahoma that quit teaching last year because I knew that if something happened to me, there would be no help and there would be an immediate flood of bullshit.
The FBI exists because of Oklahoma’s refusal to investigate the murder of minorities…
No worries, I did understand what you meant, sorry if my tone made it sound like I was disagreeing. I think yours is a reasonable judgement. I'm sorry for what you've been through. I'm trans here too and this state is a mess. Always has been.
I respect anyone who chooses to leave, and I might leave one day. Still, there are good people here, and I care about this place, so I hope we can make things better.
You're too right. It's a tired tradition.