Sixteen-year-old Nex Benedict died one day after being beaten in an Oklahoma high school bathroom. His death has drawn attention to the more-than 50 bills that have been introduced in the state legislature targeting queer and trans people. Guest: Jo Yurcaba, reporter for NBC Out. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Note: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. Subscribe to Slate: https://www.youtube.com/slate Learn more: https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next Follow Slate on Social: Host Mary Harris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marysdesk Slate on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Slate Slate Podcasts on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SlatePodcasts Slate on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Slate Slate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slate/