Benedict was attacked at their Oklahoma high school, and found dead at home the next day. The medical examiner's office says the nonbinary 16-year-old died by suicide. Their family has questions.

Gay and trans migrants often faced violence in their home countries. Many face similar persecution from their countrymen in the U.S.

Fifteen states have enacted or are currently considering laws that would restrict medical treatments to more than 58,000 transgender youth.

Texas lawmakers have proposed dozens of anti-LGBTQ bills and young people have flooded crisis lines. "It's emotionally traumatizing," says Amber Briggle, whose 14-year-old son is trans.

"My own personal view that this is too extreme, it was too broad and did not grandfather in those young people who are currently under hormone treatment," he said, before apologizing.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, called the Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, or SAFE Act, "a vast government overreach." The legislature could override the veto with a simple majority.