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.
Residents in the Lake Claire, Candler Park, and Kirkwood neighborhoods discovered antisemitic and anti-transgender flyers on their sidewalks and driveways this past weekend.
In The Ink Black Heart, a popular cartoonist is harassed and killed after her work is criticized as transphobic. Observers say the plot mirrors Rowling's experience, though she calls it a coincidence.