We bite into a hard conversation around Nex Benedict’s death as well as the two teenagers who killed Brianna Ghey receiving life sentences after jury conviction. Robert Alberts (they/them) and host R.B  Brooks (they/them) process their rough thoughts and devastated feelings in an attempt to answer “what does it mean that the project of annihilating trans children has fallen into the hands of other children?” and also “what does justice look like in these instances?” 

Additional Resources and References from this episode: 

• Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s office releases Nex Benedict’s autopsy report
• Teenagers who killed Brianna Ghey receive life sentences after jury conviction 
• TransLifeLife – a trans peer support and hotline run by trans volunteer 

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Host: R.B. Brooks, they/them, director of strategy and impact for the Midwest Institute for Sexuality and Gender Diversity 

Cover art: Adrienne McCormick