Let’s learn about Nex Benedict

A transgender tragedy—and a media circus

Note: this information has been superseded in a later post.

On January 11, 2008, a child was born in El Paso named Dagny Ellis Benedict. At two months old, this person was given up by biological parents, and taken to Owasso, Oklahoma, outside Tulsa.

Dagny was adopted by maternal grandparents, Walter or ‘Wally’ Benedict and his wife…