According to a LinkedIn post about the incident shared by Frédérique’s dad, Paul Brink, she responded to the boy by saying that “it doesn’t matter”.
He reportedly shouted “are you a boy or a girl” at her again, which Frédérique responded to by saying: “I am who I am and you may be if you want to be.”
The boy then attacked Frédérique, punching her in the face and breaking her nose and several teeth, and fracturing her jaw.
Her dad, Paul, said that he is “incredibly proud” of his “beautiful daughter” because “she wants to be who she is”.
He continued: “Boy or girl, straight, gay or bisexual she (and all of us) don’t care.” Hundreds of thousands of people have liked and commented on his LinkedIn post about the attack, which includes a photo of Frédérique’s swollen and bloody face.
