A transgender teen described how she was assaulted inside a Minnesota high school bathroom when a student called her a f***** and struck her in the jaw.
“One of my teeth exploded, leaving bits in my mouth.” My jaw was broken in two places—molar, just shattered,” Cobalt Sovereign, 17, told KARE in Minnesota after the attack.
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The alleged assault took place last week inside Hopkins High School in Minnetonka. According to the report, the other kid leaned over a stall and began harassing Sovereign. That’s when she questioned him about the situation.
“He had no cause to be against me. “I’ve never spoken to him or done anything negative to him,” she told KARE 11, an NBC station. “And I was insulted and then eventually hit in the jaw.”
Following the incident on May 30, they took Sovereign to the hospital. She stayed there for two days to recover from major injuries. Authorities are investigating the attack as a potential hate crime. Police showed Sovereign’s mother CCTV of the incident, which she said confirmed her daughter’s account.
We haven’t identified or charged the other student involved in the incident.
“I saw exactly what she described,” Ashley Sovereign stated. “She comes out of the bathroom, and there are three children. They are definitely approaching and surrounding her, and one of them hits her quite hard while she is still standing there.”
The student claimed she has experienced nightmares over the incident.
Using the restroom has always made Cobalt uncomfortable, but she stated that she would rather be uncomfortable in the men’s bathroom than make other girls uncomfortable in the female lavatory.
According to the kid, the high school does have gender-neutral bathrooms, but they are often occupied and out of the way. She was eventually able to use the restroom in the hospital.
In a statement, the district stated that Hopkins Public Schools is an inclusive community that supports diversity and inclusion. We will address any issues that jeopardize the safety and inclusion of our school community. We support and stand with any marginalized group, including our LGBTQ+ scholars and staff.
The incident spurred the Queer Equity Institute, a local equity organization, to conduct a rally outside the school this week, with hundreds in attendance.
The child’s mother reflected on the occurrence, saying, “Everyone who knows her is lucky. It may be difficult for the rest of the world to raise a transgender child, but it is not difficult for me.”
