Boston Hospital Receives Threats Over Gender-Affirming Care
Boston Children’s Hospital recently released a statement referencing “hostile internet activity, phone calls, and harassing emails including threats of violence” to staff and clinicians in response to public criticism of its Gender Multispeciality Services (GeMS) Program.The August 16 statement references an article and “online attention.” Though it does not clearly name the sources of this commentary, there are a few avenues with which the online chatter took shape.Just a few days prior, a conservative site called The Post Millennial published a headline about the hospital’s trans care.