Administrators at Boston Children’s Hospital warned staff this week that they have received an onslaught of threats from people who oppose treatment for transgender patients, a service the hospital has provided since 1998.
, began spreading disinformation about the hospital’s Gender Multispecialty Service, the first pediatric and adolescent gender-affirming care program in the country.
“We are deeply concerned by these attacks on our clinicians and staff fueled by misinformation and a lack of understanding and respect for our transgender community,” Boston Children’s Hospital said in a statement. Since news of the harassment was made public, many of the commentators who were responsible for inspiring the threats have
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