Boston Children’s Hospital Staff Are Facing Death Threats After Transphobic Harassment Campaign
“Long past time to start executing these ‘doctors,’” one member of a right-wing forum commented. Others called doctors who support trans kids "demons."
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A children’s hospital in Boston has become the latest target of violent, right-wing harassment and abuse, following viral lies from the Twitter account LibsOfTikTok, which claimed: “Boston Children’s Hospital is now offering ‘gender-affirming hysterectomies’ for young girls.” The lies perpetuated by the Twitter account have since been picked up by far-reaching conservative outlets including the Daily Caller, the Post Millennial, and the Gateway Pundit, and shared on social media by right-wing influencers like Stephen Miller, the former Trump administration official, and the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh.
Deceptive and inaccurate articles about Boston Children’s Hospital “abusing” kids have also been circulating across right-wing online forums, where commenters have shared videos, phone numbers, photos, and other contact information for the hospital and staff. The hospital has since been inundated with threatening phone calls and online harassment. Conservative forums are teeming with comments calling for the doctors to be harmed, criminalized, and even killed, according to Vice News.
As of Thursday, LibsOfTikTOk has been banned by Facebook following its anti-trans lies and the abuse they’ve fueled. However, LibsOfTikTok remains active on Twitter as of Thursday afternoon and did not immediately respond to request for comment.
“In response to commentary last week critical of our Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMS) Program, Boston Children’s Hospital has been the target of a large volume of hostile internet activity, phone calls, and harassing emails, including threats of violence toward our clinicians and staff,” the hospital said in a statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday. In the same statement, it specified that claims it performs “hysterectomies on minors in connection with transgender care” are “incorrect.”