A Comfort, Texas man was arrested Friday and charged with transmitting interstate threats after he left a threatening voicemail for a Boston doctor who provides care to the transgender community. He could face five years in prison if convicted.
, which is part of the Fenway Institute, provides educational programs and health care for the queer and transgender communities. The center does not offer clinical care or referrals, according to its website. The Texas Tribune has reached out to the center for comment, but the organization did not immediately respond.have received death threats over the health care they offer transgender children.
According to federal prosecutors, false information began to spread online in August that Boston Children’s Hospital doctors were performing hysterectomies on children. They become the target of a harassment campaign based on misinformation about its transgender surgery program by conservative social media accounts. Hospital staff, the public radio station in Boston, at that time that they've received aggressive calls, emails and death threats for some providers too.
“Mr. Lindner’s alleged conduct – a death threat – is based on falsehoods and amounts to an act of workplace violence,” said Rachael S. Rollins, the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, in a press release. “The victim, a Doctor caring for gender nonconforming and transgender patients, should be able to engage in this meaningful and necessary work without fear of physical harm or death.”
Joseph R. Bonavolonta, the FBI’s special agent in charge of the Boston Division, said in a statement that the doctor had been targeted because she was caring for gender nonconforming children.
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