Boston Children's Hospital faces threats over gender-affirming care

Far-right activists have unleashed a torrent of threatening calls and emails against Boston Children's Hospital over its health care services for transgender youth — the latest in a broad effort against those who offer gender-affirming care.

Driving the news: The hospital is boosting security and working with law enforcement after receiving a barrage of online complaints and threats about its program for treating trans and nonbinary youth.

The program also offers genital surgeries for patients ages 18 and up. Far-right influencers and their followers are falsely claiming doctors are performing these surgeries on minors, particularly young children.

U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins issued a statement saying the Department of Justice will ensure "equal protection of transgender people under the law," and urged people to report potential hate crimes to the office's new hotline, 1-83-END-H8-NOW.