Children’s hospital increases security as online right spreads anti-trans conspiracy theory

Boston Children’s Hospital main entrance
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Boston Children’s Hospital is under online attack after Chaya Raichik – who goes by “Libs of TikTok” on Twitter – amplified a “special report”  detailing gender-affirming care at the nation’s number one rated pediatric hospital.

On August 11, Raichik reposted the “expose” on Boston Children’s by Christina Buttons for the right-wing site Post Millennial, sponsored by conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow.

The “special report” consists of videos publicly available on Boston Children’s website along with commentary insinuating children as young as two or three are getting gender-affirming surgery.

Buttons’ inspiration was a post by Chris Elston, self-described “Father of two girls. Travelling North America to expose gender ideology and why children cannot consent to medical transition.” Earlier in the week, he posted a Boston Children’s video in which attending physician Frances Grimstad matter-of-factly describes gender-affirming hysterectomy, a gender affirming procedure available to transgender men.

While Boston Children’s recommends the surgery for individuals 18 and older, Buttons implies it’s available to young children.

“Boston Children’s Hospital founded the Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMs) program in 2007 and welcomes patients as young as 3 years old,” she wrote.

Raichik bumped up the implication with a blatantly false headline to her repost claiming: “Boston Children’s Hospital is now offering…

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