Three major medical associations are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate recent threats of violence against children’s hospitals that provide care to transgender children.
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is among several hospitals nationwide that have been targeted by conservative social media influencers. In recent weeks, accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers have posted clips from lectures in which CHOP providers discuss gender-affirming care for youth. In a recent example, the posts characterize the work as unethical and accuse a doctor of preying on vulnerable children for the sake of research.
In response, CHOP received threats against its Gender & Sexuality Development Clinic, according to a statement from the hospital.
The associations, which the letter said represent more than 270,000 physicians and more than 220 children’s hospitals across the country, have also urged tech companies to do more about the proliferation of disinformation on social media about the care children’s hospitals offer to transgender teens.
Gender-affirming care refers to any medical services intended for people whose gender identity does not match the gender they were assigned at birth. Care could range from
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