Protesting Our Healthcare

The right-wing is at it again, protesting Boston Hospital treating trans children but we showed them that they are not welcome.

Fewer than 10 anti-trans protesters met by 100s of counter-protesters at Boston Children’s Hospital
The hospital has been repeatedly targeted for protests and harassment by right-wing activists due to its transgender healthcare program for minors.
Boston.com
By Susannah Sudborough
September 18, 2022



A group of 200 counter-protesters met a small contingent of anti-transgender healthcare protesters outside Boston Children’s Hospital Sunday morning, The Boston Globe reported.

The eight or nine anti-transgender protesters were continuing a far-right campaign against the hospital for its pediatric and adolescent gender-affirming healthcare program, which treats minors dealing with conditions such as gender dysphoria.

Counter-protesters arrived at the Longwood Avenue entrance to the hospital around 9 a.m. Sunday, while protesters arrived at 11 a.m., the Globe reported. Both disbanded around 2 p.m.

In pictures from the protest, demonstrators can be seen wearing black and holding signs that say things such as “children cannot consent to puberty blockers,” “no child is born in the wrong body,” and “gender clinics harm children.”

See they are ignorant of trans healthcare, the right-wingers tell them lies and they believe it… repeat after me; “No medical procedures that are not reversible are given to children!”

But can’t get it through their thick skulls to their little brains. They still believe that being trans is a choice.

The Globe reported that one reason the reaction to the protest was so strong was due to the presence of Canadian anti-trans activist Chris Elston.

Elston was part of a group of far-right activists who spread false accusations about Boston Children’s Hospital online, such as that the hospital performs sex-change operations on minors. The accusations helped spur a harassment campaign against the hospital and its doctors.

On Sunday, Elston wore two signs hung over his shoulders. One had a message written on it like a dictionary entry for the word “dad” that said “a human male who protects his kids from gender ideology.”

So now the right-wingers are coming from foreign countries to spread their lies.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said in a statement to the Globe Sunday afternoon that the protesters were part of a “national intimidation tour” targeting the city and the “life-saving care” provided by Boston Children’s Hospital.

“We will not let those who rely on intimidation and fear-mongering get in the way of our work everyday to make Boston a safe and welcoming city,” she told the paper.

They are part of the new Brownshirts trying to force us back in the closet.