Man Charged with Threatening to Kill Doctor Who Provides Care to Transgender Individuals

A Texas man was arrested Friday and charged with threatening to kill a Boston doctor who provides care to transgender people, federal prosecutors said.

The threats on Aug. 31 targeting a doctor affiliated with a Boston healthcare education center came after “inaccurate information spread online” about Boston Children’s Hospital and transgender care, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said.

Matthew Jordan Lindner, 38, of Comfort, called the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center and left a voicemail in which he said, “you’re all gonna burn,” prosecutors said.

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