DALLAS — A Texas man was arrested last week on a federal charge after authorities said he called and threatened the life of a doctor in Boston who provides care to gender nonconforming children, according to court documents.
Matthew Jordan Lindner, 38, faces a charge of transmitting an interstate threat, according to an affidavit filed Friday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts. Lindner is from the Kendall County town of Comfort, about 90 miles southwest of Austin.
According to the affidavit, Lindner left a voicemail for a doctor affiliated with the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center. The Boston-based center is part of the Fenway Institute, a research body which addresses and advocates for the healthcare needs of LGBTQ people.
