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#ShieldAlert: #AndSteiner, GenderDiverse #HumanRightsActivist, targeted for #PatientAdvocacy at #LemuelShattuck.
Urgent Update: #Whistleblower And Steiner Still in Danger Despite Recent Concessions
September 22, 2025: "#MindFreedomInternational (#MFI) is pleased to report that, in response to our previous Shield Alert update, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital has allowed And Steiner to see a covering provider of their choice and assured that And’s requests are being taken seriously. However, MFI remains concerned about And’s safety and well-being despite these concessions.
"As a reminder, And is a #Massachusetts (MA) Department of Mental Health (DMH) patient at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital and whistleblower alleging criminal misconduct and abuse within the Massachusetts #DMH system, and has faced a pattern of retaliation including illegal #ForcedTransfer, assault, and harassment and denial of #DueProcess. A staff member has also warned that DMH plans to continue this targeting and harassment."
See link below to learn what you can do.
"Main talking points:
- And Steiner is a whistleblower who has reported alleged criminal misconduct and abuse within the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health system.
- And is currently under the care of those they are whistleblowing about.
- A staff member has warned an MFI volunteer of DMH’s intentions to target and harass And.
- And has faced retaliation, including illegal forced transfer, assault, verbal and sexual harassment, and denial of due process, including recent targeted discrimination and abuse by staff.
- Ivy McCall, a friend of And’s with a masters degree in social work, who has attended many of And’s Team Meetings, has come forward saying she believes DMH is targeting and abusing And and that And is not safe.
- All Massachusetts State entities have refused to intervene despite an easily provable #patternOfAbuse and targeting by DMH towards And for at least 3 years.
- Many staff members have filed complaints regarding And’s care.
- #MindFreedom and many advocates and you remain concerned that this pattern will continue without intervention."https://mindfreedom.org/front-page/and-steiner/
#LemuelShattuck #Queer #BIPOC #Transgender #LGBTQ #PatientAbuse #LetterWriting #Psychiatry #Fascism #Massachusetts #MassDMH
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[Petition] Black & #Transgender Lives Lost to Medical Neglect: Demand Justice in MA Hospitals!
The Issue
"My name is And Steiner. I am a Queer, gender-diverse patient that has been hospitalized in Massachusetts' (MA) Department of Mental Health (#DMH) hospitals for four years because of severe suicidality with suicide attempts.
"During that time, I have endured three attempts by DMH to suddenly discharge me from treatment without appropriate support, a practice known as '#PatientDumping'. This usually occurs when insurance has denied coverage or a patient has become a legal liability and often proves deadly, as you will see in this petition.
"While under DMH’s care, I have learned of at least two cases of serious medical neglect, and one suspected, which resulted in patient deaths. #HaywoodEarl was a Black man who died 'a painful and untimely death' from medical neglect at #LemuelShattuck Hospital, according to an investigation by #DisabilityLawCenter. Disability Law Center also investigated the death of #CaSonyaKing (pictured), a Black woman who they concluded 'died needlessly' from being 'patient dumped" from a #PsychiatricHospital. It is suspected that #JeanBusch, a transgender patient at Lemuel Shattuck, died similarly. All minorities. All died needlessly.
"When I learned of their deaths I was affected deeply. I reported Jean's death to DMH Authority, Attorney General Campbell and Governor Maura Healey in Jan 2023.
"Despite being under no criminal investigation, as punishment for reporting Jean's death, I was illegally and forcibly transferred to a dangerous forensic ward with no due process. There I experience 15 months of relentless physical #assaults, as well as verbal and sexual #harassment, often directly related to my sexual orientation and #GenderIdentity."
#LemuelShattuck #BIPOC #PatientAbuse #Queer #BIPOC #Transgender #LGBTQ #PatientNeglect #PatternOfAbuse #Psychiatry #Massachusetts #MassDMH
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Death of a patient with mental illness at Shattuck Hospital raises allegations of ‘neglect’
by Jenifer B. McKim, May 08, 2023, Updated August 07, 2023
"A 60-year-old Black man committed to #LemuelShattuck Hospital’s #psychiatric ward died a 'painful, untimely death' due in part to the state’s failure to provide adequate health care, according to a report released Monday.
"#HaywoodEarl, residing at the public hospital in Jamaica Plain, likely would have survived his bout with skin cancer if he’d received a timely diagnosis and appropriate medical treatment, the nonprofit Disability Law Center concluded in a 28-page report."
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"Earl’s case is coming to light nearly two months after an investigation by the #GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting revealed a history of problems at the hospital, documented by patients, prisoners and former employees."
#LemuelShattuck #BIPOC #PatientAbuse #PatientNeglect #PatternOfAbuse #Psychiatry #Massachusetts #MassDMH
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[Change Petition] Damning Evidence by #DisabilityLawCenter
And Steiner, Boston, MA, United States
"Hello Human Family,
[Click on the link] to see a shocking letter just released by Disability Law Center (DLC) to the Commissioner with damning evidence that I was brutally and illegally restrained punitively.
You can help!"
______"It’s been four years. I’ve filed over 300 DMH complaints. We’ve written hundreds of emails and made hundreds of phone calls. My story has been plastered on Mindfreedom’s website for years! Staff members have filed dozens of complaints with the Disable Persons Protection Commission (#DPPC). There’s been involvement by a lawmaker and a city councilor.
And it’s still going on!!
We’ve filed dozens of complaints with the Attorney General Cambell, whose office recently wrote me saying they are not interested in helping me, and not a peep about investigating the allegations in this petition."
Read more and learn how to help:
https://www.change.org/p/black-transgender-lives-lost-to-medical-neglect-demand-justice-in-ma-hospitals/u/34309164Mindfreedom website:
https://mindfreedom.org/front-page/and-steiner/#LemuelShattuck #Queer #BIPOC #Transgender #LGBTQ #PatientAbuse #LetterWriting #Psychiatry #Fascism #Massachusetts #MassDMH
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Allegations of neglect are nothing new for #LemuelShattuck. Please boost and sign the petition and / or send emails. Stand up against #SystemicAbuse against #Queer and #BIPOC people!
https://kolektiva.social/@AndHuman@tech.lgbt/116094056877898608#Transgender #LGBTQ #PatientAbuse #Psychiatry #Fascism #Massachusetts #MassDMH #HumanRightsAbuses
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#Israel accused of detaining #GretaThunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Damian Carrington in London
Sat 4 Oct 2025 15.51 EDT
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/04/greta-thunberg-israel-gaza-swedenArchived version:
https://archive.ph/zw3hx#FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal
#HumanRightsAbuses #IsraeliWarCrimes #EndTheGenocide #GazaAidFlotilla #EndGazaGenocide #EndTheGenocide #GlobalSumudFlotilla -
#Flotilla Members Arrive in Turkey, Describe #Israel's Abuse of #GretaThunberg
by #CensoredNews , October 4, 2025
"Sunday morning update:
The Global Sumud Flotilla said 29 more participants were released today, Sunday, and flown to Spain, according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The released activists include citizens of Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. So far, Greta Thunberg has not been released.
Flotilla members arriving in Turkey yesterday said they drank water from the toilet, women were imprisoned in dog cages, and they were woke up at night by snipers and German Shepherds, with
Israelis screaming, "We're going to shoot you." Their medicines were thrown away, Flotilla participants said in Istanbul upon arrival.Greta Thunberg was treated the worst, and dragged by hair and abused. She remains in the violent Ktzi'ot prison in the Negev desert in Israel. Nelson Mandela's grandson is also imprisoned.
The first group of 137 from the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived in Turkey yesterday, and were greeted with bouquets of flowers in Instabul, most were Turkish and Malaysian. There were 470 illegally arrested in international waters. Only one U.S. citizen was released. Families Greta Thunberg, who came to Standing Rock in 2019 to support Water Protectors, is shown here
detained by Israel after being abducted in international waters on the #GlobalSumudFlotilla. Swedish officials said she is dehydrated from the lack of water and food in prison. Arriving in Turkey now, Turkish activists describe the brutal abuse of Greta by Israel.Windfield Beaver of California arrived in Turkey and described Israel's abuse of Greta Thunberg, Reuters reports.
Ayçin Kantoglu said the women were kept in a dog shelter, denied food for three days, forced to drink toilet water, and that Greta was "beaten, had an Israeli flag tied to her back, and was paraded around
the room with her hands tied behind her back.""The Israelis tormented Greta Thunberg, dragged her on the ground, and made her kiss the Israeli flag," said Turkish journalist and #SumudFlotilla activist Ersin Celik arriving in Turkey now.
"They wanted to make an example."
Greta Thunberg, who came to #StandingRock to support Water Protectors in 2019, was shackled and treated brutally.Malaysian activist Hajwani Helmi said, “It was unbearable — they treated us like animals,” said Helmi, adding that detainees were denied food, clean water, and medicine throughout their detention.
A 70-year-old Scottish woman, arriving in Turkey with a broken leg, said she was given no food or water in prison, and the guard slammed a metal door on her broken leg."That prison was awful," said Margaret Pacetta from Glasgow upon arrival at the airport in Turkey.
Another woman arriving in Turkey said mothers had written the names of their children in blood on the prison walls.
"They locked us in animal cages."
"Walls had writings in blood in Arabic 'drink from the toilet."
"We were starved for 40 hrs."Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/10/global-sumud-flotilla-attacked-by.html#FreePalestine #BibiIsAWarCriminal #HumanRightsAbuses #IsraeliWarCrimes #EndTheGenocide #GazaAidFlotilla