The second call, placed a few minutes after 5 a.m., at first sounded again like just a rude joke. Then it turned furious, the voice no longer mocking but menacing. The message was littered with transphobic language and threats. “I’ll kill you,” the man said. “Even though you know that 99.9% of people are just venting, it’s shocking to hear,” said Chelsey, whose last name the Chronicle agreed to withhold due to threats she faces for volunteering with the hotline. “And then you have to ask the question: What if this is the 0.1% who’s an actual threat?” The hotline had been set up in August for students of Chino Hills Unified in San Bernardino County, the first district in California to put in place a policy requiring teachers and other staff to inform parents if their children identify as transgender at school. Within days of going live, the hotline had taken dozens of calls — mostly from students who were scared, sad, confused and angry. Some said they no longer felt safe using their preferred pronouns or chosen name at school. But some callers were hostile. They taunted and hurled slurs. They raged... Further social media sleuthing turned up the same man on Facebook and LinkedIn. Chelsey found a video he’d posted on Facebook. At one point, the man spoke. She recognized his voice. The man is a San Francisco tech worker who’s developed at least two well-known and widely used apps. The Chronicle is not naming him because no police report has been filed. Rainbow Youth Project officials called San Francisco police to ask about filing a restraining order against the individual, but were told not much could be done because the hotline was based in another state. Indianapolis police also said they couldn’t act. Eventually, after consulting with lawyers, Rainbow Youth Project officials decided not to file a report.

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