LinkAs one can see, Mike Hein not only uses ->-bleeped-<- as a slur, he sedulously points out Boylan's former male name. And even though Boylan has had sex reassignment surgery, Hein makes a point of frequently and only using male pronouns to refer to Boylan.
And further, Hein lists Jennifer Boylan's AOL email address in a part of the article I didn't excerpt for this piece — which if Hein thought about for just a moment he'd realize that some readers of The Record will likely send Boylan harassing emails because he provided them her e-address.
It's pretty clear reading the piece: Hein's (and the CCLM's) language is intentionally demeaning to Boylan and other transgender people.