Molly Snyder, MD

If you are counseling, ordering tests, providing resources, etc but you refuse to use gender-affirming language, you cannot in good conscience say that you are offering best practice medicine. Language matters. It is quite literally a matter of life or death.

As a final year resident my program director sat us down & threatened to put “not a team player” our files if we didn’t agree to be on call every third night for a year *without* compensation.

Congratulations to @MGBUnited residents, interns and fellows for organizing to form a union with @cirseiu! I stand with these workers in their fight for better wages, benefits and work conditions. wgbh.org/news/local-new…

It's official! MGB Housestaff United has filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board! We are voting YES!

Bracing for today’s anti-trans backlash, even though men & assault-style weapons underlie most mass shootings. Let’s focus on what matters: Firearms are the # 1 cause of death in kids, and sensible gun safety laws save lives. Full stop.

The housestaff at Massachusetts General Brigham/ Harvard Medical School are unionizing ✊

When talking to teens, I complete my HEADS screening with a strength-based approach, which I learned as a med student from Dr. Ginsburg at CHOP. My opening question: "what is something about yourself you're proud of?" How do you respond if a teen says "I don't know"? A THREAD

LGBTQ+ children deserve to go to school without being bullied. LGBTQ+ children deserve to have gender affirming care. LGBTQ+ children deserve to have politicians protect their rights. LGBTQ+ children deserve to live their lives in peace and safety.

Normalize caring about other people and their problems caused by inherently biased societal structures even if those problems don't directly affect you. Normalize the knowledge that just because you went through something and survived doesn't mean others should have to as well.

Gender affirming care saves lives. Gender affirming care decreases suicidality. Gender affirming doctors deserve to live without receiving death threats. Being gender affirming doesn’t harm anyone. Being respectful of someone’s gender identity costs you nothing.

Our pediatrician colleagues across town are under attack for their care of #LGBTQ youth & families. Let's stand together for the safety & security of our healthcare providers, evidence-based care, and the well-being of young people. bostonglobe.com/2022/08/17/met…

Going through pregnancy & the birth of my child reinforced the way the socially constructed sex/gender binary has an absolute CHOKEHOLD on all of us. Boxing in our curiosity to “is it a boy or girl” limits kids’ potential in such a sad way. We can do better. #BeyondTheBinary

Normalize the knowledge that using an LGBTQ+ person's pronouns can help decrease suicidality. You respecting someone costs you nothing, but might mean everything to that individual.

Take this from someone who went into the hospital in active labor on July 1… The interns are smart, compassionate, prepared and well-supported. To everyone navigating the first few weeks of intern year, you are doing amazing and we’re all so proud of you! #MedTwitter

Today, the AAP reaffirms our support for adolescents to receive comprehensive, evidence-based reproductive healthcare services, including abortion, within two new updated policy statements. 1/2

@dkatsMD Let’s be real, I’m just taking notes from the true masterminds behind this day, @AnnaKlouda and Mallory!

I was 4 for Columbine…I was 16 for Sandy Hook… I’m from the active shooter drill generation. I’m now 26, training to become a pediatrician, and gun violence is the leading cause on death in children. Don’t you dare tell me this isn’t my lane. #BanAssaultWeaponsNow

Hugging my kids as a dad tonight. Fighting like hell for gun law reform again as a pediatrician tomorrow.

I’m livid and in tears. This could have been any of the kids I cared for today, because we live in a country that frankly doesn’t give a damn about the lives of our youth. 15 dead. 14 elementary school kids and 1 teacher. This is NOT fucking normal.

Reproductive health decisions should be made between a patient and their doctor. Full stop.