Garrett Garbo, M.D. (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Queer trans ob/gyn PGY-1 @UMNobgynres. @QUmedicine alum. Medicine=social justice. Researcher, #firstgen, #meded & dismantling oppression. #BLM views=mine

[University of Minnesota Ob/Gyn Residency @UMNobgynres]

Match Day is the best day! We are thrilled to announce and welcome our OBGYN Residency Class of 2028! 🎉 We cannot wait to meet you!

#matchday2024 #Matchday #obgyn #obgynmatch2024 #UMNProud #UMNmed #medstudent #obgynresidency #residency #obgynresidents

[Preston Igwe, MD @PrestonIgweMD]

For students who don’t get good news today, this is not the end of the road. It doesn’t define your worth. Your story is still being written, so keep striving! I’m proud of everyone who’s gotten to this point despite all the obstacles.

[Amy Park, MD @dramypark]

Results of this study showed no evidence of increased early breast cancer–specific mortality in patients who used vaginal estrogen therapy compared with patients who did not use HRT. Vaginal estrogen therapy can be considered in patients w/breast cancer and genitourinary symptoms

[Dr Helen Webberley (she/her) @HelenWebberley]

Detransitioning isn't the "I told you so!" moment that some would like us to think it is.

When transgender people detransition, they're not saying, "Oops, I made a mistake. I've changed my mind - I'm not transgender any more."

What actually happens, and I've personally seen occur many times in my career, is that trans people try living openly as their preferred gender, and the discrimination, hate, and abuse they receive isn't worth it.

They are still transgender at heart. But life as an openly trans person can be hard.

And after living in a world that shows them nothing but abuse, discrimination, and hate, it's often easier just to go back to living as a trans person in secret.

Detransitioning doesn't mean they're not transgender.

It means that their transition was regretful. And that regret is due to today's society.

Detransition rates should NEVER be used when debating trans rights.

Trans people aren't changing their minds; they're choosing the safest option to survive in a world that might refuse to welcome them.

[Planned Parenthood Action @PPact]

Gender-affirming care IS health care. And trans people deserve the right to make their own decisions without politicians — let alone the President — being in the way. #GOPDebate

[Zackary Brown, MD @pagepeds_zackb]

Black male physicians in 1940: 2.7%
Black male physicians in 2018: 2.6%

So this MD is more than just letters😌. Shout out to the many amazing black male doctors/friends that are changing the face of medicine.

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

What Minnesota Democrats have passed this year with their ONE seat majority:

—Right to abortion
—Paid family & medical leave
—Legal weed
—Carbon-free electricity by 2040
—Universal school meals
—Automatic voter registration
—Refuge for LGBTQ+ people
—Gun reform

Voting matters.

[Imara Jones @imarajones]

#MarshaPJohnson is the original mother of the gay liberation movement. Her courage to speak out against transphobia & bigotry during the AIDS movement will forever cement her as an icon. On her birthday, we honor her and the undeniable mark that she’s left on the world. 👑

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

BREAKING: A federal judge has issued an injunction restoring access to life-saving health care for transgender children in Georgia.

This is the right move in protecting care that saves lives — but our fight isn't over.

[Cesar Padilla, M.D. @TheMillennialMD]

We need kids from our barrios who grew up listening to Peso Pluma, Karol G etc to become tomorrow’s doctors

Lived experiences, which make you relatable to the population you serve, matter more than research opportunities confined to privileged few

#nationallatinophysicianday

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

People are fleeing criminalizing states in order to get their care in transgender sanctuary/refuge states.

I ran a story on this a few weeks ago where I show how we've already seen 130-260,000 transgender people flee.

An internally displaced refugee crisis is occurring.

[Garrett Garbo, M.D. (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @GarrettGarbo]

I'm not quite sure when it'll sink in that I'm *actually* Dr. Garbo (even though I introduce myself as that multiple times a day...). I got a little closer to it today though, when I did my first C-section as the primary surgeon! (even delivered the baby!)

[Center for Reproductive Rights @ReproRights]

#BREAKING: HUGE NEWS! 🎉🎉🎉
The judge in our Zurawski v. Texas case has ruled IN FAVOR of our plaintiffs, BLOCKING Texas' abortion bans as they apply to dangerous pregnancy complications including fatal fetal diagnoses.

[Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund @TLDEF]

"Because I'm transgender, I have been denied medical treatments that I spent a long time thinking about and talking with my doctors about. We all agree this is the next step forward." -- Gerda Zinner, TLDEF client https://t.co/Kzj8sZd0ZZ

[MD or Bust - The Equitable Autist-Knowledge Magpie @appyjumpindaze]

Pls RT & consider donating. Disabled Trans Med Student has 24 hrs left to raise overdue tuition & prevent getting kicked out of med school. #LGBTQ #MutualAid #TransInMed @DrQuinnJackson @ConcorsErica @GarrettGarbo @BarnacheaShelby
@Ledgemd @Lionhearted_ben https://t.co/3NqmBpuy3S

[Mackenzie “Z” L’Erario, MD LMSW @MPLerario]

If my four-year old can learn they/them pronouns, so can a physician with 20+ years of education. It’s really not harder than residency training, and you did that.

👩‍⚕️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 👨‍⚕️

[Planned Parenthood @PPFA]

GOOD NEWS: Today, an Iowa state district court listened to abortion providers and temporarily blocked a newly-enacted six-week abortion ban.

For now, abortion remains safe and legal in Iowa. This fight isn’t over.

[Matthew Hodson @Matthew_Hodson]

In 1992, a decade into the #AIDS crisis which had taken the lives of more than 70,000 Americans, most of them gay or bisexual men, ACT UP members protested by scattering the ashes of their loved ones on the White House lawn.
https://t.co/Mmya48rWdB

[Alanna Vagianos @AlannaVagianos]

Rev. Dr. Love Holt, a community engagement manager at Pro-Choice Missouri, just became (I believe) the first person to testify in front of Congress about self-managing her own abortion because she "was so desperate, so backed into a corner."

Her story, in her owns words: