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Gender Affirming Care: Fall of the House of Hopkins

May 18, 2026

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

In 1966, Johns Hopkins opened the first gender surgery clinic in the US. Thirteen years later, a single study shut it down. We examine what the research said, what it didn't say, and how new standards of care emerged from the ashes.

Gender Affirming Care in Exile: Targeting the Leader

May 11, 2026

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

The president of the US branch of WPATH built one of the largest youth gender clinics in the country, then watched it close under political fire. Now she's facing a malpractice lawsuit from a former patient. We examine the unpublished study at the center of the controversy.

Gender Affirming Care in Exile: The Trials

May 4, 2026

Chris Aiken, MD and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP

Medical societies are reversing decades of support for gender-affirming care in youth — but is it the science driving the shift, or the politics? This episode walks through the evidence, from randomized trials to regret rates, and finds a more complicated picture than either side presents.

Expert Q&A

Talking With the Family About Gender Dysphoria

August 1, 2023

Peter T. Daniolos, MD, DFAACAP.

Peter T. Daniolos, MD, DFAACAP.

Faculty member, Harvard Medical School; child and adolescent psychiatrist, Cambridge Health Alliance/Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA; clinical professor, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA.

Dr. Daniolos has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

How can we support families of kids and teens with gender dysphoria? Dr. Peter Daniolos at Harvard Medical School offers practical examples of the lived experiences of gender diverse kids and teens and then helps us know how to talk with family members to help them understand and support their children.