# Gender Affirming Care in Exile: Origins

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Podcast: [The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-carlat-psychiatry-podcast-491560)
Published: 2026-05-25T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.thecarlatreport.com/blogs/2-the-carlat-psychiatry-podcast/post/6294-gender-affirming-care-in-exile-origins
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## Resource

It's 1979, and Johns Hopkins has just shut down the first gender surgery clinic in the US. But investigations into the biological roots of gender identity are about to reopen those doors — and reshape how medicine thinks about sex, gender, and who gets to decide. CME: Take the CME Post-Test for this Episode Published On: 05/25/2026 Duration: 11 minutes, 52 seconds Chris Aiken, MD, and Kellie Newsome, PMHNP, have disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

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