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Deanna W. Adkins Oral History Interview, 2024

Dr. Deanna Wilson Adkins is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Duke. She is Pediatric Endocrinologist, Diabetes and Metabolism Specialist, and director and founder of Duke Child and Adolescent Gender Care Clinic. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on February 12, 2024 by Caroline Overton as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project. In the interview, Adkins discusses her childhood and family, her pathway into endocrinology, how she became involved in gender-affirming care, her interdisciplinary approach to gender-affirming care, her legal advocacy work, and her advocacy to ensure the Duke Hospital system is welcoming to LGBTQ+ patients. The themes of this interview include medical care for LGBTQ+, trans rights, and the relationship between medicine and advocacy.
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Interview, February 12, 2024

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Deanna Adkins on February 12, 2024 by Caroline Overton as part of the Bass Connections Agents of Change Oral History Project.

Duration: 01:24:58 (stereo)

Duration: 01:24:51 (mono)

During the interview, Adkins discusses her childhood and family, her educational background, her interest in preventative healthcare, why she chose to become a doctor, her pathway into endocrinology, how she became involved in gender-affirming care, the 2015 founding of the Duke Child and Adolescent Gender Care Clinic, her interdisciplinary approach to gender-affirming care, her legal advocacy work, the effect of North Carolina House Bill 808, support from Duke, and her advocacy to ensure the Duke Hospital system is welcoming to LGBTQ+ patients. The themes of this interview include medical care for LGBTQ+, trans rights, and the relationship between medicine and advocacy.

Digital files include interview metadata and transcript (DOCX), interview with stereo (WAV), interview with mono (MP3), consent form (PDF), an image (JPG), and TXT files.