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Psychiatrist From Gender Clinic Warns: ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Will Lead to Mass Sterilization

Dr. Az Hakeem likens ‘affirmation’ of gender dysphoria to grooming with the goal of “transitioning” children to a new gender identity.
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Psychiatrist From Gender Clinic Warns: ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Will Lead to Mass Sterilization
The Tavistock Centre in London, home of the United Kingdom's scheduled-to-close Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), is shown on June 23, 2023. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
12/16/2023|Updated: 12/17/2023
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A London psychiatrist who spent 12 years working with children at the United Kingdom’s government-funded Tavistock gender clinic is warning that “transitioning” patients to a new gender identity isn’t the answer to gender dysphoria.

Countries embracing “gender-affirming care” risk needless mass sterilization, Dr. Az Hakeem told The Epoch Times. He is the author of the new book “Detrans: When Transition is Not the Solution.”

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Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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