# Dr Az Hakeem - Psychiatrist Explains the Deep PERVERSION & Autism Involved with Being TRANS!

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Podcast: [The Daily Heretic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-heretic-7574275)
Published: 2026-07-13T15:00:00+00:00
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Why are so many psychiatrists afraid to openly discuss the psychology behind gender identity and dysphoria? In this provocative and highly controversial conversation, British psychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr Az Hakeem joins Andrew Gold to explore the deeper psychological dimensions of gender distress — and why he believes modern culture increasingly avoids uncomfortable clinical questions. 👉 Subscribe to The Daily Heretic now for fearless conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@hereticsclips/videos Dr Az Hakeem is a British psychiatrist and psychotherapist known for challenging prevailing orthodoxies surrounding gender dysphoria, identity politics, and mental health treatment. While many professionals support affirmation-first approaches, Dr Hakeem argues that psychotherapy and deeper psychological exploration are often overlooked in favour of ideology-driven medical pathways. In this focused discussion, Dr Hakeem explains why he believes some aspects of gender distress may involve unresolved psychological conflict, trauma, identity fragmentation, compulsive thinking, or maladaptive coping mechanisms that deserve careful clinical attention. Why are these conversations considered so controversial? And has modern psychiatry become too politically cautious to ask difficult psychological questions openly? The conversation explores gender dysphoria, psychiatry, psychotherapy, mental health, identity politics, free speech, medical ethics, psychological trauma, social contagion concerns, clinical caution, ideological pressure, and the growing fear surrounding open debate in medicine. Dr Hakeem discusses the professional risks clinicians face when challenging activist narratives or advocating for more exploratory therapeutic approaches before irreversible medical interventi…

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