Julie Khan is a very vocal activist for intersex rights. Her clarity of mind and the way she has always fought for the rights of her community is commendable and people listen to her thoughts and she has influenced many to change their mindsets and thought processesses. She was a guest on Maria B’s podcast and she shared her thoughts on how people use religious words to make what they are doing acceptable for the society.
Julie pointed out how people always looked down upon the intersex community as they would dance and today with the advent of TikTok and social media, many of the children from the families who used to criticize have become dancers and now it has suddenly become talent. She also pointed out how YouTubers would do the worst things and then say Al Hamdulillah in the end. She used Ducky Bhai’s head shaving video as an example.
Ducky Bhai had shaved his head and face on getting 6 million subscribers:
Julie pointed out that this is society’s hypocrisy and negates all the struggles her community has put in the past few decades.
Here is what she said:
