Maria B is a designer who has become a household name over the years. People know her collections, designs as well as strong opinions that she projects on social media on a range of topics. She has been in public spats recently due to her opinions on the film Joyland as well as the alleged promotion of LGBTQ values in Pakistan through media and social media. She demanded a ban on Joyland previously and she has been raising her point quite vocally on the trans issue since.
Recently an episode of Sar e Rah aired where Muneeb Butt is shown as an intersex individual and how his father played by Nabeel Zafar being very sensitive to the situations helps him get somewhere in life. However, a clip from the drama got viral out of context and it looked like Nabeel is teaching the child trans values.
Here is the clip:
Maria B jumped in and criticized the clip through her Instagram:
People are not happy with how Maria took everything out of context and then started calling it propaganda. They also asked her to watch the episode first and show more sensitivity towards people of this gender. This is what the internet has to say:
