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Life can be full of contradiction. This is perhaps nowhere more evident than in the life of 22-year-old competitive bodybuilder John Khan who hails from a small village in Central Sulawesi.
As shown in the accompanying photographs, John Khan has an impressive bodybuilder’s physique. He has even competed in the 60-kilogram category at a Southeast Asia bodybuilding event in Gorontalo, Minahasa, Sulawesi in 2019.
That John is a dedicated athlete is demonstrated in the accompanying photos that show his manly torso and highly-defined biceps.
But, John Khan’s life, dating from his birth in Butukan Village in Central Sulawesi, has been clouded in ambiguity and contradiction.
This Men’s Category Bodybuilder Turns Out to Be a Woman BY :HENDRO D. SITUMORANG FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Jakarta. John Khan a bodybuilder from Central Sulawesi who has competed in the men’s category reveals that she was born a woman.
Being a bodybuilder, John has a muscular physique with defined biceps. Nobody would have guessed that John was a woman based on the appearance alone.
“I was born a woman. I even visited the doctor. My hormone test result shows that I have more male hormones at around 90 percent,” John said on Monday, as quoted from Jakarta Globe’s sister publication Beritasatu.