In celebration of diversity, individuality, love, gender expansiveness, self-expression, and Pride, VIOLET GREY spotlights the LGBTQIA+ creatives and activists who inspire us.

Mina Gerges is all about visibility and intersectionality. Raised in Egypt, where living as their most authentic self could have had dangerous consequences, the gender-fluid model, advocate, and designer now appears in publications like Teen Vogue and PAPER Magazine and has fronted campaigns for major international brands, all while becoming known on social media for celebrating plus-size bodies and creating bold, colorful makeup looks. Here, an intimate conversation with Gerges about feeling invisible, the transformative power of beauty, and finally being celebrated for all that they are.