“Canada’s Drag Race” : Minas Gerges, le Pit Crew fier de ses poignées d’amour

Sa présence parmi les « Pit Crew » a fait le buzz sur les réseaux sociaux depuis le quatrième épisode de « Canada’s Drag Race », la licence canadienne de « RuPaul’s Drag Race ». Son nom est Minas Gerges. Il est le premier « Pit Crew » avec des formes. Et Jock.life adore…

Publié le mer 12 Août 2020

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Minas Gerges est plutôt rond. Il a des poignées d’amour et des vergetures : il en est très fier ! Il est ce qu’on appelle un modèle “Plus Size”… Le fait qu’il brille sur le plateau dans l’épisode de Canada’s Drag Race au milieu d’une dizaine de beautés toute plus musclées les unes que les autres, a vraiment créé l’événement… Il a, depuis, été interviewé par tous les magazines gays outre-atlantique…

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Ohhh pit crew! Surreal being on TV last night making herstory & representing bigger boys on the pit crew on @canadasdragrace ??

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Mais qui est Minas Gerges ? Il est égyptien, il est mannequin et acteur, il habite Toronto. On a pu le voir dans des campagnes publicitaires pour Sephora ou plus récemment dans celle que la marque Calvin Klein a proposé lors du Mois des Fiertés, où il raconte combien il a souffert, plus jeune parce qu’il était gay et arabe. Un message très fort…

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My entire life I was told how I should dress, how I should act, and who I should be. I was told that I can’t be Egyptian and gay, that Arab culture simply could not and would never make place for queer people. I have fought my entire life to change this narrative, and to be visible, and to change an entire oppressive belief system engrained in our culture that still systematically erases queer people. We’ve always been here and we won’t be silenced anymore.I am gay, Egyptian, I am gender fluid, and I am so incredibly #ProudInMyCalvins. Thank you for this monumental moment, @calvinKlein. Truly a dream come true to work with this brand & be part of such a meaningful worldwide pride campaign with other amazing people. Video by @ryanmcginleystudios ?

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Il compte aujourd’hui, avec cette nouvelle célébrité, prendre la parole le plus souvent possible, pour défendre ceux qui n’ont pas la parole, qui sont invisibles. Il a donné une interview au magazine Out en ce sens où il déclare son but aujourd’hui : « Donner une visibilité […] à la communauté arabe queer et montrer que les gros méritent une place dans l’industrie de la mode et peuvent signer une campagne internationale ». Touchant et fort…

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So a couple weeks ago I was on national TV in a little leopard speedo on @canadasdragrace. As someone who has struggled with my body image my entire life and was taught to be ashamed of my body when I’m shirtless, this was a big moment. ⁣ ⁣ I read thousands of comments, and while so many were positive, I was called disgusting, ugly, a pig, saw this ? emoji a lot, and was told that I need to go to the gym and lose weight. But I’m not focusing on that because I know it’s not true. Instead, here’s what I want to share:⁣ ⁣ When I got the call to be on the show back in November, my initial thought was: stop eating. Go diet. Spend the next 2 weeks at the gym and slim down. All these harmful behaviours I normalized when I had my eating disorder came rushing to my head. ⁣ ⁣ The day we were on set, these same negative thoughts came rushing into my head: you’re a joke. They’re gonna laugh at you when they see you on tv. You’re not as attractive. Your stretch marks are gross. Why didn’t you work out more in the past 2 weeks? You should’ve cut out those carbs. ⁣ ⁣ I took myself to the washroom, looked in the mirror, and I decided to remind myself that I’m that bitch. I saw how cute I was in that leopard speedo, and I reminded myself how handsome I am. I reminded myself how I grew up only seeing muscular men all over pop culture, and how it would’ve meant to see someone like me on my TV. With fat, stretch marks, love handles, extra skin, and still hella fucking sexy. ⁣ ⁣ When I saw the episode, I literally screamed at the TV “oh my god I look so fucking good!!!!” What was I worried about? ⁣ ⁣ I share this as a reminder that being confident in your body is always a journey that has its ups and downs. But don’t ever let those insecurities stop you from going for it and doing amazing things 🙂

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The pool used to be a setting that brought up a lot of anxiety for me. And I know for a lot of men that this feeling is shared. During this trip, I thought: If I had looked like this, 3 or 4 years ago, I would’ve never taken my shirt off in public or even thought about going into a pool without covering my body with a towel – let alone, be wearing a speedo. I don’t even think about it twice now, even though I have moments of insecurities, I’ve learned to learn how to just exist without prioritizing how my body looks or how certain things jiggle when I walk (it’s actually kinda cute to watch my belly do these cute little jiggles as I walk). How did I get here? How did I get to this point of learning to exist without overthinking every little thing about my body’s appearance? As a kid, and even now as an adult, I know that being shirtless by a pool is a source of anxiety for so many of us. We were raised to feel like not having a six pack means that we shouldn’t be shirtless, and that we shouldn’t be able to enjoy being shirtless by a pool unless our bodies were hard and muscular. As I’ve grown up, I’ve learned that there’s more to my existence or self worth than how toned my stomach is or how my body looks. And it’s truly freed me to be able to enjoy existing without overthinking these trivial details ?#bodypositivity

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