“And I think when you have suicide rates going up, when you have the bullying, when you have maybe even the drug usage because people are not feeling comfortable being their unique selves, because of the
societal norms and the pressures of conforming or because they feel like they have to erase parts of them because they’re not socially accepted, I felt like through my truth it could help other people walk in their truth and breathe a little easier.”
I feel like I should make a note that this dress is by Ziad Ghanem, a London based Lebanese designer who employs the talents of trans women and plus sized women to showcase his designs on the runway.