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Alok Vaid-Menon | |
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 Vaid-Menon in 2017 | |
| Born | July 1, 1991 College Station, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, performance artist, media personality |
| Known for | LGBTQ rights advocacy |
| Notable work | Beyond The Gender Binary (2020) |
| Relatives | Jyotsna Vaid (mother) Urvashi Vaid (aunt) Krishna Baldev Vaid (grandfather) |
| Website | Official website |
Alok Vaid-Menon (born July 1, 1991, stylized ALOK) is an American writer, performance artist, and media personality. Vaid-Menon is gender non-conforming and transfeminine, and uses the singular they third person pronouns.[1][2]
Vaid-Menon's work deals with violence against trans and gender non-conforming people, calling for freedom from what they see as constraining gender norms.[2] They advocate for bodily diversity, gender neutrality, and self-determination.[3][4] Vaid-Menon has presented creative work in over 40 countries.[5]
- ^ Vaid-Menon, Alok (2015-10-13). "Greater transgender visibility hasn't helped nonbinary people – like me". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ a b Thomas, Skye Arundhati (2017-03-17). ""I Understand the Project of Trans-Feminism To Be About the Liberation of All Genders": An Interview With the Poet and Performance Artist Alok Vaid-Menon". The Caravan. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ Sharma, Jeena (2019-03-01). "ALOK: 'Beauty Is About Looking Like Yourself'". Paper. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ Lubitz, Rachel (2 September 2018). "The Body Hair Movement Isn't All Peach Fuzz & Happy Trails". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ "Alok Vaid-Menon Will Not 'Tone it Down'". The Advocate. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-03-20.