Alok Vaid-Menon

Alok Vaid-Menon (born July 1, 1991), sometimes known mononymously as ALOK, is an Indian-American (born in Texas ) writer, activist, "fashionist@", and performance artist. They are genderfluid and gender nonconforming and use singular they pronouns. They also identify as queer, trans, transfeminine, and nonbinary.

Books

 * Beyond the Gender Binary
 * Femme in Public

Quotes
"There are infinite non-binary genders, we are not merely some third option for leftovers."

"All people deserve bodily autonomy, including the right to name their own identities, bodies, and experiences. There is a double standard operating that needs to be named: when people with power call for recognition it’s not seen as political correctness, it's seen as a logical demand. When those of us without power call for it, it’s seen as us being overly-sensitive & distracting from the greater cause."

"trans people do not have *preferred* pronouns as if our genders are some sort of opinion up for debate. we have pronouns. that's a fact. so misgendering us isn't about being insensitive, it's about being incorrect."

Links

 * Wikipedia page
 * Website
 * Instagram