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    '''Alok Vaid-Menon''' (born July 1, 1991), sometimes known mononymously as '''ALOK''', is an Indian-American (born in Texas<ref name="Sharma">{{Cite web |title=ALOK: 'Beauty Is About Looking Like Yourself' |last=Sharma |first=Jeena |work=PAPER |date=1 March 2019 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/alok-beauty-2629993229.html?rebelltitem=25#rebelltitem25?rebelltitem=25}}</ref>) writer, activist, "fashionist@", and performance artist. They are [[genderfluid]]<ref name="Alok-insta">[https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Instagram bio]</ref> and [[gender nonconforming]]<ref name="dund_Alok">{{Cite web |title=Alok Vaid-Menon |last=Dundore |first=Brent |work=[[They/Them Project]] |date=17 December 2018 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://dundorephoto.com/they-them-project-alok-vaid-menon/}}</ref> and use [[singular they]] pronouns. They also identify as [[queer]], [[trans]], [[transfeminine]], and [[nonbinary]].<ref name="notes">{{Cite web |title=Notes on my ever evolving relationship with gender |author=ALOK |work= |date=24 November 2019 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.alokvmenon.com/blog/2019/11/24/notes-on-my-ever-evolving-relationship-with-gender}}</ref>
    '''Alok Vaid-Menon''' (born July 1, 1991), sometimes known mononymously as '''ALOK''', is an Indian-American (born in Texas<ref name="Sharma">{{Cite web |title=ALOK: 'Beauty Is About Looking Like Yourself' |last=Sharma |first=Jeena |work=PAPER |date=1 March 2019 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.papermag.com/alok-beauty-2629993229.html?rebelltitem=25#rebelltitem25?rebelltitem=25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129180742/https://www.papermag.com/alok-beauty-2629993229.html?rebelltitem=25 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>) writer, activist, "fashionist@", and performance artist. They are [[genderfluid]]<ref name="Alok-insta">[https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Instagram bio] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230613171530/https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> and [[gender nonconforming]]<ref name="dund_Alok">{{Cite web |title=Alok Vaid-Menon |last=Dundore |first=Brent |work=[[They/Them Project]] |date=17 December 2018 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url=https://dundorephoto.com/they-them-project-alok-vaid-menon/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724224954/https://dundorephoto.com/they-them-project-alok-vaid-menon/ |archive-date=24 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> and use [[singular they]] pronouns. They also identify as [[queer]], [[trans]], [[transfeminine]], and [[nonbinary]].<ref name="notes">{{Cite web |title=Notes on my ever evolving relationship with gender |author=ALOK |work= |date=24 November 2019 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.alokvmenon.com/blog/2019/11/24/notes-on-my-ever-evolving-relationship-with-gender|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025092722/http://www.alokvmenon.com/blog/2019/11/24/notes-on-my-ever-evolving-relationship-with-gender |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


    ==Books==
    ==Books==
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    "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."<ref name="alok_onge">{{Cite web |title=on gender inclusive language |author=ALOK |work= |date=5 July 2019 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.alokvmenon.com/blog/2019/7/5/on-gender-inclusive-language}}</ref>
    "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."<ref name="alok_onge">{{Cite web |title=on gender inclusive language |author=ALOK |work= |date=5 July 2019 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.alokvmenon.com/blog/2019/7/5/on-gender-inclusive-language|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529140001/https://www.alokvmenon.com/blog/2019/7/5/on-gender-inclusive-language |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


    "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."<ref name="alok_Pron">{{Cite web |title=Pronouns Aren't Preferred |author=ALOK |work= |date=14 July 2017 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.alokvmenon.com/blog/2017/7/14/pronouns-arent-preferred}}</ref>
    "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."<ref name="alok_Pron">{{Cite web |title=Pronouns Aren't Preferred |author=ALOK |work= |date=14 July 2017 |access-date=10 April 2020 |url= https://www.alokvmenon.com/blog/2017/7/14/pronouns-arent-preferred|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520064906/https://www.alokvmenon.com/blog/2017/7/14/pronouns-arent-preferred |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>


    ==Links==
    ==Links==

    Latest revision as of 22:50, 24 July 2023

    Alok Vaid-Menon
    Date of birth July 1, 1991
    Place of birth Texas, USA
    Nationality American
    Pronouns they/them
    Gender identity genderfluid/nonbinary/transfeminine
    Occupation writer, activist, fashionist@, performance artist

    Alok Vaid-Menon (born July 1, 1991), sometimes known mononymously as ALOK, is an Indian-American (born in Texas[1]) writer, activist, "fashionist@", and performance artist. They are genderfluid[2] and gender nonconforming[3] and use singular they pronouns. They also identify as queer, trans, transfeminine, and nonbinary.[4]

    Books[edit | edit source]

    • Beyond the Gender Binary
    • Femme in Public

    Quotes[edit | edit source]

    "There are infinite non-binary genders, we are not merely some third option for leftovers."[4]

    "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."[5]

    "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."[6]

    Links[edit | edit source]

    References[edit | edit source]

    1. Sharma, Jeena (1 March 2019). "ALOK: 'Beauty Is About Looking Like Yourself'". PAPER. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
    2. Instagram bio Archived on 17 July 2023
    3. Dundore, Brent (17 December 2018). "Alok Vaid-Menon". They/Them Project. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2020.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
    4. 4.0 4.1 ALOK (24 November 2019). "Notes on my ever evolving relationship with gender". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
    5. ALOK (5 July 2019). "on gender inclusive language". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
    6. ALOK (14 July 2017). "Pronouns Aren't Preferred". Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2020.