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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, ~~model~~, and performance artist. They are [[genderfluid]] and use [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref name="~~Alok~~-~~insta~~">[https://www.~~instagram~~.com/~~alokvmenon~~/ ~~Instagram bio]~~</ref>

[[File:Alok Vaid-Menon Fashion Collection 2018.jpg|thumb|Alok in 2018.]]

'''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>

==Quotes==

"There are infinite non-binary genders, we are not merely some third option for leftovers."<ref name="notes" />

"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>

"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>

==Links==

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alok_Vaid-Menon Wikipedia page]

*[https://www.alokvmenon.com/ Website]

*[https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Instagram]

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[[Category: Nonbinary people]]

[[Category: Performers]]

[[Category: Activists]]