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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==
    ==Links==
    *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alok_Vaid-Menon Wikipedia page]
    *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alok_Vaid-Menon Wikipedia page]
    *[https://www.alokvmenon.com/ Website]
    *[https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Instagram]
    *[https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/ Instagram]


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    Alok in 2018.

    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]

    Quotes

    "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

    References

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