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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|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=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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>