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- The nonbinary activist and performer, who uses they/them pronouns and goes by the stage name ALOK – yes, with all capital letters – has been described in a review by the United Kingdom publication Chortle as one who “flips societal structures on their head” by arguing that “society should be protected from the hetero, white, cis ‘men in pants,’ who the performer sees as an ever-dwindling constituency whose crackpot ideas put children and free expression at risk.”
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Jun 21, 2018 · Performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon on why identity categories don’t work — but stories do. By KT Hawbaker. PUBLISHED: June 21, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. | UPDATED: May 31, 2019 at 9:41 p.m....
Alok Vaid-Menon (born July 1, 1991, stylized ALOK) is an American writer, performance artist, and media personality. Vaid-Menon is gender non-conforming and transfeminine , and uses the singular they third person pronouns.
- LGBTQ rights advocacy
- July 1, 1991 (age 32), College Station, Texas, U.S.
- Writer, performance artist, media personality
Dec 4, 2021 · Vaid-Menon is a gender nonconforming artist, writer and comedian who uses their work to redefine beauty standards, examine colonialism and explore fluid identity. “The word ‘artist’ is one of...
- Julia Carmel
Sep 14, 2022 · Despite being called slurs their whole life, Alok learnt words to describe their identity — that weren't demeaning — while studying at Stanford University.
Jun 2, 2023 · An Interview with Alok Vaid-Menon on Identity, Queerness, and Travel - AFAR. Travel Inspiration LGBTQ Travel. By Sarika Bansal. • June 02, 2023. Talking Gender Fluidity, Travel, and a Texas Childhood With Alok Vaid-Menon. The performance artist, writer, and activist travels to remain a perpetual student of the world.
- Sarika Bansal
- Editorial Director
- sbansal@afar.com
Jul 29, 2023 · So much of the mainstream political discussion about transgender and gender-nonconforming identity is rooted in conflict. Rights denied; rights demanded. The activist, writer and comedian Alok...
Jul 24, 2023 · 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]
