Alok Vaid-Menon
About Alok Vaid-Menon
“Thanks for everything!”
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Fighting for Trans Ordinariness
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 Vaid-Menon acknowledges those fundamental, often violent clashes but comes at them from a place of peace and compassion.
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Books by Alok Vaid-Menon
“Your Wound, My Garden” (2021)
When we don’t process the pain, where does it go? What is the purpose of being alive when there’s so much suffering? What does it mean to live and die with dignity in a world utterly opposed to it? Your Wound / My Garden (2021) is a poetry collection by ALOK written during COVID 19 lockdown. It's an argument for beauty in the face of grief, loss, and chronic pain. The book is 52 pages.
“Femme In Public” (2021)
What feminine part of yourself did you have to destroy in order to survive in this world? At what point does femininity become synonymous with apology? Who hurt the people who hurt you? Let’s figure it out. Femme In Public (2017) is a collection of poetry by gender non-conforming artist Alok Vaid-Menon.
“Beyond The Gender Binary” (2020)
In Beyond the Gender Binary, poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary. Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination.
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