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Alok Vaid-Menon
American performance artist and activist (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1][2]
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Born | (1991-07-01) July 1, 1991 (age 33) College Station, Texas, U.S. |
Education | Stanford University (BA, MA) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, performance artist, media personality |
Known for | LGBTQ rights advocacy |
Notable work | Beyond The Gender Binary (2020) |
Relatives | Jyotsna Vaid (mother) Urvashi Vaid (aunt) Krishna Baldev Vaid (grandfather) |
Website | Official website |
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Vaid-Menon's work deals with violence against trans and gender non-conforming people, calling for freedom from what they see as constraining gender norms.[2] They advocate for bodily diversity, gender neutrality, and self-determination.[3][4] Vaid-Menon has presented creative work in over 40 countries.[5]