Alok Vaid-Menon
Alok Vaid-Menon | |
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Vaid-Menon in 2018 | |
| Born | July 1, 1991 College Station, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Stanford University (BA, MA) |
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| Known for | LGBTQ rights advocacy |
| Mother | Jyotsna Vaid |
| Relatives | Krishna Baldev Vaid (grandfather) Urvashi Vaid (aunt) |
| Website | alokvmenon |
Alok Vaid-Menon (born July 1, 1991), also known mononymously as Alok (often stylized in all caps), is an American writer, performance artist, and media personality. Vaid-Menon is gender non-conforming and transfeminine, and uses singular they pronouns.
Vaid-Menon's work addresses violence against trans and gender non-conforming people and critiques what they consider constraining gender norms. They advocate for bodily diversity, gender neutrality, and self-determination. Vaid-Menon has performed in over 40 countries.