Alok Vaid-Menon (they/them) is an internationally acclaimed gender non-conforming writer, performer, and public speaker. As a mixed-media artist, Alok explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition. Over the past decade they have presented at more than 500 venues in over 45 countries. They are the author of Femme in Public (2017) and Beyond the Gender Binary (2020), as well as the creator of #DeGenderFashion, a movement to degender fashion and beauty industries. Alok has been honored as one of HuffPost’s Culture Shifters, NBC’s Pride50, and Business Insider’s The Doers. They currently serve as a contributing editor to the White Review.
Alok Vaid-Menon
