Photo @bronson.photo
Hair @deetrannybear
Makeup @theladydeja
Art Direction @samcan_vin
Style: @olgaturka
Set: @notanothertree
Photo assist: @matthewjamesortiz
@alexwebsterphoto

Alok Vaid-Menon (they/them/theirs) is an internationally acclaimed writer, performer, and public speaker. As a mixed-media artist their work explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition. They are the author of Femme in Public (2017), Beyond the Gender Binary (2020), and Your Wound/My Garden (2021). They are the creator of #DeGenderFashion: a movement to degender fashion and beauty industries and have been honored as one of HuffPo’s Culture Shifters, NBC’s Pride 50, and Business Insider’s Doers. Over the past decade they have presented at more than 600 venues in 40 countries.

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