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‘Perhaps Life Would Be Easier if I Shaved, But Why?’

By Alok Vaid-Menon — 2019

When I told my family I was trans, one of their initial reactions was, “But you’re so hairy! It’s going to be so difficult to remove all your hair to be a woman, so you should just give up.” They were zeroing in on my body hair as the barrier for me to be seen as feminine.

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Gender Diversity & Identity in Queertopia—VPRO Documentary

What means gender diversity and gender identity nowadays? And what does gender diversity include? What if you are born with a body that does not meet society’s typical idea of ‘man’ or ‘woman’? Gender diversity has become more and more important and discussed.

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Alok Vaid-Menon Exists Outside of Your Heteronormative Gender Binary

Alok Vaid-Menon is a trans-feminine Indian-American poet and one half of the performance art duo Dark Matter. Through sharing Alok’s post with your friends and loved ones, spread the message that gender is not about what body parts you do or don’t have, it’s about who you are at your core.

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Alok Vaid-Menon: TransLash ‘The Future of Trans’ Extended Interview

Author, Performer, and Speaker Alok Vaid-Menon, sits down with Imara Jones as part of TransLash Media’s ‘Future of Trans’ documentary to discuss trans futures and what they look like.

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In Their Shoes: Navigating Non-Binary Life

“There is no one way to be non-binary, and that’s truthfully one of the best things about it. It’s an identity that is yours to shape.

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Transcending: Trans Buddhist Voices

Transcending brings together more than thirty contributors from both the Mahayana and Theravada traditions to present a vision for a truly inclusive trans Buddhist sangha in the twenty-first century.

Kevin Manders, Elizabeth Marston

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Beyond 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.

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LGBTQ+ Youth: A Guided Workbook to Support Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

The most comprehensive, practical and user-friendly workbook written specifically for clinicians and educators to engage and support lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and questioning youth.

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The Gender Quest Workbook: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults Exploring Gender Identity

This one-of-a-kind, comprehensive workbook will help you navigate your gender identity and expression at home, in school, and with peers. If you are a transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) teen, you may experience unique challenges with identity and interpersonal relationships.

Rylan Jay Testa, Deborah Coolhart, Jayme Peta

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Trans* in College: Transgender Students’ Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion

“With recent estimates of the trans* population in the United States showing three to six times as many trans* people under the age of 18 as there are over the age of 18, the work Z Nicolazzo undertakes in this book should be required reading for educators at every level of instruction.

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Alok Vaid-Menon Keynote ~ LISTEN Conference 2016

LISTEN Conference 2016: Feminist Futures was a three-day feminist music conference featuring keynote presentations, panel discussions, workshops and live performances.

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