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Beyond the Gender Binary
- Pocket Change Collective
- Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Winner of the 2021 In The Margins Award
"When reading this book, all I feel is kindness."—Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriter
"Thank God we have Alok. And I'm learning a thing or two myself."—Billy Porter, Emmy award-winning actor, singer, and Broadway theater performer
"Beyond the Gender Binary will give readers everywhere the feeling that anything is possible within themselves"—Princess Nokia, musician and co-founder of the Smart Girl Club
"A fierce, penetrating, and empowering call for change."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"An affirming, thoughtful read for all ages."—School Library Journal, starred review
In Beyond the Gender Binary, poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines 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. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination.
Critic Reviews
"There's no better time for a new conversation about the damaging effects of mainstream society's oppressive, dismissive, and silencing stance on who folks are supposed to be based on...what...? Thank God we have Alok. And I'm learning a thing or two myself." (Billy Porter, Emmy award-winning actor, singer, and Broadway theater performer)
"This beautiful book is a beacon, just like Alok. Having Alok in my life has saved me in so many ways, and now you can have a little bit of them with you, too. When reading this book, all I feel is kindness. This is a step-by-step education on what it means to respect non-binary people. Alok is a human being who has a deep love and commitment to other human beings. They have come to us from the future to show us what life could be like if we all loved a little harder and dug a little deeper." (Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriter)
"Beyond the Gender Binary is a literary vessel of light for those who are looking for hopefulness, honesty, and a stimulating education in the exploration of themselves. This book is a twenty-first-century survival guide for queer-identifying people of all walks of life—Alok provides a safe space of shared experiences, commitment, and love to expand the gender binary to create a brighter and more inclusive present and future. This book shares wisdom, knowledge, and the universal spirit of celebrating one's self by shattering the transphobic lens that hinders most gender non-conforming people. Beyond the Gender Binary will give readers everywhere the feeling that anything is possible within themselves, and that self-love through whatever choice of gender expression is truly attainable." (Princess Nokia, musician and co-founder of the Smart Girl Club)
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-02-23
Thank you Alok for penning this down!
Insightful, heartfelt.. Humane! A perfect short introductory book & a must read for everyone!
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- sameer kulkarni
- 25-01-21
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Such beautiful, imaginative, loving, accepting words is a very calm voice. Absolutely loved it. I identify as a cis-woman yet I enjoyed this book so it is definitely not restrictive to gender non conforming individuals. Alok has the ability to touch my heart with every word written or spoken by them. They always make me question what I have been made to believe is true and only way of existing. I have learned the most from them.
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- Neelakshi Baruah
- 09-06-20
A true voice for the suppressed
This is a wonderful, heartfelt and honest guide to anyone researching trans issues for the first time. For a trans person, this is nothing but familiar territory and a walk through the experiences which bind us together. The first and only book I would recommend to a cis person or recently self realised trans person to understand themselves and nagivate the issues which are often used as tools to shame or repress us. This will truly be a boon for any gender non conforming slash queer person to recognise and avoid mistreatment. We live in a culture that operates on every level to gaslight members of the lbgtqia+ community and this is a source of true rebellion that will mould any queer person to face the challenges which awaits them.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-08-21
Everybody needs to read/hear what ALOK has to say.
This book is phenomenal. They shared soo much in such a short time. Must read
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