I met @alokvmenon during my time in NYC and had the absolute pleasure of taking their portrait. ✨ ALOKs work (especially poems) has been a hug inspiration for my art. Their book „Beyond the Gender Binary“ has moved me like no other. “Some gender non-conforming people are nonbinary, and some are men and women. It depends on each person’s experience. Two people can look similar and be completely different genders. Gender is not what people look like to other people; it is what we know ourselves to be. No one else should be able to tell you who you are; that’s for you to decide.” ― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary #pridemonth #alok #nonbinary #beyondthegenderbinary #gendernonconforming