I really enjoyed Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok. I’m obsessed with him and how he expresses himself. I am not going to lie, it hurts me reading his story. It literally makes me hate people even more! The way that people treat one another is disgusting. The stares to him afraid of his life because of the world we live in. Hate crime. It happens all the time. Also him getting bullied in school by someone that was JEALOUS of his freedom of expression, and that kid coming out as bisexual and apologizing years later gets me upset. It gets me upset because what if Alok didn’t have that tough skin and he went home that night and decided to take away his life because of that one bully? Kids are so mean and it happens all the time, its heart breaking. I agree with what he said “People judge gender non-conformity because they are insecure about their identities. If they weren’t, then gender variance wouldn’t be so heavily policed.” If people weren’t so insecure about their identities the less crime there would be. Physical, verbally and mentally. Also he shines light on gender of a baby. Growing up we had only those two categories, boy or girl. Thats all I know and my son. We are divided. They condition with color, style, sport, and how we’re suppose to act as a girl or boy. It’s the normal to us but we’re not thinking of how he makes others feel.