Alok’s book “Beyond the Gender Binary” talks about accepting others for who they are and seeing gender in a creative form of expression. After reading the book Alok’s goal is to get readers to understand nonbinary identities and the importance of acceptance. Alok explains their experiences of suffering years of hatred as a gender nonconforming artist and people who tried bringing her down for being her true self. Which I find unfair because nobody should be judged for who they are or feeling not heard enough for not accepting them for who they are. This book helps me a lot because I struggled with pronouns. After all, I was not used to calling a person by their pronoun “They” because I grew up only referring to people as he, him, her, and 

 she. When Alok describes stepping foot outside makes Alok feel frightened for life because many people are against non-conforming people. I truly believe everyone should accept everyone for who they are as long as a person is deeply happy within themselves then they shouldn’t be judged by anyone. It’s unfair that non-conforming gender people are in fear for their lives because other people choose to judge them. I  try to be more understanding and learn more about gender expressions and pronouns so I could make everyone feel comfortable around me.