Natasha Luciano

Alok’s Beyond the Gender Bianary teaches us to be true to ourselves. We owe ourselves to stand in our beliefs and walk with our head held high. Sometimes it can be difficult with all the other obstacles thrown in our way. Alok has a way of writing that it is forward and direct there was no beating around the bush. The information they shared was truly eye opening and at the same time I was not surprised. People who do not understand or judge always have something negative to say. When that young man came up to them and said why do you wear that and then the young man said I use to wear dresses when I was younger but then I stopped. Alok felt bad because he could see the sadness in the young man’s eyes. I thought for a second his family beat it into his head that dresses are for girls, you need to stop, this thought really made me sad. We were never meant to fit in a box. They must fight to exist to be heard and respected like actual human beings. The fact that they are not allowed to use the bathroom and people call the police officers! It is heart shattering. Things are the way they are because people and the government are so uncomfortable with change and acknowledging that there is more than just being a woman and just being a male. Alok really showed how ignorant and problematic people are. The system is made up for conformity and not creativity.