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“This is actually the purpose of language— to give meaning to concepts as they evolve.”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

“Gender non-conforming people face considerable distress not because we have a disorder, but because of stigma and discrimination. There is nothing wrong with us, what is wrong is a world that punishes us for not being normatively masculine or feminine.”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

“we have been taught to fear the very things that have the potential to set us free”
― Alok Vaid-Menon

“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