Siddhi Kulkarni

“to the two men who yelled: “that’s a man in a dress! hey
everyone that’s a man in a dress!” while pointing at me
on sixth avenue:
i wanted to turn around and point back, shout:
“hey everyone that’s an insecure man, that’s an insecure
man! that’s an insecure man!”
― Alok Vaid-Menon

“man and woman are two of many—stars in a constellation that do not compete but amplify one another’s shine.”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

“where do all of the sad girls go?

in this world that requires us
to write poems about the people who have their hands
wrapped around our necks for the very people who have
their hands wrapped around our necks to recognize
that they indeed have their hands wrapped around our
necks?”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Femme in Public

“Be yourself until you make them uncomfortable”
― Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary