As author, performer, and visionary Alok Vaid-Menon summed it "How can we say that we're a democratic nation with equal rights when gender non-conforming people live in existential terror every day?"

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LINKS 

• Listen Abbie's 'Hot Nights' radio show https://bit.ly/3vDRYDw
• Watch Alok live at Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Keynote: Beyond the Gender Binary 7.15pm, Saturday 17 September au.mimecast.com/s/Ls2MCOMKJ4clV4qmIEdREe?domain=festivalofdangerousideas.com/">https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/beyond-the-gender-binary/Panel: Join the Rebellion 5.00pm, Sunday 18 September au.mimecast.com/s/UuvQCP7L64f9YMyEf00_PG?domain=festivalofdangerousideas.com/">https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/program/join-the-rebellion/

• Read Alok's book 'Beyond the Gender Binary' https://bit.ly/3RxkUFg

CREDITS 

Host: Abbie Chatfield www.instagram.com/abbiechatfield

Guest: Alok Vaid-Menon https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon/?hl=en

Executive Producer: Lem Zakharia https://www.instagram.com/lemzakharia/

Video Producer: Oscar Gordon https://www.instagram.com/oscargordon/

Managing Producer: Sam Cavanagh

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