ALOK (THEY/THEM) IS AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED POET, COMEDIAN, PUBLIC SPEAKER, AND ACTOR. ALOK'S LITERARY WORKS "BEYOND THE GENDER BINARY,” “FEMME IN PUBLIC," AND "YOUR WOUND, MY GARDEN," HAVE GARNERED GLOBAL RECOGNITION. THEIR DYNAMIC PRESENCE HAS CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES IN OVER 40 COUNTRIES, WITH SOLD-OUT SHOWS AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL AND THE NETFLIX IS A JOKE FESTIVAL. ALOK'S FIRST COMEDY SPECIAL BIOLOGY! WAS EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY CHRISTOPHER GUEST. THEY ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE DOCU-SHORT "ALOK" EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY JODIE FOSTER AND DIRECTED BY ALEX HEDISON, WHICH MADE ITS DEBUT AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IN 2024. ON SCREEN, THEY CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN COMPLICATED ORDER, THE TRANS LIST, AND ABSOLUTE DOMINION. ON TELEVISION, THEY CAN BE SEEN ON HBO'S SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS, SORT OF AND RANDOM ACTS OF FLYNESS, HULU'S PLANET SEX WITH CARA DELEVINGNE, AND NETFLIX'S GENDER AGENDA COMEDY SPECIAL AND GETTING CURIOUS WITH JONATHAN VAN NESS. FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, THEY HAVE BEEN HONORED WITH THE ACLU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BILL OF RIGHTS AWARD, COALITION OF ASIAN PACIFICS IN ENTERTAINMENT TRAILBLAZER AWARD, AND WERE SELECTED AS THE INAUGURAL LGBTQ SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.