"Trans/Generation" - Alok Vaid-Menon | UnErase Poetry

"There is no difference between ‘silence’ and ‘violence’. We inherit both from our men."
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Credits:
Written & Performed by: Alok Vaid-Menon
Curated by: Simar Singh
Shot by: Omkar Potdar
Sound Mixing & Mastering by: Sohaill Gandhi
Sound Recording by: Abhay (The Hive)
Edited by: Simar Singh
Art Design by: Allwyn Pereira
Shot at: The Hive, Bandra
Special Thanks: Rhiya
About UnErase Poetry-
We are a community for promoting and producing spoken word poetry through live performances and online content, based in Mumbai, India.

[@RishabhKumar-re8kw]

The society needs to hear our word out aloud specially when it comes to the LGBTQI community... Beautifully recited words... I hope someday I get a platform to present my words, till the the time my diary will be my friend, my solace.

[@lipikakhatri2121]

I think your words will be a delight to hear🤗

[@RishabhKumar-re8kw]

Thanks Lipika but i hope that day come soon

[@maneesha_dancer1194]

All the love and support to you!

[@annliyasunny6818]

They should be accepted

[@dis_appointed8626]

Alok said that little girls are kinky...he is absolutely vile

[@smz8831]

Amazing poetry, Powerful words - "I come from a long legacy of women punished by men, who continue to push the man inside of me"

[@bluestar1068]

There seems to be one tiny logical flaw in this statement. He is a man!

[@neonaaron]

@@bluestar1068 u are obsessed with the poet, is there something u want to share with the class?

[@bluestar1068]

@@neonaaron Yes. There is something I have wanted to share with the class for a long time. I am gay. Yes I said it

[@xoz--]

I love all of this but ok my fav lines because i had to point out how well done this is and include how i felt: "These routine acts of violence, rendered invisible, that allow "family" to develop on the other side" Oh, wow! What a truth of generations wrapped all into one sentence. "There is no difference between ‘silence’ and ‘violence’. We inherit both from our men." "How we hate our men so much that sometimes we hate ourselves for them. Call it 'gender' for short." An absolute fucking truth. "I can look in the mirror and not see the man I grew up terrified of staring back." my heart. "Can I tell you what it means to wear an entire body as a wound" holy fuck. how beautifully written. "Turns into a man pointing, turns into HIS questions, turns into HIS disgust" ... :( fuck everyone. "Turns into gifting her man for her birthday" the story coming back around here is so genius. "It is the first time in my life that my worth is not created from all of the rage." Rightly so. I can't explain to you enough how much you deserve to feel accepted and I'm so sorry that you haven't. Thank you for sharing your light with the world. Not only the words were perfect, but the performance was amazing too.

[@anviksharaj5843]

Preeti K The part about gifting her man for her bday, I didn’t really understand

[@anviksharaj5843]

Also the second quote u mentioned, would u mind telling me about it, I’m sorry haha didn’t get it fully

[@anandmoon011]

@@anviksharaj5843 I think it means she/he is dressed the way the grandmother wanted to, on her birthday. But in the family photo she/he is not smiling, which is an act of resistance against the act of pretending someone they're not. (Which her/his grandmother did her entire life) I might be wrong, correct me in that case.

[@sandipbaidya2839]

So there it goes, I too, will quickly put on a shirt and join the photograph, not smiling. This was so powerful that my even though I'm sitting, legs stretched- my knees still wobble. And the video has ended, I still hover over it because When you ended the performance, something yet ringed and it is still ringing. Such was the power in your performance.

[@SHAYARISHADOWS]

Buddy! You teared my heart into pieces... Dil chaak-chaak ho gaya... Ruh taar-taar ho gayi... Society's behavior is really brutal, Human beings should always respect other human being else he is just another animal. Day will come soon there will be no valid partition like cast, religion and Gender ofcourse.. May God bless us with sensitivity and understanding Amen!

[@tesssailvi820]

I forgot to breathe

[@krystinroldan7131]

Me too!

[@ambarishkumar4956]

Breaking stereotype: respect 🌷

[@kritikas8265]

Very clearly & amazingly recited. Appreciate the depth in the words coz of what they face each day. Must give platforms for such to voice their feelings. Keep going, be strong !!

[@tanyasingh1934]

I just heard your voice and it's so different from any poet or speaker... Impressed already.......

[@piyabasnet7161]

Your voice and your rhythm touched heart Something our society should hear 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@rajatagarwal8675]

this is so true that too hard to me swallow it .... just still sulking with a head ache... getting a realisation that how big was journey of this poem ... which is in a trans state too ... to be operated and still operated !!

[@scotterx9835]

This is someone who publishes comments that little girls are kinky on his poetry site. He is a disgrace

[@REDDSQUAW]

❤️🤍💛🖤🪶Mad Respects 👊

[@amreen6789]

Lots of Love n respect for your courage to accept Who u are because yes in our society people didn't have this courage to accept and show who they actually are

[@dr.bidisha]

This is so so beautiful.. Loved your piece of art.. Beautiful words beautiful narration, just loved it❤❤

[@xoz--]

woah this is the best spoken word performer ive seen on this channel

[@aninditasarma259]

This is sooo beautiful ... people should respect the consent of everyone...the words are penned beautiful and even powerful was the recitation....

[@Aiartpoint]

Joker propagandist doing propaganda for useless sympathy

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

Lol the commercial before this was for Every Man Jack. Ah, good times

[@ritusantra8641]

I got goosebumps.. hat's off.. just beautiful.. ❤️❤️

[@vishnus2004]

What non sense. These people make this look like a big thing. Just live your life the way you want and stop begging for acceptance. If you can dress and behave the way you want then others can can judge you too, it goes both ways. Stop playing the victim card and blow this out of proportion. Your shit comes from privilege and not oppression. There are people who are going through real oppression, starvation, dying of hunger, war, famine, rape etc.

[@vvvbbb2552]

Previlage of begging money in trains and street for a meal a day, selling their body to someone so could strive a life , these are the huge previlages given to the community 👏👏

[@vishnus2004]

@vvvbbb2552 no, those are real problems.

[@ripleyjlawman.3162]

@@vishnus2004And the supposedly ‘privileged’ transgender and gender diverse community don’t experience these issues, or any of the ones you deem ‘real problems?’

[@vishnus2004]

@@ripleyjlawman.3162 not sure if they experience the real problems, if they have, then the noise should be towards the real problems and not these gimmicks, misgendering, misclothing and what not. My colleague who is also a dear friend lost his job when he misgendered a creature from US and it's pronoun is xyr, we dont even know how to pronounce it. In my country, we don't even have laws for misgendering people, our struggle is for basic needs, infrastructure, family, friends, progress. A good IT Consultant who grew up in a south indian village, studied in telugu medium, whose English is weak, but technically proficient than any of the US counterparts didnt get his appraisal and was forced to apologize and was placed under corrective action plan when he mistakenly misgendered a creature from US on Teams video meeting and this bloody creature made a big fuss about it, stopped working and demanded apology and action against him and stopped assigning projects, he lost his job, because a freak wanted more attention, it's recession in India, its hard to find a job. I was summoned because he reports to me. Misgendering is not a crime in india, but that creature made the HR summon him. Now if he turns into a transphobic, it's not his fault and nobody can blame him, his phobia (fear) of trans creatures is a genuine fear. If I educate my peers and subordinates to stay away from these freaks then I'm just being careful and alert. It's better to avoid these creatures than to risk our jobs. These freaks go nuts when we misgender them by mistake, its a fucking mistake, because its confusing and inturn these freaks demand apology, memo, screw our jobs. Honestly, we don't even care what you claim that you are entitles to. Dont go near them, dont talk to them, dont talk about them, dont try to understand them, dont look at them, if you still need to talk to them because of work, then use their names and have a strict professional boundary. Keep everything in email and don't ever use pronouns, just use names and names only, dont invite freaks to parties. We dont know how these freaks will react when you misgender them by mistake. It's better to stay away from them, your jobs are at risk. We are bloody engineers we know how to deal with bugs.

[@vishnus2004]

@@ripleyjlawman.3162 @ripleyjlawman.3162 not sure if they experience the real problems, if they have, then the noise should be towards the real problems and not these gimmicks, misgendering, misclothing and what not. My colleague who is also a dear friend lost his job when he misgendered a creature from US and it's pronoun is xyr, we dont even know how to pronounce it. In my country, we don't even have laws for misgendering people, our struggle is for basic needs, infrastructure, family, friends, progress. A good IT Consultant who grew up in a south indian village, studied in telugu medium, whose English is weak, but technically proficient than any of the US counterparts didnt get his appraisal and was forced to apologize and was placed under corrective action plan when he mistakenly misgendered a creature from US on Teams video meeting and this bloody creature made a big fuss about it, stopped working and demanded apology and action against him and stopped assigning projects, he lost his job, because a freak wanted more attention, it's recession in India, its hard to find a job. I was summoned because he reports to me. Misgendering is not a crime in india, but that creature made the HR summon him. Now if he turns into a transphobic, it's not his fault and nobody can blame him, his phobia (fear) of trans creatures is a genuine fear. If I educate my peers and subordinates to stay away from these freaks then I'm just being careful and alert. It's better to avoid these creatures than to risk our jobs. These freaks go nuts when we misgender them by mistake, its a fucking mistake, because its confusing and inturn these freaks demand apology, memo, screw our jobs. Honestly, we don't even care what you claim that you are entitles to. Dont go near them, dont talk to them, dont talk about them, dont try to understand them, dont look at them, if you still need to talk to them because of work, then use their names and have a strict professional boundary. Keep everything in email and don't ever use pronouns, just use names and names only, dont invite freaks to parties. We dont know how these freaks will react when you misgender them by mistake. It's better to stay away from them, your jobs are at risk. We are bloody engineers we know how to deal with bugs.

[@jayeshgehlot9850]

Just wow.... Amazing.... No words can define this much better than him

[@amersaud607]

Your grandmother was right !!! ✅️

[@nikhiljagane5713]

We appreciate your opinions and you are the main important part of our society..... Don't ever grow that orthodox regret in you further ...

[@japjyotsingh5682]

the references make this poem so awsm that it gave me goosebums 🤟🏾🤟🏾🤟🏽🤟🏽

[@aditisidhant1018]

I was legit weeping. 💕

[@shambhavidwivedi6497]

@sonoki82 so was everyone on Earth when you were born

[@dis_appointed8626]

Same here.. When i read alok's fb post victim blaming child rape victims calling them kinky

[@tashagolding]

Thank you. This seems trite. I don't know how to be glad, thankful - to articulate the way your experience, so different from mine, illuminates my own. I had/have so many luxurious categories to live in - and/but I found the same violence/silence anyway. I don't know why I'm not allowed to share an experience with you. Ah, maybe I do. You are supposed to be 'the other' and then when I came to listen I hear a human more human than the people who taught me to otherise. I will go back and humanise them now, break the cycle.

[@ritikasoni2089]

This is definitely the much needed voice 💜 Amazingly Expressed !!

[@epsitayadav4045]

Truly respect your spirit

[@aasthadwivedi4504]

This is so beautiful😍😍 More Respect, Power and support to you guys😍❤

[@pallavinambiar7675]

Beautifully chosen words, perfectly composed emotions. Well done. 💯

[@nathanp9662]

You reuploaded it again didn't you? Why delete it? I remember watching this poem like 2-3 months back. Anyways loved it again. ❣

[@rushimuzaffar9567]

Hey u were great......well spoken poetry and its meaning......beautifully presented

[@pranjalpatil3360]

It understand more every time I listen to it.

[@Aiartpoint]

Propagandist that's all

[@freebird7315]

You're amazing.. Well spoken and presented... Much love to you ❤😀

[@leedubick5185]

Please stop using the word trans, you’re not trans……

[@vinetrarodrigues4430]

This poem speaks so many volumes so beautifully. I mean wow!!!!!

[@upretimerina874]

More power and love to you😘❤

[@dezylugun4567]

Wowww 😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯

[@MsJames-wn9pq]

Real goosebumbs❤

[@daniyalahmed7076]

My ideal❤❤❤they are awesome, love you uuuuuuummmmmaaaaahhhhhhh😘😘😘😘😘

[@raheelx4700]

The rage! Thank you.

[@sinungzeblunmessar105]

Amazing👏👏👏👏 lots of love to you💖💖💖💕💕

[@sujatag8978]

Such a powerful performance!

[@nikitadongare6245]

Words!!!! Goosebumps!!!!

[@shivakrishna9942]

Thank you for the subtitles ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DancingMoon23]

What a beautiful thought! And recital is way too beautiful. #lit 🔥❤

[@shubhamdharra5468]

Wowww! I got goosebumps. What you speak, it reaches ❤️❤️❤️

[@khushii2073]

WOAH! This was so hearty! It was perfect.

[@akankshasengupta1244]

LOVED IT! More power to you!❤️❤️

[@truerandomnumbergenerator408]

i could just feel the rage and oppression in your voice

[@thecoherentrambling]

After a long time, something that left me speech less ...

[@meenaljain8806]

I wanna hear a million more poems from this person ❤️

[@ahmadkahala1644]

This is how you know the world is coming to an end one day, because of people like him. What a shame.

[@hp5732]

Go through the comments section, just see how much these words mean to people. It doesn't harm you in any way. The world is not coming to an end, and if it is, it's because of people lilenuoi

[@tammyboatrite9512]

@@hp5732 he said lil girls are kinky. You find nothing wrong with that? If you don’t you are sick too.

[@starstun6]

Beautiful. ❤️

[@177_sweetykumari5]

Turns into us ,one day finally giving u the respect and equality u guys deserve.....So well recited😊

[@nakshatraborgaonkar155]

This is beautiful 🤩😍

[@anuchandran4938]

Where can i find the transcript of the poem? If someone knows, please reply

[@ranjinimajumdar9319]

this video was shared earlier as well ?

[@ima8760]

This reaches your soul ❤️❤️❤️

[@rakshanaraj]

I have no idea how you did put all that into words..

[@priyankamudgal164]

Thanks guys for reuploading it. This is the a gem

[@kanchanagrawal2813]

That was incredible!

[@ak538]

Amazing ❤️

[@skyeilluminate8698]

This touched my voice!!!!!

[@ritus.9651]

Very powerful.

[@prashantyadav4932]

Salute

[@RubiscoTalks]

He is super awesome!!!!

[@akankshamohan8430]

This is so powerful ♥️

[@anjalit3081]

You have beautiful soul 💕💕

[@poem]

awesome awesome awesome

[@tenzinzompa5560]

So beautiful yet, painful!!

[@naywaindiana3332]

That was amazing, cried so hard. It was so moving, i am deeply touched by this poem. Thank you Alok

[@nimisha_yadav]

Your voice is so intense and captivating! Fantastic piece and amazingly delivered.

[@ainsleymercer2822]

❤🔥

[@croops111]

OMG!! LOVE U BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@markmorgan2502]

This is what happens when the father isnt in the picture and discipline is called abuse...

[@waterlilygirl7]

Beautiful

[@OoiheartskittlezoO]

Powerful. Moving. Transformative. Revolutionary. This deserves millions of views, the world needs to see this.

[@akankshaborkar3419]

Beautiful and more power to all LGBTQ community

[@tswizzle2708]

Well this aged like milk.

[@dghbbccb4203]

How

[@VivekYashKumarSinha]

Rap God #respect

[@alimmak69]

What a voice

[@Oboefanclub]

Sobbing in bed with this on repeat

[@anupriya5767]

😭🥺❤️

[@shwethasb8703]

Woahh got me goosebumps all over when listening to it.. left me wondering , how true are all these!!!

[@AmitKrishna]

Speechless

[@manojkumarshah3210]

Respect you from my heart

[@tamannavaishnav465]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@myspace6443]

Loved it

[@oliveroliveroliver]

This hits close to home as a fellow gender non-conforming/non-binary person. It means so much, I love how passionate they are with their words and the way they describe it, the anger, the zeal, the emotion. It just makes it all so much more meaningful.

[@rationalhuman5338]

Dude you should start Rapping you know . Just saying

[@sonalsamad4519]

Damn she was so good with words ..loved it

[@bluestar1068]

@Anurag Singh he*

[@bluestar1068]

he*

[@BharuRDMessi]

@@bluestar1068 they*

[@bluestar1068]

@@BharuRDMessi they refers to multiple people. she is one person, a man!

[@goblinman9000]

@@bluestar1068 you rlly dont know how pronouns work lmfao

[@devakapereraartist]

I felt the power and defiance in these words. Amazing!

[@snigdhashankar9619]

WHOOAAAAAA

[@sambhavideepthi6404]

This is brilliant... You are an inspiration for everyone resisting silently out there...

[@_AbhiRam_]

That's a whole lot of words that don't mean anything 🤡

[@mumahm4006]

Discover poetry & songs by Dr Zaid Kasim Ghawazi

[@crisellecaldeira6078]

Sexxyyyyy accent I swear ❤

[@protoeuropean9012]

🤡 makeup