Radical Self-Love & Poetry Workshop with ALOK
Join ALOK for a radical self-love & poetry workshop on Wednesday, April 12th @ 7 pm at Penn's LGBT Center (3907 Spruce St)
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Penn LGBT Center
3907 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104About this event
Join ALOK for a radical self-love & poetry workshop on Wednesday, April 12th @ 7 pm at Penn's LGBT Center!
The LGBT Center is accessible, and ASL interpreters are available upon request. Additionally, all bathrooms in the space are gender-neutral.
This event is free and open to Penn students only. It will be capped at 35 participants, with a waitlist available.
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About the Endowed LGBTQ+ Scholar-in-Residence at Penn's LGBT Center
The LGBTQ+ Scholar-in-Residence — made possible by an anonymous $2 million gift — provides new resources to bring prominent leaders to Penn’s campus.
The residency will launch this April with inaugural scholar ALOK, an internationally acclaimed author, poet, comedian, and public speaker, whose work explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition.
ALOK is the creator of #DeGenderFashion, an initiative to degender fashion and beauty industries. They have been honored as one of HuffPost's Culture Shifters and NBC's Pride 50, and have appeared in HBO's Random Acts of Flyness, The Trans List, and Netflix's Getting Curious. They are the author of “Femme in Public” (2017), “Beyond the Gender Binary” (2020), and “Your Wound/My Garden” (2021), and have toured more than 40 countries over the past decade.
During their time at Penn, ALOK will be guest teaching in graduate and undergraduate classrooms, leading workshops, performing, and sharing meals with the student community.
ALOK shared, “It’s a profound honor to be the Inaugural LGBTQ+ Scholar in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. In the face of escalating malalignment we see a widening chasm between the reality of LGBTQ+ lives and the misrepresentation of our communities in media and society.
"As LGBTQ+ scholars and artists we must continue to debunk anti-LGBTQ+ misinformation while also harnessing the power of LGBTQ+ storytelling to create a more inclusive and magnificent world. I’m looking forward to connecting with Penn students, faculty, and staff to celebrate the living poetry of our existence in these turbulent times.”
To learn more about the LGBTQ+ Scholar-in-Residence, visit www.bit.ly/alokpenn
Frequently asked questions
This event is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at the University of Pennsylvania.
If you are on the waitlist, you will be notified via email anytime up to start of the event that a ticket has become available. You can then claim it and attend the event.