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Jun 21, 2023 · In a 2015 interview with The Washington Post, the actress discussed her gratitude for being able to undergo gender reassignment surgery in private. The LGBTQIA+ advocate even mentioned some high-profile transgender individuals like Caitlyn Jenner & explained how she underwent bottom surgery in private.
Dec 18, 2020 · December 18, 2020 11:00am. Courtesy of Netflix. Laverne Cox has been and still is changing the game when it comes to the representation of the trans community and Black people in film and TV. She ...
Jun 16, 2020 · How, as trans people were asked for decades, would you like to publicly discuss your gender reassignment surgery? Cox tackled that issue when Katie Couric, on her talk show, asked invasive,...
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Cox, perhaps best known for her role as prisoner Sophia Burset in Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black," is one of many transgender women and men (including MJ Rodriguez, Candis Cayne and Chaz Bono) interviewed in the documentary, directed by Sam Feder ("Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger"). Cox always wanted to collaborate on a transgender ...
The documentary couldn't come at a more critical time, amid the coronavirus pandemic and protests against racism. People around the country are protesting following the death of George Floyd after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. "I'm disturbed by what's going on in the world, but I'm moved that people are prote...
Cox is proud of the major Supreme Court decision announced Monday. The court decided, 6-3, that gay and transgender workers can't be fired on the basis of the sexual orientation or gender identity. The decision gave Cox tremendous hope. "I get goosebumps every time I think about it," she says. Cox attendedthe oral arguments at the court last Octobe...
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Jul 11, 2014 · Cox says it was a "relief" when she finally found herself in the doctor's office getting her first hormone shot and, for the first time, was able to truly say "I'm transgender."
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Jun 1, 2014 · The former golden boy of the military reflected on going through gender reassignment surgery, hormone therapy and a name change (Christopher to Kristin); he also left his post, divorced his...
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Jul 26, 2015 · The breakout star of Netflix’s cult hit Orange is the New Black, Cox plays Sophia, a transgender woman in prison for committing credit-card fraud to fund her gender-reassignment surgery....
