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    American actress and LGBT advocate

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    Laverne Cox (born May 29, 1972) is an American actress and LGBT advocate. [3] [4] [5] She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black , becoming the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category, [6] [7] and the first to be nominated for an Emmy ...

  3. Apr 14, 2016 · People misgendering me, calling me a man and saying I looked like a man got to me and made me feel so insecure. It kept me from seeing myself clearly and loving what I saw.

    • Lindsay Dreyer
  4. May 29, 2014 · Now a star on the Netflix drama Orange Is the New Black, she has emerged as a public leader of the trans movement, using her increasingly prominent perch to make the case for equal rights and...

  5. Apr 28, 2022 · To see a fully realized trans woman on TV — one who was loved by a man, even if in secret — was a wake-up call for Cox. She got right to work, printing 500 copies of cards that said: “Laverne Cox is the answer to all your acting needs.”

  6. Jun 6, 2014 · "And I heard someone yell out, 'That's a man,' and I passed this group of guys — they were all black guys — and one of the guys kicked me." The incident led Cox to compete on the VH1...

    • Neda Ulaby
  7. Jun 14, 2022 · On May 29, 2014, Laverne Cox, the transgender actor and advocate best known for her Emmy-winning performance on Orange Is the New Black, appears on the cover of TIME magazine's June 14 issue for...

  8. Feb 9, 2022 · Laverne Cox: ‘I was the first trans person to do a lot of things’ | Evening Standard. Lifestyle. Laverne Cox: ‘Trans actors weren’t able to have this kind of career before I did’. As she...

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