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Beyoncé means so much to me. Throughout my transition, Beyoncé has been there as a style icon, an example of excellence, of beauty, of vulnerability. She's shared so much of herself, and it's inspiring.
Laverne Cox
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Laverne Cox
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: May 29
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So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we didn't get to play. A lot of folks have said we're not trained enough and that we're not prepared to do whatever.
Laverne Cox
When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference.
Laverne Cox
Believing that you are unworthy of love and belonging or that who you are authentically is a sin or is wrong, is deadly.
Laverne Cox
Seeing a black transgender woman embracing and loving everything about herself might be inspiring to some other folks.
Laverne Cox
We shouldn't demonize the woman who wears high heels and we shouldn't demonize the woman who doesn't wear high heels. We should accept all forms of comportment.
Laverne Cox
Each and every one of us has the capacity to be an oppressor. I want to encourage each and everyone of us to interrogate how we might be an oppressor and how we might be able to become liberators for ourselves and for each other.
Laverne Cox
Being a black transgender woman in America is really hard. It's been really hard for me. But for me living a lie was much worse. I need to be in my truth. And I've been very, very lucky that I've been able to live my dreams and I believe everyone should have the right to live their dreams. This is America. We're supposed to all have that right.
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It's a struggle every day, to stay present, not to become that...eight year old who was bullied and chased home from school. Some days I wake up and it's like I'm eight years old again. And I'm scared for my life, and I don't know if I'm going to be beaten up that day.
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It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells us we should not exist.
Laverne Cox
The preoccupation with transition and with surgery objectifies trans people, and we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences.
Laverne Cox
I'm so grateful that I had the luxury of transitioning in private. Because when you transition in the public eye, the transition becomes the story.
Laverne Cox
There's not just one trans story. There's not just one trans experience.
Laverne Cox
Who you are authentically is alright.
Laverne Cox
When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my safety that was threatened.
Laverne Cox
We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That's okay.
Laverne Cox
I would never be so arrogant to think that someone should model their life after me. But the idea of possibility the idea that I get to live my dreams out in public, hopefully will show to other folks that it's possible. So I prefer the term 'possibility model' to 'role model.'
Laverne Cox
We are born as who we are, the gender thing is something that is imposed on you.
Laverne Cox
If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.
Laverne Cox
I honestly just want to make myself happy most, and if other people like it, then that's great. If they don't, then I'm still happy.
Laverne Cox
I have always been aware that I can never represent all trans people. No one or two or three trans people can. This is why we need diverse media representations of trans folks to multiply trans narratives in the media and depict our beautiful diversities.
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