There are lessons in everything. The bad, the good. Our job is to listen, and to continue to learn, so that maybe we get better at this. Maybe get be…

- Laverne Cox

My third grade teacher called my mother and said, 'Ms. Cox, your son is going to end up in New Orleans in a dress if we don't get him into therapy.' …

- Laverne Cox

I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. A lot of what…

- 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

If someone needs to express their gender in a way that is different, that is okay, and they should not be denied healthcare. They should not be bulli…

- 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 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