In a cover Q&A by Katy Steinmetz, actress and advocate Laverne Cox talked with Time magazine about her childhood, being bullied, and becoming the face of the transgender movement in the United States. And she looks dynamite!
Cox tweeted out the story this morning.
\u201cThanks @TIME for this lovely bday present, a cover story 2 highlight the profound issues trans people face everyday.\u201d— Laverne Cox (@Laverne Cox) 1401365020
And subsequently a number of notables joined in to congratulate Cox.
\u201cCould this be the Year of @LaverneCox? #OITNB star covers @TIME https://t.co/XCiVebfAyC\u201d— GLAAD (@GLAAD) 1401370461
\u201cHappy birthday and congrats to @OITNB very own @Lavernecox on the cover of @Time! https://t.co/A7Rigc2TP0 #OITNB\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1401370702
Editor and author Janet Mock chimed in, suggesting that a hastag movement on Twitter to get Cox into the Time 100 list (she wasn't featured in the list despite bumping Justin Bieber off the top spot) was the reason for this cover. (Nice consolation.)
\u201c@BrianWoodBooks I believe that #whereislavernecox movement made this Time cover happen.\u201d— Janet Mock (@Janet Mock) 1401361570
Here's a video of Cox talking to Time for this issue.
