Transgender actress & LGBT activist. Laverne Cox is an American actress on the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black, and made history as the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy in an acting role. Laverne Cox is at the forefront of the transgender movement, and is a hero in the LGBT community.
Ellen, Harvey, Lady Gaga…some of the old-time legends, plus some newer pantheon members, joined together to make the year one in which the LGBT community would not succumb to cries of “YOU’RE FIRED” no matter what.
