My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people. — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
Beyoncé says it was Mathew Knowles, her father, who made her understand discipline and work ethic, what it means to come in early before class starts to stretch, or to work on your dégagés or your pirouettes or whatever it… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
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… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
I believe that when we love someone, we respect them, and we listen to them; we feel that their voice matters. And- we let… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I just have to be myself. I'm not perfect, and I'm going to make mistakes; I might say the wrong thing. I have to… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
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… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference. — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
“Everything that you're going through now is for a reason. You just have to survive so that one day you can thrive.” — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
Just me existing, as an openly black transgender woman from a working-class background, thriving, is a political act. My brother always reminds me that… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
By doing the work to love ourselves more, I believe we will love each other better. — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
“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… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
