Laverne Cox became a breakout TV star at 40 with a starring role in
Orange Is the New Black. Since then, she’s become an advocate and role model for trans people, which she says means “invit[ing] people to see trans people as human beings.” In today’s episode, Cox joins
All Things Considered’s Ailsa Chang for a conversation about her new memoir
Transcendent. They discuss Cox’s childhood in Alabama, how reading
Walden provided her with important language and what it was like to find creative success later in life.
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