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Seeing a black transgender woman embracing and loving everything about herself might be inspiring to some other folks. — Laverne Cox

By doing the work to love ourselves more, I believe we will love each other better. — Laverne Cox

Open your eyes to love
Open your mind for love
Open your heart and love — Eugenie Laverne Mitchell

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

Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented. — Laverne Cox

What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned. — Laverne Cox

When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference. — Laverne Cox

We are born as who we are, the gender thing is something that is imposed on you. — Laverne Cox

In the middle of Beaches there's a scene from the "Laverne & Shirley" TV show so they see some history of my work in each film. — Garry Marshall

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

Writing a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it. — 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

One purpose in my writing is to help people expand their own understanding of what it means to be human. — Foster Laverne Harding

Whether you're transgender or not, most of us get to a point in our lives where we can no longer lie to ourselves. — Laverne Cox

When a trans woman gets called a man, that is an act of violence. — 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

Healthcare for trans women is a necessity. It is not elective. It is not cosmetic. It is life saving. — Laverne Cox

I was an actress long before I was a reality TV person. — Laverne Cox

I honestly just want to make myself happy most, and if other people like it, then that's great. If they don't, then I'm still happy, — Laverne Cox

You need names to get the movie made. — Laverne Cox

I'm a Self-made Woman in Every Sense of the Word — Laverne Cox

Quality is my principle and qualified is my attitude. — Laverne Cox

My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people. — Laverne Cox

When people find out you're an actress, they Google you. — Laverne Cox

I realized if I didn't have a standard for something I would fall for anything. — Laverne M. Ballard

I never knew my father. He was never married to my mother; he was never a part of my life. It was just my mom, my brother and me. — Laverne Cox

I'm always skeptical about representations of trans people, especially when trans people are not making the work. — Laverne Cox

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 story. — Laverne Cox

The preoccupation with transition and with surgery objectifies trans people, and we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences. — Laverne Cox

I don't have children, and I don't want children. — Laverne Cox

Who you are authentically is alright. — Laverne Cox

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else. — Laverne Cox

I'm terrified of saying the wrong thing on stage with bell hooks. — Laverne Cox

Believing that you are unworthy of love and belonging or that who you are authentically is a sin or is wrong, is deadly. — Laverne Cox

There's not just one trans story. There's not just one trans experience. — Laverne Cox