Whoopi Goldberg Has Some Pretty Dumb Ideas About Racism

On Thursday's edition of The View, the panel brought up First Lady Michelle Obama's "revelation" that the Obamas still get racially profiled. While President Obama has been mistaken for a waiter and a valet, Michelle was recently asked to assist a customer during a visit to Target. Whoopi Goldberg doesn't see any of…
Add The T Word to the Many Ways Laverne Cox Is Changing the World
Laverne Cox is 5'11", maybe 6'4" in Louboutins, but her super-shiny, super-long blonde wig gives her the illusion of added height. Or maybe it's the metaphor: in the year and a half since Orange is the New Black began, Cox's star has grown exponentially, and as a public figure she is larger than life: the rare…
Here's The Trailer for Laverne Cox's Show About Young Trans People
"The T Word," Laverne Cox's new show about young trans people, premieres this month on both MTV and LOGO, and even the trailer is a thing of beauty.
Laverne Cox's One Wish For America
Orange is the New Black breakout star and American sweetheart Laverne Cox is known just as much for her gender activism as she is for dressing hair at Litchfield Penitentiary. She recently sat down with ABC's Byron Pitts on "This Week," discussing her experience as a transgender woman, bullying, suicide, and her role…
Clichéd Yet Moving John Legend Video Stars Laverne Cox and Tig Notaro
John Legend has a video out for his song, "You & I (Nobody in The World)." The whole thing is cheesy in that "you don't know you're beautiful" way, but it does feature a diverse range of women — in terms of race, age, and experience — and showcases the great Laverne Cox and Tig Notaro. Check it out.
Watch Laverne Cox Talk About How 'It Got Better'
From "Your son is going to end up in New Orleans wearing a dress if we don't get him into therapy right away" to kicking ass on Orange Is the New Black, Laverne Cox talks about the long road from growing up trans in the South to making Mrs. Ridgeway's prediction come true by lecturing at Tulane University on LGBT…
Laverne Cox Heads Back to Katie with Open Arms
In January, Katie Couric received a fair amount of criticism for her fixation on the physical part of transgender actress and activist Laverne Cox's transition. On Tuesday, Cox returned to the program and the two discussed what a "teachable" moment their original exchange was.
Laverne Cox Endures Stupid Trans Questions, Remains Flawless
Orange Is the New Black star and groundbreaking TIME covergirl Laverne Cox appeared on The Wendy Williams Show today and endured a particularly dumb line of questioning about being transgender from Williams. Williams' several questions about Cox's gender identity included:
Meh, OITNB's DeLaria Won't Attend Trans Exclusionary Music Fest
This year's lineup for Michigan Womyn's Music Festival has been announced and the inclusion of Orange is the New Black star Lea DeLaria, who has decided not to attend, had raised some eyebrows across sections of the LGBT+ community given that the festival's trans exclusionary policy is still in effect and would…
