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I'm Laverne Cox, actress, producer,

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transgender icon. You may

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know me from Orange, Just the New Black or Disclosure.

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I wanted to create a public space for

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the conversations I'm having in private, and

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I thought a podcast was the perfect way to

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do that. And my guests and I, oh, we go there

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wherever that place is, My incredible

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guests and I go all the way there. So

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note to self, she is not going to throw any

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softball questions. Okay, we are talking

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about everything from dating while trans, dating

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as a black woman, dating while over

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forty. Yeah, we talk a lot about dating

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here. Seventy of the people said they

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do believe in soulmates, and I think it keeps

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a lot of people single. And

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I asked every single man I slept with, you know how

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you became interested in trans women and what is

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your interest and trans women? But we also

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dive deep into trauma, resilience, the social

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value of beauty, Beyonce, duh,

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you name it. My body has always been

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talking to me, but now I have a

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way to talk back. We don't often talk

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about beauty as a way that

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many many people and women in particular,

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are exceptionally marginalized. Nothing

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is off limits, honey. Nothing. The

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first time I ever experimented

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with starvation was I think

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I was ten years old, maybe eleven. The

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fact that you think I'm here to please

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you is exactly the white woman

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problem. Can we get a little okay?

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Well, it

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will make you think, It will challenge

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and hopefully inspire you. Love

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is intimate. We want people to understand

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us and understand that struggle. We're

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trying to create an identity

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in a culture where our humanity has

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just been fully denied. And girl,

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we have a lot of fun along the way. From me,

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I let go of height in my last week. The

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Laverne Cox Show will drop every Thursday

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starting February fourth. It's a powerful thing

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to be loved. Listen to The Laverne Cox

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Show in the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

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or wherever you get your podcast