‘Orange Is the New Black’ star to share her story
Laverne Cox, the celebrated actress who has turned heads playing Sophia Burset, the imprisoned African-American, transgender woman in the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” will discuss her life and career with Harvard students on Monday. Students will interview Cox before a live audience at 3 p.m. in Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke St. Admission is free and open to the public; seating is first-come, first-served, subject to venue capacity. Cox, who is considered a trailblazer, has a long list of firsts as a trans woman of color, including her leading role in “Orange Is the New Black”; appearing on an American reality show, “I Wanna Work for Diddy”; and producing and starring in her own television show, “TRANSForm Me.” “As a trans woman of color, I’ve looked for my story in the media and I haven’t seen it, or I’ve seen sensationalized, exploitative images of trans women of color, where...