I'm Laverne Cox, actress, producer, transgender icon. You may know me from Orange, Just the New Black or Disclosure. I wanted to create a public space for the conversations I'm having in private, and I thought a podcast was the perfect way to do that. And my guests and I, oh, we go there wherever that place is, My incredible guests and I go all the way there. So note to self, she is not going to throw any softball questions. Okay, we are talking about everything from dating while trans, dating
as a black woman, dating while over forty. Yeah, we talk a lot about dating here. Seventy of the people said they do believe in soulmates, and I think it keeps a lot of people single. And I asked every single man I slept with, you know how you became interested in trans women and what is your interest and trans women? But we also dive deep into trauma, resilience, the social value of beauty, Beyonce, duh, you name it. My body has always been talking to me, but now
I have a way to talk back. We don't often talk about beauty as a way that many many people and women in particular, are exceptionally marginalized. Nothing is off limits, honey. Nothing. The first time I ever experimented with starvation was I think I was ten years old, maybe eleven. The fact that you think I'm here to please you is exactly the white woman problem. Can we get a little okay? Well, it will make you think, It will challenge and hopefully
inspire you. Love is intimate. We want people to understand us and understand that struggle. We're trying to create an identity in a culture where our humanity has just been fully denied. And girl, we have a lot of fun along the way. From me, I let go of height in my last week. The Laverne Cox Show will drop every Thursday starting February fourth. It's a powerful thing to be loved. Listen to The Laverne Cox Show in the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast