CREATIVE DIRECTION: UC Irvine Office of Student Affairs & Myrna Rosales
Laverne Cox is an actress, producer, and transgender advocate. She is also a Daytime Emmy winner and one of TIME 100’s most influential people in 2015. She is the first trans woman of color to have a lead role in a mainstream scripted television show, Orange is the New Black. Cox points to the historical ways in which Black and female bodies in America are devalued. From there, she explores how, as a trans woman, her life chances are further impacted.
Project Date: 2015