Laverne Cox Gushes Over Meeting Beyonce At The Grammys

Laverne Cox stopped by 'The Late Show' to tell Stephen Colbert just what it's like when you meet royalty. And by royalty, I mean, Beyoncé. Cox said before she met her, she was at her apartment crying just thinking about it, but when the actual moment came, a calm came over her. After Queen Bey's magic lulled Laverne into a state of tranquility, it turned out Beyoncé is a woman of the people. She asked her handlers to help her pregnant self up and went right over to Cox to say hello. Laverne went on to talk about how, as a presenter at The Grammys, she asked the audience to google the name Gavin Grimm. Grimm is a 17 year old young man from Gloucester, Virginia, and is he going to the Supreme Court on March 28th. It will be the first time that the Supreme Court hears a case on transgender rights. Grimm, who is transgendered, had to sue the board of education to be able to use the boy's bathroom. Laverne summarized exactly why this case is so important, saying, "Anti-trans bathroom bills are not really about bathrooms. They're about whether or not trans people have the right to exist in public space. Because if we can't use public bathrooms we can't go to schools. We can't work. We can't go to health-care facilities. So it's really about us having a right to exist in public space and I exist and I have a right to exist in public space."