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Transgender celeb Laverne Cox talks about her greatest challenge: 'Getting out of my own way'
As Laverne Cox tells Zac Posen in the premiere episode of Yahoo Lifestyle’s new “Loud and Clear” video series, her heralded pop-culture arrival was a long time coming.
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Don't try to label this actor a 'woman' or 'man'
Says Asia Kate Dillon: "I spent so many years not understanding my own gender identity, not having the language to talk about it… so now having the opportunity to talk about it and have it printed is extraordinary for me, and it doesn’t get tiring.”
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Lea DeLaria Says She Couldn't Afford to Go to the Doctor Before Landing Her 'OITNB' Role
The comedian, actor, and jazz musician talks to SELF about living with type 2 diabetes.
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Reactions to ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Star and Writer’s Marriage Shine on Social Media
Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli were married yesterday in Palm Springs, Calif., in an intimate ceremony surrounded by friends and family. Both wore custom Christian Siriano gowns, with Wiley modifying hers slightly before stepping out on the floor. The two met while working on the hit Netflix Show “Orange Is the New Black.” Wiley, in her first big role, played Poussey Washington, and for Morelli this was her first professional writing job.
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Orange Is the New Black's Jolene Purdy on Embracing Her Asian Heritage and That Donnie Darko Meme
If you've binge-watched Orange Is the New Black, you're well aware that Litchfield's transformation into a for-profit prison resulted in serious overcrowding, and, therefore, plenty of new blood.
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OITNB Actress’s Essay: ‘If I Could Control My Hair, I Could Control My Life’
For Tanya Wright, an actress on the hit show, "Orange is the New Black," life’s answers were to be found in her hair.
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Laverne Cox on Transgender Activism, Her Controversial Story Line on ‘OITNB’s’ Season 3, and Her New Film ‘Grandma’
In just two years, Cox, a longtime unknown New York actor and performer at the legendary (and now mostly defunct) downtown drag club Lucky Cheng’s, has become —thanks to her role as Sophia Burset, the tart-tongued but soft-hearted hairstylist on Netflix’s hit women’sprison dramedy Orange Is the New Black — one of the biggest new red carpet headliners in the country. In other words, change has been seismic for this Alabama-raised graduate of New York City’s Marymount Manhattan College.