'I’ve had to work to figure out how to love this body. And now I’m going to own it.' LaverneCox shares her bold, inclusive vision of beauty and the inspiration behind the sign hanging in her dining room.
About five years ago, I was giving one of my college talks. I recalled the first few years of my medical gender transition and how difficult it was constantly being misgendered on the streets and in my daily life. Here I was, finally living in acceptance of my truth, and this world wasn’t reflecting that back to me.
holding a tablet inscribed with #transisbeautiful. I may be one of the most famous trans people in the world, but I’m also Black. And being an African-American has helped me understand the struggle in a different way. I’m at the intersection of both those identities, and they inform my vision for what true liberation might look like. Today, the hashtag has over one million posts. I get endlessly inspired when I scroll through them.
It’s become such an important mantra for me that I even had a #transisbeautiful neon sign made to hang in my dining room. There was a point in my life when I didn’t embrace myself and wouldn’t have wanted to display it in my home so boldly. And now it just feels like a happy thing to celebrate when I look up at it every day. It’s just out there, right in front, all lit up for everyone to see when they walk into my house.
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