ICYMI: Mattel designs first transgender Barbie, modeled after Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox celebrates A Very Barbie Birthday at Moxy Times Square on May 26 in New York City. Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Laverne Cox
Award-winning actress and LGBTQ advocate Laverne Cox has become the first transgender person to have a Barbie doll modeled after her, Mattel unveiled"I hope all the kids who are feeling stigmatized when their health care is being jeopardized, ability to play sports, I hope they can see this Barbie and feel a sense of hope and possibility," Cox said on NBC's"If they don't see themselves in this Barbie I hope they know that they can create spaces where they do see...
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