If We're Being Honest With Laverne Cox
originally aired on E!
Laverne Cox is the first transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in an acting category. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, and raised by a single mother and grandmother within the AME Zion church. She has an identical twin brother, M Lamar, who portrayed the pre-transitioning Sophia (as Marcus) in Orange Is the New Black. She attempted suicide at the age of 11, when she developed feelings for her male classmates.