Introducing: The Laverne Cox Show

Years ago, a therapist said in our very first session that there are only two things that we can truly control in our lives - our own perception and our own behavior. That's it. Nothing more than that.  

 

Each week, The Laverne Cox Show will feature intimate conversations with folks who help me to see and think differently so that maybe I can act differently. It is my hope that this becomes a place that fosters perspectives that might inspire new behavior in each of us, which in turn gets us closer to becoming the very best versions of ourselves. Let's have a spiritual makeover together. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm Laverne Cox, actress, producer, transgender icon. You may know
me from Orange, Just the New Black or Disclosure. I
wanted to create a public space for the conversations I'm
having in private, and I thought a podcast was the
perfect way to do that. And my guests and I, oh,
we go there wherever that place is, My incredible guests

(00:20):
and I go all the way there. So note to self,
she is not going to throw any softball questions. Okay,
we are talking about everything from dating while trans, dating
as a black woman, dating while over forty. Yeah, we
talk a lot about dating here. Seventy of the people
said they do believe in soulmates, and I think it
keeps a lot of people single. And I asked every

(00:41):
single man I slept with, you know how you became
interested in trans women and what is your interest and
trans women? But we also dive deep into trauma, resilience,
the social value of beauty, Beyonce, duh, you name it.
My body has always been talking to me, but now
I have a way to talk back. We don't often
talk about beauty as a way that many many people

(01:02):
and women in particular, are exceptionally marginalized. Nothing is off limits, honey. Nothing.
The first time I ever experimented with starvation was I
think I was ten years old, maybe eleven. The fact
that you think I'm here to please you is exactly
the white woman problem. Can we get a little okay? Well,

(01:24):
it will make you think, It will challenge and hopefully
inspire you. Love is intimate. We want people to understand
us and understand that struggle. We're trying to create an
identity in a culture where our humanity has just been
fully denied. And girl, we have a lot of fun
along the way. From me, I let go of height
in my last week. The Laverne Cox Show will drop

(01:48):
every Thursday starting February fourth. It's a powerful thing to
be loved. Listen to The Laverne Cox Show in the
I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get
your podcast