SuitabookLaverne Cox
Erin Staley
- Reading
- Use the chapter headings to follow the biography’s shifts between personal history, identity, acting and justice; the glossary and timeline can help clarify terms and events as you read.
- Themes
- Biography, career and activism: The book follows Cox’s development from difficult experiences she recalls as a teenager into a career as an actor and activist, including her Emmy nomination. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- The book refers to difficult times Cox recalls from her teenage years and discusses risks faced by racial-minority transgender people; consider whether that material calls for pauses or support.