"The preoccupation with transition and surgery objectifies trans people. And then we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences. The reality of trans people's lives is that so often we are targets of violence. We experience discrimination disproportionately to the rest of the community. Our unemployment rate is twice the national average; if you are a trans person of color, that rate is four times the national average. The homicide rate is highest among trans women. If we focus on transition, we don't actually get to talk about those things."
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LGBT rights activistsAfrican AmericansWomen born in the 1970sActresses from AlabamaTransgender and transsexual women
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Laverne Cox flawlessly shuts down Katie Couric's invasive questions about transgender people (7 January 2014)
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