What can we learn from a voice that helped shape transgender visibility a decade ago?
In this episode of the Pride and Perspectives Podcast, host Dina Walters takes listeners back to October 2015, when actress and advocate Laverne Cox spoke at Oakland University in Michigan. Drawing from an archived Rochester Post article, the episode revisits Cox’s powerful lecture at the height of her breakout role in Orange Is the New Black.
In the present day, Walters reflects on how Cox’s words continue to resonate. Increased visibility has been met with backlash, making her call for empathy, authenticity, and resilience more urgent than ever. This episode frames her lecture as both a historical moment and a living blueprint for navigating identity, leadership, and justice today.
