The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Laverne Cox is The Visionary because her leadership is organised around futures that do not yet exist for those coming behind her. She traces the impulse to age six, imagining how her artistry could make things better for others, and has claimed each milestone since, first trans Emmy nominee, first trans Barbie, not as personal triumph but as deliberate possibility-making.
“It's about him getting reacquainted with his daughter. She's an older woman. She's had a life in New York. But it's also about her healing her childhood trauma. She, like me, found she was constantly in relationships with unavailable men.”
“Children, but only for adults, effectively in Florida. There is a ban on gender affirming care for adults because the law introduced a law saying that only doctors can administer gender affirming care in Florida when 80% of trans people in Florida get their gender affirming care from nurse practitioners.”
“Chase is so brilliant. He asks difficult questions. I love Chase. I love hearing his voice. It's really interesting how my nervous system shifted when I heard Chase's voice. We've been siblings in a fight, but I love him so much. And he's such an incredible human being.”
“Yeah. So a lot of it's about generational things, but ultimately it's about family. And I rewatched the show All Eight episodes at once. And it's a wholesome show. It's really funny. Wholesome. George Wallace is a comedy legend. And he is hilarious in the show, but he's also really touching.”
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