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Music video: John Legend “You & I (Nobody In The World)”

Laverne Cox featured in John Legend’s new music video “You & I (Nobody In The World)”

Newly minted Emmy Award nominee Laverne Cox (Orange Is The New Black) joins a diverse group of women in the new John Legend music video You & I (Nobody in the World).

From Billboard:

“You and I” highlights women of diverse ages, races and body types as they inspect themselves in the mirror.

The video, which also features Legend’s model wife Chrissy Teigen, aims to promote positive body image and raise money for charities focused on women and girls via Legend’s #OperationGirl campaign.

OperationGirl is a fundraising campaign for charities focused on women and girls.

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Laverne Cox covers TIME Magazine – “The Transgender Tipping Point”

Look for Laverne Cox, star of Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” on the cover of the June 9 issue of Time Magazine.

Today is Laverne’s birthday, so what a present this must be!

The article discusses the increased visibility and awareness of transgender people.

We are in a place now where more and more trans people want to come forward and say ‘This is who I am.’ And more trans people are willing to tell their stories. More of us are living visibly and pursuing our dreams visibly, so people can say, ‘Oh yeah, I know someone who is trans.’ When people have points of reference that are humanizing, that demystifies difference.

You can read the Q&A at Time.com.

Check out a short “behind the scenes” video with Cox from Time Magazine below: