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Laverne Cox: “Trans is beautiful”

By: Jonathan Hogue ~Opinions & Editorials Editor Laverne Cox entered the Schiff Banquet Hall to a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd. Cox came to Xavier as part of her campus speaking series “Ain’t I A Woman?,” which focuses on issues surrounding racial, gender and sexual identities. “I stand before you this evening as a proud, transgender, African American woman,” Cox said to the audience. During the talk, Cox explained how years of personal struggle and issues with self-identity helped her grow as an actress. “I am not just one thing,” she said. The lecture occurred as the transgender community … Continue reading Laverne Cox: “Trans is beautiful”

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Piper Kerman to speak at Xavier

By: Andrew Koch ~Editor-in-Chief~ Writer and prison justice advocate Piper Kerman, whose New York Times-bestselling memoir “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison” serves as a loose basis for the Netflix original series “Orange is the New Black,” will speak at Xavier on Feb. 3. Kerman will speak about the American judicial and correctional systems and will also be available to answer questions and sign copies of her book. Beginning in 2004, Kerman spent 13 months in FCI Danbury, a minimum-security prison in Danbury, Conn., after being indicted for money laundering and drug trafficking. Kerman’s memoir, … Continue reading Piper Kerman to speak at Xavier