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Laverne Cox: Anti-Trans Laws ‘Dehumanize’ Children, Conservatives Are ‘Weaponizing Cultural Wars’

Paul Bois
Laverne Cox: Anti-Trans Laws ‘Dehumanize’ Children, Conservatives Are ‘Weaponizing Cultural Wars’
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Transgender actor Laverne Cox blamed conservatives for “weaponizing the culture wars” and “dehumanizing” transgender children with a push to protect spaces reserved for biological females.

In a lengthy interview with Variety to kick-start the month of June — “Pride Month” — Laverne Cox lamented the wave of “anti-trans bills” sweeping across the country — laws that would prevent biological males from competing in women’s sports and from using the bathroom facilities of their choice, in line with their preferred — rather than their biological — gender.

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