VALENTINE BY MARIE WILSON

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Happy Valentine’s Day to the amazing Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black) who has just been signed to play a lawyer on the new CBS series Doubt. I took this photo of Laverne on the red carpet at Bell Lightbox in Toronto in 2014. Shedding light in a world darkened by misunderstanding and phobias, Laverne continues to educate and entertain, and I love her for it. I’m beaming out my support and gratitude to her and the entire LGBTQ community this VDay and always. “As Simone De Beauvoir said: One is not born a woman, one becomes a woman.” – LC speaking at Cornell University

Laverne was   Woman of the Year  and

on   Time magazine cover

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