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Laverne Cox And The Fight For Lgbt+ Rights, Kelley Ambrose
Laverne Cox And The Fight For Lgbt+ Rights, Kelley Ambrose
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This research paper highlights Laverne Cox and her life, accomplishments, and fight for equality among women, people of color, and the LGBT+ community. It speaks of different laws and regulations that hold or have held transgender people back and explains Cox’s relevance to the First Year Seminar course “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”. It also touches on discrimination and the problems faced by transgender people in America.