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Title: 'Orange is the New Black''s Laverne Cox Nominated for an Emmy
Post by: skin on July 10, 2014, 09:34:05 AM
Liz Shannon Miller, Indie Wire
July 10, 2014

As Indiewire's Peter Knegt pointed out, 13 nominations were given to actors playing LGBT characters, but for the first time the T in that acronym might be legitimately involved: Laverne Cox, a trans actress who stars on "Orange" as the incarcerated Sophia, has been nominated for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy. 

http://www.indiewire.com/article/is-orange-is-the-new-blacks-laverne-cox-the-first-trans-person-to-get-an-emmy-nomination-20140710 (http://www.indiewire.com/article/is-orange-is-the-new-blacks-laverne-cox-the-first-trans-person-to-get-an-emmy-nomination-20140710)
Title: Re: 'Orange is the New Black''s Laverne Cox Nominated for an Emmy
Post by: Adam (birkin) on July 10, 2014, 10:54:09 PM
YAY. I hope she wins. I've said many times that I love her, for so many reasons...she deserves it.
Title: Re: 'Orange is the New Black''s Laverne Cox Nominated for an Emmy
Post by: PoeticHeart on July 11, 2014, 07:16:05 PM
Where is the line to love this woman?

Because Jesus I am head over heels.
Title: 'Orange is the New Black''s Laverne Cox Nominated for an Emmy
Post by: MacG on July 11, 2014, 07:54:26 PM
Fantastic!!!