Laverne Cox: Men Dating Trans Women Are Probably 'Stigmatized More Than Trans Women'

Michelangelo Signorile
Posted: 06/18/2015

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/18/laverne-cox-men-dating-trans-women_n_7606134.html

Actress Laverne Cox has been a forceful advocate for transgender women. She wants the world to know, however, that "gender policing" hurts everyone, and, in particular, men who date transgender women feel its effects in an intensely harsh way. And, she says, these men need someone high-profile among them to come out of this specific kind of closet.

"Most men who are attracted to and date transgender women are probably stigmatized more than trans women are," she observed in an interview with me on SiriusXM Progress. "I think a man who is dating trans women, who is a celebrity, or famous or is an athlete or something, needs to come forward –- or a musician –- and needs to say, 'I love transgender women and [they] deserve to be loved and I'm going to declare that publicly.' I think those men need some sort of inspiration and hope, so they can live more authentically."