Laverne Cox once inspired Caitlyn Jenner, and yesterday, Caitlin Jenner inspired her. The Orange Is the New Black actress wrote a moving essay about what Caitlyn’s Vanity Fair cover means for the LGBTQ community and published it via her
Tumblr blog Monday. Recalling one of her own groundbreaking experiences, she wrote, “On May 29, 2014, on the issue of Time magazine which proclaimed the ‘Transgender Tipping Point’ was revealed with me on the cover. June 1, 2015 a year and 3 days later, Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover was revealed proclaiming #CallMeCaitlyn. I am so moved by all the love and support Caitlyn is receiving. It feels like a new day, indeed, when a trans person can present her authentic self to the world for the first time and be celebrated for it so universally.”
