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Laverne

I am here for Friends and Networking

My Interests

Music:

Leontyne Price, Sarah Vaughn, Jay-Z,, Beyonce,Missy Elliot, Justin Timberlake,Timbaland,Christina Aguilera,PCD,Depeche Mode, Diamanda Galas, Kathleen Battle, Marian Anderson

Movies:

Happiness, Safe, Little Miss Sunshine, Capote, Monster, Moulin Rouge,Legally Blonde,Accidental Tourist, Something's Gotta Give,Annie Hall, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Mildred Pierce, The Color Purple, All About Eve, Imitation of Life,Transamerica,The Hours,The Godfather,Casino,In the Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors, The Secretary

Television:

sex and the city, the sopranos, judging amy,seinfeld, entourage,big love,girlfriends,E!News Live,Oz,Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Comeback,Golden Girls,Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Project Runway, American Idol,America's Next Top Model, Kathy Griffin, My life on the D List

Heroes:

Leontyne Price, Marian Anderson,Eartha Kitt,Josephine Baker, Sarah Vaughn, bell hooks, Sydney Poitier, Tyne Daily

My Blog

NO MORE LOVE NEST

It's weird walking into my apartment with the awareness that it's no longer a love nest, a space where young, hot sexy men were once welcomed in to make me feel good, less lonely. No one's coming ove...
Posted by Laverne on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:30:00 PST

Laverne in a Taxi Cab near You

I got into a taxi cab late last Friday night/ early Saturday morning to see on the little tv screen, well, me. There was a piece done for NBC’s LX TV on the Williamsburg Spelling Bee founded by...
Posted by Laverne on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:02:00 PST

Williamsburg Spelling Bee Tonight March 17, 2008

I’m co hosting the Williamsburg Spelling Bee with it’s creator Bobby Blue tonight. If you want to enter, sign up starts at 7pm. The Bee begins promptly at 7:30. Fun prizes to the winner...
Posted by Laverne on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:04:00 PST

Laverne Cox in Interview

Hey Guys,Check out this interview with me and one of the other producers of this exciting docuseries I'm involved with called "T". It' s a very cool interview about a very cool project. So be a part o...
Posted by Laverne on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:34:00 PST

LAVERNE COX ON TV THURSDAY FEB. 28 @10PM

Hey Guys,I've hosted another edition of "Out At the Center". This is a really great episode,lots of informative ,inspirational stuff. So Check it out tomorrow night.Out at the Center is a monthly half...
Posted by Laverne on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:21:00 PST

My Sister That I Didnt Know

Another trans woman was murdered on Saturday here in NYC. Her name was Sanesha Stewart. My brother called me this morning and told me he read in the Daily News about a transwoman murdered in the Bron...
Posted by Laverne on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:42:00 PST

Aint I a woman

This is a phrase that's been popping up in my head a lot lately. It's a phrase we all know, of course, from the famous Sojourner Truth speech of the same title.This is a phrase that evokes for me the...
Posted by Laverne on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:05:00 PST

We Need a Fucking Revolution

I was just attacked on the street. I was walking up Broadway in the 20's doing someshopping for an audition tomorrow. I was wearing headphones to block out the noiseI didn't want to hear and there's ...
Posted by Laverne on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:00:00 PST

The Year of the Tranny

Hey Everyone, The following is a blog I wrote for the "T" myspace page.  If you don't know about "T", get into it at: www.beingt.com or at www.myspace.com/tdocuseries .  It's the future...
Posted by Laverne on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:23:00 PST

Laverne Cox in "The Advocate" Magazine

Hey Guys,   Check out the The December 18, 2007 issue of "The Advocate"  magazine on newstands now.  I'm part of a round table discussion titled:  "Gay vs. Trans:  The Grea...
Posted by Laverne on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:40:00 PST