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Laverne Cox went on ‘The Daily Show’ to call out anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in powerful Spirit Day segment
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Laverne Cox went on ‘The Daily Show’ to call out anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in powerful Spirit Day segment

If all is right in the world, Laverne Cox must add The Daily Show correspondent for her CV.

According to Late Nighter, the actress recently appeared as a contributor and gave a moving speech aimed at Republicans who have used transphobia in an attempt to return to the White House.

“When you think about bullying, you probably think it happens in schools. And you’re right,” Cox said as she took the stage in honor of GLAAD’s Spirit Day with a 10-minute speech. “But nowadays bullying also happens by people who are much more immature than teenagers: politicians.”

What is Spirit Day?

GLAAD describes Spirit Day as “the most visible anti-bullying movement in the world that inspires LGBTQ youth, especially transgender and non-binary youth, to live their lives in their truth and authenticity. The organization has celebrated Spirit Day since 2010. The main goal is to raise awareness, spread love among LGBTQ+ youth, and prevent bullying and harassment.

“Nowadays, bullying also happens by people who are much more immature than teenagers: politicians,” she also said during the segment. “With anti-trans messaging playing such a large role in our politics, it’s no wonder we see so much anti-trans violence and suicide. And that’s something we have hard data on. I did not get that fact from the same place the Republicans get their information: www.straightoutoftheirass.com.”

“Great job, lawmakers,” the Emmy-nominated actress and activist continued during her segment. Thank you for stopping schools from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity. Because pretending trans kids don’t exist means making them disappear. Just like pretending climate change doesn’t exist means it will go away. So I guess we’ll never know why my t*ts sweat in December.”

Cox’s monologue is both hilarious and hard-hitting and we need more of this kind of thing on television.

“We’re just trying to live our lives,” she also said. “We just want to be who we are and not suffer from stigmatization, violence and discrimination – and most people understand this. But because that is such a simple and non-controversial truth, Republicans must flood the airwaves with fabricated fear-mongering.”

Watch Laverne Cox’s full segment below: