Why I Wanted to Make Disclosure
In this op-ed, Laverne Cox shares why the documentary was so important in telling the real story about trans people in Hollywood and beyond.
By Laverne Cox Ava Benjamin Shorr/Netflix
I have been obsessed for a long time with how the perception of trans people has been shaped by the ways we have been represented in film and on television. I grew up in Mobile, Alabama, with media images of trans folks that exacerbated the shame I felt about who I am. As a child, I was endlessly bullied and my teachers warned my mother about my future if I didn t change. I was so ashamed that when I was eleven years old I contemplated suicide.