Laverne Cox Says We Can't Help Transgender People If We Don't Even Count Them

Laverne Cox Says We Can't Help Transgender People If We Don't Even Count Them

When Laverne Cox graced the cover of TIME magazine in 2014, the cover proclaimed that the United States was at a “transgender tipping point.” That bold statement has become a moment many point to as the beginning of transgender rights and identities becoming catapulted into the public eye.

But there is one powerful piece of the puzzle missing when it comes to thinking about transgender identities — we don’t actually know how many trans people are in the United States. Or the world, for that matter.

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