Best Of: Laverne Cox /Comic Ali Siddiq
6/27/202647 min
For over a decade, Laverne Cox has been one of the most visible trans women in America. In her new memoir, ‘Transcendent,’ she writes about growing up in Mobile, Ala., and the bullying and harassment she faced. She says she survived it by going somewhere else in her mind, often through music and dance.
Also, we hear from comic Ali Siddiq. He served six years in a Texas prison and turned his life into some of the most-watched storytelling in comedy.
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Tonya Mosley· Host0:17
[upbeat music] From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tonya Mosley in Los Angeles. Today, Laverne Cox. For over a decade, she's been one of the most visible trans women in America. In her new memoir, Transcendent, she writes about growing up in Mobile, Alabama, and the bullying and harassment she faced as a feminine child who could not conform to what was expected of her. She writes about how she got through it by, in a way, leaving her body and going somewhere else in her mind. A lot of the time, that place was music and dance.
Laverne Cox· Guest0:52
I just loved pushing the grocery cart and then dancing with the grocery cart as if it was, like, a partner.
Tonya Mosley· Host0:58
Did you have headphones on? A Walkman?
Laverne Cox· Guest0:59
No, darling. The music was in my head- [laughs] ... And the groove is in the heart.
Tonya Mosley· Host1:04
[laughs] [laughs] Also, we hear from comedian Ali Siddiq. He served six years in a Texas prison and turned his life into some of the most watched storytelling in comedy.
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