President Donald Trump ’s administration has made it a mission to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the federal government, and those efforts have had a trickle-down effect across corporate America. So much so that it’s cost Laverne Cox approximately 90 percent of her income over the past few years.
Cox, a high-profile transgender star who rose to fame thanks to an Emmy-nominated turn on Orange Is the New Black , made the reveal in a new interview with The Guardian while promoting her first book, a memoir titled Transcendent .
“This regime has threatened to defund any colleges and universities that promote gender ideology, DEI,” she said, adding that she’s even lost teaching opportunities. “Even though I’d be teaching a graduate acting class, it could be perceived as promoting trans ideology. These are the realities. I’m not complaining — I’m very blessed.…