--- description: Madame Tussauds in San Francisco to unveil a Laverne Cox wax figure on June 26 during Pride Weekend in San Fran title: Laverne Cox's Madame Tussauds Wax Figure Will Be the First Transgender Figure in the Museum's History image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt095ee816b05de13e/69885391a988ca735e6b2ec7/laverne-cox1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Laverne Cox's Madame Tussauds Wax Figure Will Be the First Transgender Figure in the Museum's History ## Video: Behind the Scenes of Laverne Cox's TIME Cover Shoot [Watch (HLS stream): Behind the Scenes of Laverne Cox's TIME Cover Shoot](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/16Vyqo82.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2014-05-30. Actress and LGBT activist Laverne Cox talks to TIME about acceptance of transgender people and awareness of discrimination and civil rights issues_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 8, 2015 9:49 PM CUT  Laverne Cox attends Netflix's Orange Is The New Black screening and Q&A at the Directors Guild Of America on May 20, 2015 in Los Angeles. Laverne Cox attends Netflix's Orange Is The New Black screening and Q&A at the Directors Guild Of America on May 20, 2015 in Los Angeles.Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 8, 2015 9:49 PM CUT Madame Tussauds San Francisco announced Monday that it will debut a wax figure of [Laverne Cox](http://time.com/3822970/laverne-cox-2015-time-100/ "undefined"), star of _Orange Is the New Black_ and a transgender rights activist, on June 26 during Pride Weekend festivities in the Bay Area. It is the first-ever transgender figure in the museum’s history. June 2015 is already shaping up to be a banner Pride Month for the transgender community since a [_Vanity Fair_](http://time.com/3903574/caitlyn-jenner-vanity-fair-cover-bruce-jenner/ "undefined")cover introduced Caitlyn Jenner (formerly known as Bruce Jenner) on June 1. _Read next:_ [_“_](http://time.com/135480/transgender-tipping-point/ "undefined")[_The Transgender Tipping Point,”_ ](http://time.com/135480/transgender-tipping-point/ "undefined")[TIME](http://time.com/135480/transgender-tipping-point/ "undefined")[_‘s June 09, 2014, cover story featuring Laverne Cox_](http://time.com/135480/transgender-tipping-point/ "undefined") ### Gay Pride in the 1950s: The Photo Booth as a Safe Space  J. J. Belanger cheek-to-cheek with a man in a photo booth. "PGE exhibition, Hastings Park." Vancouver, Circa 1953. J. J. Belanger—ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the University of Southern California Libraries  J. J. Belanger kissing a man in a photo booth. "PGE exhibition, Hastings Park." Vancouver, Circa 1953. J. J. 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