--- title: Laverne Cox: Transgender People Need More Than Just Media Visibility description: Laverne Cox, transgender activist and star of 'Orange is the New Black,' stopped by the TIME/People party in Washington, D.C.., on Friday canonical: https://time.com/3835554/laverne-cox-time-people-party-transgender/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-25T14:43:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:04:23.824Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Laverne Cox Says Transgender People Need More Than Just Media Visibility og:description: It's time to focus on "how we treat transgender folks." og:url: https://time.com/3835554/laverne-cox-time-people-party-transgender/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d239ca476d0fdf4/6987ecd8cd1bba4c826f922b/whitehouse-correspondents-people-time-party7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Time And People's Annual Cocktail Party On White House Correspondents' Weekend og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Laverne Cox Says Transgender People Need More Than Just Media Visibility twitter:description: It's time to focus on "how we treat transgender folks." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d239ca476d0fdf4/6987ecd8cd1bba4c826f922b/whitehouse-correspondents-people-time-party7.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Laverne Cox Says Transgender People Need More Than Just Media Visibility > Sponsored content. 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Standing on the patio in a gold dress, she talked about [Florida’s bathroom bill](//time.com/3734714/transgender-bathroom-bills-lgbt-discrimination/) and the next steps in the trans movement, and also gave a hint about the next season of _Orange Is the New Black._ **Who are you most excited to see at the White House Correspondents Dinner this weekend?** I haven’t really thought about it, honestly. I feel like this neophyte in D.C. for this weekend, and I’m just coming to explore and be curious and open. **There’s a bill being put forward in Florida to make it illegal for trans people to use the bathrooms that don’t belong to their biological sex. What do you think of this and other bathroom bills around the country?** These bathroom bills are unfortunate in that they are sort of scare tactics. If you look historically at cities like New York City that have passed public accommodations protections for trans people, nothing crazy has happened when trans people go to the bathroom. We just want to go to the bathroom. It’s a way to sort of scapegoat us … We are the ones that are really unsafe. The first eight weeks of 2015, seven trans people were murdered, almost one a week. So we’re the ones whose lives are in danger. So to portray us as potential predators is unfortunate. **2014 was a watershed year for the trans movement. What do you see as the next steps?** I would say that 2014 was a watershed moment for visibility, but the record unemployment rates, homicide rates and discrimination that we experience, that has not changed. So we need more of what’s happening in the media in terms of visibility to affect policies and how we treat transgender folks. **Can you give me any sneak previews of the upcoming season of** **_Orange Is the New Black_** **?** Jenji \[Kohan, the show’s creator\] was really interested in faith in the third season, what do you believe in? ### See the Stars at the TIME-People White House Correspondents Party  MSNBC's Ronan Farrow, Actress Laverne Cox and Senior Advisor to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett Michael Loccisano—Getty Images for Time and People  Video blogger Bethany Mota Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time and People  Retired New York Giants defensiveend Michael Strahan and Screenwriter Kenya Barris Michael Loccisano—Getty Images for Time and People  CBS's Gayle King and actress Tracee Ellis Ross Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time and People  Mary Anne Huntsman and MSNBC's Abby Huntsman. Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time and People  Actress Gina Rodriguez Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time and People  MSNBC's Ronan Farrow and author and reality TV personality Wendy Diamond Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time and People  Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Laverne Cox and Editorial Director of PEOPLE Magazine Jess Cagle Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time and People  NBC sports commentator and figure skater Tara Lipinski and MSNBC's Chris Jansing Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time and People  CBS's Gayle King and her daughter, Kirby Bumpus Michael Loccisano—Getty Images for Time and People  CNN's Dana Bash, Actor Spencer Garrett, and Actress Kelly Rutherford Michael Loccisano—Getty Images for Time and People  MSNBC's Thomas Roberts and Ronan Farrow, Actress Laverne Cox, MSNBC political commentator Karen Finney and guest Michael Loccisano—Getty Images for Time and People  Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time and People ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3835554/laverne-cox-time-people-party-transgender/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3835554/laverne-cox-time-people-party-transgender/"},"headline":"Laverne Cox Says Transgender People Need More Than Just Media Visibility","datePublished":"2015-04-25T14:43:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:23.824Z","description":"It's time to focus on \"how we treat transgender folks\"","url":"https://time.com/3835554/laverne-cox-time-people-party-transgender/","keywords":["celebrities","Transgender","laverne cox"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d239ca476d0fdf4/6987ecd8cd1bba4c826f922b/whitehouse-correspondents-people-time-party7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d239ca476d0fdf4/6987ecd8cd1bba4c826f922b/whitehouse-correspondents-people-time-party7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Time And People's Annual Cocktail Party On White House Correspondents' Weekend","caption":"Time And People's Annual Cocktail Party On White House Correspondents' Weekend","creditText":"Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time and People","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3835554/laverne-cox-time-people-party-transgender/","name":"Laverne Cox Says Transgender People Need More Than Just Media Visibility"}}]}] ```