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Laverne Cox

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Laverne Cox

That was my life.

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I mean, I think that was like the physical violence of the other children that was persistent throughout my childhood.

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And then...

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My mother finding out and instead of having an impulse to protect me or care for me or ask if I was okay, she made it my fault.

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And it just, in a way, it sort of epitomizes that kind of feeling of not feeling protected, not feeling safe.

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It sort of encapsulates a lot of...

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A lot of the childhood.

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I'm, you know, reading that again, I have to say, it's still difficult to read.

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It's still difficult to...

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Mm-hmm.

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Yes.

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I'm just trying to gather my resilience.

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And like, I guess I'm like having, there's like reading that I'm just like, I'm emotional.

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I'm angry.

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It's like, it's hard to read that.

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Obviously I lived it, but it's hard to read about it again.

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I guess and understand as an adult, like I'm angry at the boys.

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I'm angry at my mother.

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I want to protect them.

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That little child, I'm just so, I'm so angry.