Laverne Cox Details Transphobic Attack: 'It's Not Safe If You're a Trans Person'

The"Orange Is the New Black" actress detailed a transphobic attack on her Instagram page Sunday, telling her followers she was simply out for a walk with one of her male friends when the incident occurred.Explaining she was wearing a mask and hoodie to be somewhat incognito, Cox said a man came up to them and"very aggressively" asked them what time it was. While Cox ignored him --"that's just the New Yorker in me" -- her friend politely told the man the time.

"I'm walking, I'm hearing all this is happening in a split second and all of a sudden, the guy is attacking my friend and I look back and I was like, 'What is happening?'" she recalled."The guy is like hitting my friend and I'm like, Holy shit. I pull out my phone to dial 9-1-1 and all of a sudden it's over and the guy is gone.

"That's happened to me a lot," explained Cox."It doesn't always come to blows, it doesn't always get physical, but I've had a long history of street harassment in New York. It was just really, really weird." Saying that both she and her friend were"safe" and"fine," she praised her buddy for de-escalating the situation."It's not safe in the world and I don't like to think about that a lot but it is the truth," she added."It's not safe if you're a trans person. It's just really sad."

Cox explained her friend believes the man"really wanted me to answer so that he could spook whether I'm trans or not." She added,"I don't know why it matters. At the end of the day, it's like who cares? I'm in a hoodie and yoga pants, I'm completely covered up, I've got my mask on. Who cares if I'm trans? Who cares? How does this affect your life?"

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