Redefining Realness has received praise from which trans activist who starred on Orange is the New Black?
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Redefining Realness Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More is a memoir by American transgender activist Janet Mock. It was published on 1 February 2014 by Atria Books. The book has received praise from Melissa Harris-Perry, bell hooks, Laverne Cox, and Barbara Smith. It debuted in 19th position on "The New York Times" Best Seller list for Hardcover Nonfiction. The book's original title was "Fish Food".
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Laverne Cox Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBT advocate. She rose to prominence with her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black", becoming the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the acting category, and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer/musician Angela Morley in 1990. In 2015, she won a Daytime Emmy Award in Outstanding Special Class Special as executive producer for "Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word." This made her the first openly transgender woman to win a Daytime Emmy as an executive producer. Also in 2015, she became the first openly transgender person to have a wax figure of herself at Madame Tussauds. In 2017, she became the first transgender person to play a transgender series regular on broadcast TV as Cameron Wirth on CBS' s "Doubt".
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Rebekah Robertson Rebekah Sarah Robertson (born 4 July 1967 in Surrey, England) is an Australian actor and activist who has appeared on television and on stage. In 2012, Robertson founded the first parent led peer support group and information hub for transgender kids and their families in Australia, Transcend. She now advocates for transgender kids and has won numerous awards for her work.
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PJ Torokvei PJ Torokvei (born Peter Torokvei; March 19, 1951 – July 3, 2013) was a Canadian screenwriter, actor, and television producer. A trans woman, her professional credits are generally under her birth name. In 2001, she announced to friends and family her intention to transition from her sex assigned at birth and undergo sex reassignment surgery.
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Estelle Asmodelle Estelle Asmodelle (born 22 April 1964), formerly known as Estelle Maria Croot, is an Australian model, belly dancer, musician, activist, inventor, abstract artist and academic. She is known as Australia's first legally recognised transsexual person registered with the Births, Deaths and Marriages Department of New South Wales, and her transition helped gain recognition for transgender people in Australia. In 1986, she was labelled "Australia’s First Sex-Change Pin-up Girl". She is said to be the most photographed transsexual person in Australia today. Estelle was a controversial figure in the 1980s and as such her story has also appeared in books as well.
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Lorrainne Sade Baskerville Lorrainne Sade Baskerville is an American social worker, activist, and trans woman best known for founding transgender advocacy group "trans"GENESIS.
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Ashley Nicole Black Ashley Nicole Black is an American comedian, actress, and writer from Los Angeles, California. In 2016, she became a writer and correspondent for "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee".
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Georgie Stone Georgie Sarah Jean Robertson Stone (born 20 May 2000 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian transgender advocate who has made appearances on shows such as "Four Corners", "The Project" and "Australian Story", as well as various radio appearances. At the age of 10, Stone was the youngest person to receive hormone blockers in Australia and eventually changed the law requiring transgender children and their families having to apply to the Family Court of Australia to access stage one treatment. She continues to advocate for transgender children, specifically in trying to change the law surrounding access to cross-sex hormones without the interference of the Family Court.
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Piper Chapman Piper Elizabeth Chapman is a fictional character (played by Taylor Schilling) and the protagonist of the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black". She is based on Piper Kerman, author of the non-fiction book "", upon which the series is based. Schilling was nominated for awards in both comedy and drama categories for this role.
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Tista Das Tista Das or simply Tista (born 9 May 1978) a noted Bengali transsexual, is an Indian actress who has acted in quite a few Hindi and Bengali film industry productions as lead actress along with playing other supporting roles.
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Riley Carter Millington Riley Carter Millington is an actor known for playing Kyle Slater in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2015–2016. He was the first trans man to play a regular transgender character in British soap history. "The Independent on Sunday", in its 2015 "Rainbow List", named Millington the most influential LGBTI person in the UK, making him the first trans man to top the list. The judges stated him playing Kyle "could help trans people – even save lives – and represents a landmark cultural moment."
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Aleshia Brevard Aleshia Brevard (December 9, 1937 – July 1, 2017) was an American author and actress of stage, screen, and television. She underwent one of the first sex reassignment surgery procedures performed in the United States. She worked as an entertainer, actress, model, Playboy bunny, professor of theater, and author. Brevard lived her life outside of a wider transgender community and as a result, she was not publicly identified as transgender until publishing her memoirs in her later years.
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Melanie Irons Melanie Irons is an actress, psychology student, community worker and personal trainer from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Irons came to prominence in 2013 in the aftermath of the Dunalley Fire as the creator of the "Tassie Fires We Can Help" Facebook page, for which she has received numerous awards. Since September 2013 she has co-starred in the award-winning indie web series Noirhouse. She is also a member of the council of Brand Tasmania, the state government agency that acts as custodian of the Tasmania brand. She is a 2015 Australia Day ambassador, won the Tasmania Non-Profit Sector of the 2013 Attorney General's Resilient Australia Awards and was a 2014 Young Australian of the Year State Finalist.
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Erica Tazel Erica Tazel is an American theatre and television actor best known for the role of Rachel Brooks in the FX television series "Justified" (2010–2015).
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Logan Lynn Logan Dennis Lynn (born October 15, 1979) is an American musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, mental health advocate and LGBT activist from Portland, Oregon.
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Ashley August Ashley August is an American actress, spoken word artist and poet perhaps best known for such films and television series as "Orange Is the New Black", "Dream School" and "Meeting Molly".
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Ryan Allen Carrillo Ryan Allen Carrillo (born March 10, 1975) is an American television personality, trans activist, and reality show contestant. Carrillo made his first televised personality appearance as part of Team Fab 3 on ABC's "Expedition Impossible" in 2011. Although Carrillo had been a professional roller skater traveling on tour with Madonna and appearing in numerous movies as a professional skater. Carrillo is also an on-air personality for AfterBuzzTV. In 2011 Carrillo appeared on Season 4 of "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles" when he purchased Mexico y Barra Restaurant in West Hollywood with transgender actress Candis Cayne.
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All About Trans All About Trans is a project that "positively changes how the media understands and portrays trans people". Its aim is to "promote trans voices in the media" and engage media professionals (journalists, presenters and editors) and other sector professionals with trans topics in creative ways.
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Isis King Isis King (born October 1, 1985) is an American model, actress, and fashion designer. She was a contestant on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show "America's Next Top Model". She was the first trans woman to compete on the show, and became one of the most visible transgender people on television.
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Catherine Curtin Catherine Curtin (born in New York City, NY) is an American actress. Playing mostly roles in film and television, she is perhaps best known for her recurring role as correctional officer Wanda Bell on "Orange is the New Black".
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Kate Bornstein Katherine Vandam "Kate" Bornstein (born March 15, 1948) is an American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist. Having been assigned male at birth and then received gender reassignment surgery in 1986, Bornstein identifies as gender non-conforming, saying "I don't call myself a woman, "and" I know I'm not a man."
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Tiffany Doggett Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett is a fictional character in the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black", portrayed by Taryn Manning. Manning was offered the role without needing to audition. The character of Doggett is based on a real life prisoner; a "young woman from western Pennsylvania who proudly called herself a redneck". She is originally from Waynesboro, Virginia. Prior to her imprisonment, she is shown to be exchanging sexual favors for soda or money. Doggett is also known to have had five abortions. She is charged with shooting an abortion doctor and decides to hire a Christian lawyer; the ensuing support she receives from Christian groups leads to Doggett's becoming a born-again Christian.