The One Question Laverne Cox Couldn't Answer; Could You?
The Advocate spoke with Laverne Cox at the premiere of her documentary, Free CeCe, and one question had her stumped.Â
June 17 2016 7:25 AM
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CeCe McDonald
How Laverne Cox and I Helped Free CeCe McDonald
Filmmaker Jac Gares discusses why she and the Orange Is the New Black star made a documentary about the incarceration and release of a transgender woman.
June 03 2016 6:09 AM
This Black Trans Man Is in Prison for Killing His Rapist
Ky Peterson, a black trans man from Georgia, has been imprisoned three years for the 'involuntary manslaughter' of his attacker, which he says was in self-defense.
April 08 2015 11:15 AM
40 Under 40: Prison Turned CeCe McDonald Into an Activist
The Fighters: With a conviction that changed her life, CeCe McDonald found herself amid the struggles transgender women face in America's already unbalanced judicial system.
July 30 2014 4:00 AM
REPORT: U.S. Criminal System Discriminates Against LGBT People
A new report from the Center for American Progress lays out recommendations for changing the existing discriminatory patterns of incarceration that target LGBT and HIV-positive Americans.
May 11 2014 7:17 AM
CeCe McDonald's Next Fight
As the documentary around CeCe McDonald's life will show, prison isn't safe for anyone, especially transgender women.
March 03 2014 7:00 AM
WATCH: CeCe McDonald Makes First Television Appearance
After serving 19 months in a men's prison, CeCe McDonald sat down with MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry to discuss prison culture and the experience of being a trans inmate.
January 21 2014 12:36 PM
Laverne Cox Picks Up CeCe McDonald From Prison
Transgender folk hero CeCe McDonald walks free after being paroled two thirds of the way through her sentence for manslaughter.
January 14 2014 12:21 PM
CeCe McDonald to Be Released From Prison
McDonald will be released from prison January 13. Meanwhile, Orange Is the New Black star and fellow African-American trans woman Laverne Cox is producing a documentary about McDonald's life.
January 03 2014 10:28 AM
WATCH: Ebony Writer Honored for CeCe McDonald Report
Ebony.com's Dr. Marc Lamont Hill wins a glaad award for asking, "Why Aren't We Fighting For CeCe McDonald?"
May 14 2013 12:01 PM
CeCe McDonald Prison Confinement Raises Concerns
CeCe McDonald, the transgender woman sentenced to 41 months in jail after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter in a violent attack against her, is being held in a male facility in Minnesota, including time in solitary confinement.
June 11 2012 12:14 PM
Op-ed: CeCe McDonald Was Punished for Surviving
Society too often accepts that young, black, transgender women are victims of violence.
May 03 2012 2:01 PM
CeCe McDonald Pleads Guilty, Headed to Prison
A report indicates McDonald has accepted a plea.
May 02 2012 3:24 PM
Fighting for her Life Trans Woman Charged With Murder
One night in front of a Minneapolis bar has changed CeCe McDonald's life forever.
April 20 2012 7:00 AM