Laverne Cox Opens Up About Bullying for #SpiritDay 2018 - Watch

Laverne Cox is opening up about bullying as part of Spirit Day 2018.

The 46-year-old Orange Is The New Black actress spoke out in a video for GLAAD ahead of the annual day against bullying.

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“I’ve been there. I was bullied severely as a kid. Recently, stuff in the media has brought up so much trauma from my youth of being bullied, of being assaulted…I didn’t think I would survive it. But I survived it, and right now I’m thriving,” she said in the emotional video.

Spirit Day in a united stand against bullying and show of support for LGBTQ young people. For more information, head to GLAAD.org.

Watch below.