Laverne Cox is speaking out after experiencing a transphobic attack over the weekend. In an IGTV video posted Saturday, Cox revealed that she was still "in shock" and feeling "super triggered" after walking with a friend at Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
She said they were walking when a man "aggressively" asked them for the time. "Then the guy who asked for the time says to my friend: 'Guy or girl?'" Cox said. "My friend says, 'Fuck off.'" Cox said though she was walking ahead, she quickly realized the man attacked her friend and they began fighting. "The guy is like hitting my friend, and then my friend is going toward him and I’m like 'Holy shit," Cox said.