Laverne Cox says she and her friend were the targets of a violent transphobic attack over the holiday weekend.The disturbing incident happened while the actress and her male friend were walking through Griffith Park in Los Angeles.In an Instagram Live video posted yesterday, Cox detailed what happened.“We passed this guy, and the guy very aggressively asked for the time,” she explains in the video.
After giving him the time, the man then asked, “Guy or girl?”“My friend says ‘F*ck off,’ I’m walking, I’m hearing all of this and it’s happening in like a split second, and then all of a sudden the guy is attacking my friend.”The man proceeded to punch Cox’s friend.