Laverne Cox is officially a Barbie doll plus 5 more trans dolls we’d love to see
Laverne Cox is in her plastic fantastic fantasy this week after Mattel released an official Barbie doll in her likeness as part of their Tribute Collection.
Featuring a red leather bodice that flows into a light tulle gown all covering a silver bodysuit, the doll is the first of its kind to be modeled after a trans woman.
It’s giving “Barbie Tingz”, it’s giving Life Size (2000), it’s giving “The dolls are the dolls” but literally.The doll is not only a win for representation in pop culture but a celebration of the accomplishments of Cox as a trans trailblazer.
The Disclosure creator and Inventing Anna star has achieved a museum’s worth of firsts for trans representation in her career: the first trans acting nominee at the Emmys, the first trans person on the cover of TIME, the first trans person to play a series regular trans role on U.S.
