Best known for her role as Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black, Cox is the first openly trans person to receive an Emmy nomination. This volume in the Transgender Pioneers series tells the story of her sometimes troubled, always inspiring life. Cox herself sums it up: "I'm an African American transgender woman from a working-class background, raised by a single mother." While she is open about the sense of shame she began feeling as a child, she chooses not to discuss her own transition in public. Her advocacy for the trans community is no secret, however, nor is the array of impressive firsts that have visited her career. The book is enriched by numerous sidebar features providing contextual information about being transgender. A valuable contribution to the slender but growing body of transgender literature.