In a recent segment on CBS This Morning, Emmy-nominated OITNB star Laverne Cox calmly but firmly corrected Gayle King when the host said Cox was born a boy. "I was assigned male at birth is the way I like to put it, because I think we're born who we are and the gender thing is something someone imposes on you," Cox told the King. "And so I was assigned male at birth but I always felt like I was a girl."
The idea that gender is "imposed" on a person might be confusing to some people, particularly those who have always felt at home in their bodies. But a study conducted by the University of Warwick's Centre for the Study of Women and Gender proves Cox's point, concluding that children "with fixed ideas about what should be considered 'masculine' and 'feminine,' can actually be detrimental to their physical and mental health," according to ThinkProgress writer Tara Culp-Ressler.














