{"id":708907,"date":"2026-06-17T05:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708907\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:23:22","slug":"laverne-cox-reveals-90-income-loss-amid-anti-dei-pressure-the-past-year-or-two-ive-had-to-dip-into-savings-and-my-retirement-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708907\/","title":{"rendered":"Laverne Cox reveals 90% income loss amid anti-DEI pressure: ‘The past year or two, I\u2019ve had to dip into savings and my retirement fund’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LaverneLaverne Cox reports a staggering 90% income drop over two years, attributing it to the decline in diversity and inclusion programs. Speaking engagements and hosting opportunities have vanished, forcing her to tap into savings. Cox links this trend to political pressure surrounding DEI and gender identity, expressing concern for less privileged transgender individuals. Laverne Cox says her income has fallen by about 90 percent over the past two years as companies, colleges, and other organizations retreat from diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The \u2018Orange Is the New Black\u2019 star linked the sharp decline to President Donald Trump\u2019s policies and the wider political pressure surrounding DEI and gender identity. Cox said speaking engagements, hosting contracts, and teaching opportunities have disappeared, forcing her to use savings and retirement funds.<\/p>\n

Laverne Cox links income loss to Trump\u2019s DEI policies<\/p>\n

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cox discussed the financial impact after speaking to Attitude and The Guardian about her career. \u201cI\u2019ve lost so much money because of this administration, the past year,\u201d she told Attitude. \u201cI managed to stay busy with acting and branding work, as well as speaking engagements. But I never thought college speaking gigs would dry up.\u201dCox said organizations have become hesitant to hire people associated with DEI work or transgender advocacy. \u201cThis administration is very punitive with anything that suggests DEI or gender ideology, and corporations have been very scared,\u201d she said.The actor added that the decline has affected the financial security she built after finding fame. \u201cThe past year or two, I\u2019ve had to dip into savings and my retirement fund. So, the blessing is that I finally have the privilege to have a retirement fund to dip into, but you don\u2019t really want to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox recalls financial struggles before \u2018Orange Is the New Black\u2019<\/p>\n

Cox was 40 when she landed her breakthrough role as Sophia Burset in \u2018Orange Is the New Black\u2019. Before that, she had student loan debt and no savings or retirement fund.\u201cWhen Orange came out in 2013, I didn\u2019t know how long that moment would last. I didn\u2019t know how successful it would or wouldn\u2019t be,\u201d she told Attitude.Speaking to The Guardian, Cox said hosting deals had ended, corporate speaking work had dried up, and academic opportunities had become limited. She also raised concerns for transgender people with fewer resources.\u201cI think the important thing to note is that if Laverne Cox\u2019s income has gone down significantly, what about all the other trans people who are not as privileged and as blessed as I am?\u201d she said.Cox released her memoir, \u2018Transcendent\u2019, in the United States on June 9, 2026. The book covers her childhood, career, advocacy, and rise to international fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laverne Cox reports a staggering 90% income drop over two years, attributing it to the decline in diversity…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[305907,28,12007,45108,63339,305906,147,530,305908,305909],"class_list":["post-708907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-anti-dei-pressure","tag-business","tag-diversity-equity-inclusion","tag-financial-struggles","tag-gender-identity","tag-laverne-cox-income-loss","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-transgender-advocacy","tag-trump-policies-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}