Transgender woman, Gay veteran compete on VH1’s ‘Work for Diddy’ show
“I’m so excited for the historic potential of someone like Mr. Combs saying to someone like me, a transgender woman, ‘I’d like you to come work for me.'”
Laverne Cox, a transgender hostess from NYC, who is one of several contestants along with Rob Smith, an gay Iraq War veteran from Akron, OH, who are taking part in a reality show vying to work for Sean “Diddy” Combs. (VH1)
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