Laverne Cox reacts to recent transphobic attack: 'It's not safe if you're a trans person'

• Actress Laverne Cox posted a video on Instagram after suffering what she called transphobic attack in Los Angeles on Saturday.
• Cox said it all when a man walked up to them and "aggressively asked for the time."
• When Cox's friend told him the time the man then asked, "Guy or girl?" referring to Cox, who is transgender. "My friend says, 'F--- off' ... then all of a sudden, the guy is attacking my friend."

Laverne Cox took to Instagram to recount a startling transphobic attack she said she and a friend suffered on Saturday in Los Angeles.

"We Were Just Attacked in Griffith Park," she wrote in the post. "We are fine. Be careful out there. #TransIsBeautiful."

The Emmy-nominated "Orange is the New Black" star included a video in the post in which she claimed a man came up to them while they were walking in the park and "aggressively asked for the time."

"The friend that I'm with looks at his watch and tells him the time, and then the guy who asked for the time says to my friend: 'Guy or girl?'" Cox said, referring to her. "My friend says, 'F--- off'... then all of a sudden, the guy is attacking my friend."

Cox said the attack happened very quickly and that by the time she got her phone out to dial 911 "it's over and the guy is gone."

She said that she and her friend are fine.

"It's not safe in the world," she said. "I don't like to think about that a lot but it is the truth, it's not safe if you're a trans person. Obviously, I know this well."

Cox, who is an executive producer on the Netflix documentary, "Disclosure," which examines trans representation in Hollywood, said she's had a "whole history of street harassment in New York."

"I'm in a hoodie and yoga pants, I'm completely covered up, I've got my mask on — who cares if I'm trans?" Cox said, as she recounted the event, which she claimed had just happened when she recorded the video to Instagram. "How does this affect your life?"

Stars have given Cox support in the post's comments. HBO's "A Black Lady Sketch Show" creator Robin Thede responded, "I HATE you and your friend were subjected to this violence. You deserve BETTER."

While Cox's "Bad Hair" costar Elle Lorraine wrote, "God! I'm so sorry."

"When these things happen, it's not your fault," Cox said in the video. "It's not your fault that people are not cool with you existing in the world. We have a right to walk in the park."

Watch Cox's video below:

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