Photo gallery Laverne Cox visits
Cox, an actress and advocate for moving beyond traditional gender expectations, spoke on campus Monday as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series.
![Photo: Laverne Cox](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2016/05/Cox_Laverne_WUD16_9475-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Cox speaks to a 1,165-person capacity crowd at the Memorial Union's Shannon Hall.![Photo: Laverne Cox with students](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2016/05/Cox_Laverne_WUD16_4234-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Cox talks with nearly 50 students and invited guests during a private reception at the Memorial Union.![Photo: Student presenting Laverne Cox with poster](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2016/05/Cox_Laverne_WUD16_9543-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
Undergraduate Haley Drozdowicz asks Cox to sign an art nouveau poster based on Cox that Drozdowicz made for a drawing class assignment. Drozdowicz explained, "Instead of choosing a stock photo for a model, I chose Laverne Cox and decided to make it a piece about transformation, and being beautiful in your own body."