Laverne Cox takes issue with “born a boy” comment

First she took on Katie Couric and now Gayle King.

Laverne Cox, nominated for an Emmy for her role on Orange is the New Black, once again found herself in the position of educating a TV host about how to interview transgender people.

Cox recently appeared on CBS This Morning where co-host Gayle King was stopped cold when she began the conversation this way: ‘Let’s let people know about you, Laverne, because you were born a boy but … ‘

Cox, who earlier this year told Couric it was rude to ask a trans person about their genitalia, interrupted King mid-sentence.

She then explained: ‘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. And so I was assigned male at birth but I always felt like I was a girl.’

King took the correction in stride and continued with the friendly interview along with co-hosts Charlie Rose and Norah O’Donnell.

Below is the full interview.