Laverne Cox: Ain't I A Woman?
Source: Laverne Cox's Facebook Page On Thursday, March 26th, I took in Laverne Cox 's appearance at Mohawk College in Hamilton. The event was part of Ms Cox's Ain't I a Woman? lecture tour. I purchased "VIP" tickets for myself and a friend to attend a reception and photo op before the event. Ms Cox arrived late to the reception, causing some disruption of the photo op. A line up, formed inside The Arnie pub at Mohawk, was re-directed by staff to an adjacent venue. Overcrowding and poor lighting were the reasons given. I noted that the crowd gathered was larger than the 100 VIP tickets sold. In an odd twist of fate, we started out near the back of the line for photos, and ended up near the front. Laverne and yours truly. Alas, some ticket holders were turned away from the photo op as a result of the delay. Some in attendance were annoyed that we were instructed not to touch or shake hands with Ms Cox. I took no umbrage with this. Such restrictio...