Trans icon Laverne Cox unveiled as Chess Piece on The Masked Singer

Trans actress Laverne Cox has been unveiled as one of the competitors on hit Fox series The Masked Singer, after failing to make it through Barbie week.

The Orange is the New Black star and trans activist was unmasked as the mystery celebrity singer inside the elaborate chess piece costume during Wednesday night’s (23 October) episode of the US series.

The Masked Singer features celebrities disguised in outlandish costumes, singing on stage for a panel of fellow celebrity judges, who, along with the studio audience and viewers at home, have to guess their identity.

Viewers are given a series of tricky clues to help.

During this week’s episode, which paid homage to Mattel’s toy brand Barbie, Cox tried to wow the judges with her take on Chaka Khan’s anthem “I’m

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