Laverne Cox: Trumps DEI Attack Cost Me Millions

has revealed she's been negatively affected by President 's stance against DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs.

The 54-year-old actress claimed she's lost a significant amount of career opportunities amid the Trump administration's continued scrubbing of the initiative.

'I've lost so much money because of this administration, the past year,' Cox told Attitude magazine in a new cover story. 

'I managed to stay busy with acting and branding work, as well as speaking engagements. But I never thought college speaking gigs would dry up.'

Before she found success on 's  in 2013, Cox said she didn't have a savings or retirement fund, and was strapped with student loan debt.

'I was working really hard to get out of a financial hole. But then I was also working hard to try to lift up my community,' she shared.

The Emmy-winning star continued, 'When Orange Is the New Black came out in 2013, I didn't know how long that moment would last. I didn't know how successful it would or wouldn't be.'

Cox, whose memoir Transcendent hit shelves this month, has been engaging in public speaking throughout the country to 'humanize' trans people and highlight their experiences.

'I've lost so much money because of this administration, the past year,' Cox told Attitude magazine in a new cover story