CeCe

There is an article in Saturday’s Star Tribune by Jon Tevlin about CeCe McDonald,

Transgender life is a long haul for Minneapolis woman
Upcoming episodes of "Orange Is the New Black" will portray some of what "CeCe" McDonald faced being a transgender woman living in a man’s prison. 
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“We have to realize that Caitlyn Jenner also leads a life of white privilege,” said Chrishaun “CeCe” McDonald, who served time in prison for killing a man who had attacked her because she was a transgender black woman.

Jenner was a very famous, wealthy white male long before he decided to become a woman, so he has an enormous edge on most transgender people. “I’m still an African-American woman and have to deal with all the things I grew up with,” said McDonald.

The episodes will be about,

She has become an inspiration for Laverne Cox, who plays the character Sophia Burset in the hit television show “Orange is the New Black,” currently in its third season. We won’t spoil the show, but upcoming episodes will portray some of what McDonald faced being a transgender woman living in a man’s prison.

Meanwhile, Cox is co-producer with Jacqueline Gares on a documentary, “Free CeCe,” that is nearing postproduction. They hope to have a rough cut of the documentary by early 2016, and plan to have openings in New York and Minneapolis some time after that.

Not only money and white privilege can make a difference on whether a trans person has to work the streets in order to survive but also how well you can assimilate in to society as a woman or a man makes a tremendous difference in how you live.