Overview
- In mid-June 2026, while promoting her memoir Transcendent, Cox told multiple outlets she has lost roughly 90 percent of her non-acting income over the past two years.
- Cox attributes the decline to President Trump’s January 2025 executive actions that dismantled federal DEI programs and to conservative plans such as Project 2025 that pushed removal of gender and DEI language from policy.
- She says colleges, corporations and media outlets have become risk-averse about bookings tied to DEI or gender identity, causing hosting contracts, campus lectures and corporate speaking engagements to end or not be renewed.
- Cox reports personal financial harm, saying she has dipped into savings and retirement funds, and she warns that the effects are likely worse for less-privileged transgender people who lack the same financial cushion.
- Reporting across outlets notes Cox’s claims are based on her on-the-record accounts during interviews and have not been independently verified, while coverage frames her as a high-profile example of a broader pullback in 'rainbow capitalism' and institutional DEI support.