An unfortunate caucus conflict will no longer be an issue for many University of Iowa students.
The UI Lecture Committee has postponed the Laverne Cox lecture that had been scheduled for Feb. 1, the same night as the Iowa caucuses.
Cox, an advocate for transgender rights, had a scheduling conflict for that evening, the Lecture Committee said in a statement on Monday. Cox is a transgender female, widely known for her role as Sophia Burset in Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black.”
The committee said it will attempt to reschedule the lecture, which is part of the Just Living Lecture series, for a later time.