"Orange Is the New Black" actress Laverne Cox has always been an advocate for the LGBT community and continues to stand as a prominent figure and inspiration for the transgender community as well.

Just last month, Cox was honored by GLAAD with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award for her work and advocacy. In the fall, she will be partnering up with MTV/Logo for an insightful and undoubtedly groundbreaking documentary that brings light to transgender teens. The documentary will reportedly be titled, "Trans Teen: The Documentary."

"Trans students have said; now I can have a point of reference when I talk about who I am," Cox revealed to MTV News earlier this month. "I got a letter from a trans youth's mother who said that he transitioned because of me and because of seeing me on the show it gave him the courage to talk to his parents about who he was and they're supportive and loving and now he's started his transition. It's insane. It's really beautiful."

Although we often get to see the work that Cox brings forth in the transgender community and movement, we haven't always had a chance to get acquainted with the woman behind the work.

However, in a recent interview with Time Magazine, Cox opened up about her life experiences that led her to becoming a pioneer and voice for transgendered people.

Cox revealed that she was bullied as a child for being feminine. "I was very feminine and I was really bullied, majorly bullied. There was this side of me that was this over-achiever that loved learning. But then I was also taunted at school. I was called names. I was made fun of," she said.

Cox later recalled a bullying incident that was particularly traumatizing, " I was running for my life, basically, and four or five kids caught me. They were in the band. And I remember being held down and hit with drumsticks by these kids."

The 'OITNB' star also explained that it was in third grade that she realized there was gender distinction. She said, "My third grade teacher called my mom and said 'Your son is going to end up in New Orleans wearing a dress.' Up until that point I just thought that I was a girl and that there was no difference between girls and boys. I think in my imagination I thought that I would hit puberty and I would start turning into a girl."

Despite the obstacles that Cox has faced throughout her life, she admits that, overall, she's happy -- but she still has her struggles just like we all do every now and then. "I feel like myself and I feel pretty integrated, like the person that I am inside is who the world is seeing, which feels calming. But it's not like 'Oooooohhh, I a woman now and the world is amazing.' There's hardships. There are a lot of struggles still. I'm happy that I am myself and I couldn't imagine my life if I were still in denial or lying, pretending to be a boy. That seems ridiculous to me. That seems crazy at this point ... It's nice to be done with transitioning."

In her quest to bring transgender awareness into the limelight, Cox admits that social media has played a huge part in making transgender awareness a reality. "Social media has been a huge part of it and the Internet has been a huge part of it, where we're able to have a voice in a way that we haven't been able to before. We're being able to write our stories and we're being able to talk back to the media ... We are the reason. And we are setting the agenda in a different way."

To read the full length interview of Laverne Cox with Time magazine, click here.

Also, be sure to tune into "Orange Is the New Black" season two that premieres on Netflix on June 6.