Who is Laverne Cox dating?
ACTRESS and activist Laverne Cox has acquired massive fame after staring as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.
Now, fans want to know more about her dating life.
Who is Laverne Cox dating?
In January 2021, actress Laverne Cox revealed to Ellen DeGeneres that she was in love again.
As discussed by , on January 28, 2021, she appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and shared publicly that she had been dating someone since around November or December of that year.
While Cox didn't share her significant other's name or personal information, she shared quite a few details about their relationship.
She said that the pair met six months before on Tinder, but had been taking their relationship slowly.
Cox's boyfriend is 22 years younger than her, and she shared with that this was his first time dating a transgender woman.
"Laverne is in love again. It feels amazing. Love is an incredible thing. It's literally this chemical thing that's awesome," Cox told DeGeneres, per .
"He's a really great guy. I didn't expect it. I thought he was just going to be this hot dude I was going to be hanging out with, and then it just kind of happened," the star continued.
She also revealed that the pair had said they loved each other.
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"We've been hanging out for six months. It went really slowly. The word love just sort of happened around November, December," she said at the time.
In August 2023, Cox spoke with about their Fourth of July weekend "staycation."
"We got a house in the Hamptons, and we watched television and ate popcorn on the couch, and we talked and talked. Honestly, every time I’m with my guy, it’s magical," she told the outlet at the time.
At the time of this publication, the identity of Cox's beau is still unknown.
Who has Laverne Cox previously dated?
Cox previously dated filmmaker Jono Freedrix.
According to , Freedrix is a former high school teacher and the president of The Virtual Stage, a Vancouver-based film and theater company.
According to , the former couple began seeing each other in 2016, but it is unclear exactly when they split.
Cox was then in a relationship with Kyle Draper, the CEO of record label Mateo Sound, from 2017 to 2019.
Cox announced their in a June 25, 2019 Instagram post.
"@thekyledraper and I have broken up. After much soul searching and tears from both of us, we have decided it's time for us to go our separate ways," she said.
"We decided we should make a public statement since our relationship was public in ways neither of us anticipated. This is that public statement," she continued.
"We know our relationship meant so much to so many people, especially trans folks, giving them hope that this kind of love is possible for them as well.
"That hope, the hope for love has not waned for me in the face of this breakup but rather is fortified.
"Knowing that we are both capable of giving and receiving love with this level of kindness, respect, trust, affection, depth, and intensity has been so healing and life affirming for us both.
"I am so grateful we were open to love and for every moment we had together. We have both grown in innumerable ways as a result.
"Now it[']s just time to move on separately. We both want a breakup that honors and respects the quality of our relationship and the love we shared. It[']s possible."
What has Laverne Cox said about her dating struggles?
Cox has opened up about the struggles of dating as a transgender woman.
"The issue over the years for me as a trans woman and other trans women is that the womanhood of trans women is often disavowed," she said during her January 2021 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, per People.
"A lot of people don't see trans women as women. So, the men that are attracted to women, people think they are gay. And if you are a straight man, you don't want people to think you're gay. So a lot of the times they don't want to disclose or want to let anyone know."
During the November 16, 2022 episode of E!'s , Cox spoke with Angelica Ross, a fellow transgender woman and actress, about the hardships they have experienced with dating.
Per , Cox told the story of the time a man questioned her gender identity while on a walk in the park with a friend.
"My friend says, 'F you,' and he had one of those folding chairs and he goes after my friend. My friend's instinct was to get in between me and the person so that the guy wouldn't come after me," she said.
Cox said the fight was "over as fast as it started," but the reasoning behind it is what surprised her the most, per the outlet.
"He was checking things out, wasn't sure if it was okay for him to be attracted to me, in his mind. And so, that's why he needed to confirm guy or girl," she continued.
Cox and Ross also spoke about the issues trans women encounter with online dating specifically.
"They get upset that they've matched with us instead of just being like, 'Oh, I'm not interested. Un-match,'" Cox said.
"They flag our profiles, and then so many men flag our profiles, and our accounts are deleted. And they're like, 'You're doing something crazy,' and it's just, 'No. I'm just being trans on a dating app.'"
Who is Laverne Cox?
Cox was born in Mobile, Alabama, and went to school for dancing and acting.
Cox was raised by her mother and grandmother, and has an identical twin brother who starred alongside her in the Netflix show Orange is the New Black, where she played transgender character Sophia Burset
In 2014, Cox became the first transgender woman to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine, and in 2015, she became the first transgender woman to win a Daytime Emmy Award.
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She then starred alongside Julia Garner in the 2022 Netflix limited series Inventing Anna.
She is also a strong and vocal advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community.