Laverne Cox is "in love again," People reports. The "Orange is the New Black" star appeared virtually on Thursday's episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and talked about the natural way her new relationship evolved over the last year. "Laverne is in love again. It feels amazing. Love is an incredible thing. It's literally this chemical thing that's awesome," Cox said. "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. We've been hanging out for six months. It went really slowly. The word love just sort of happened around November, December." Cox didn't reveal the name of her boyfriend, but did say that — like her previous boyfriends — he "has never dated a trans woman before." She disclosed that while it's normally her partners that want discretion, as a public figure Cox is the one who seeks privacy these days. "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," the actress said. "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." Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ?️‍?❤️⁠ ⁠ ?: Laverne Cox / Instagram⁠ ?️: Kevin Schattenkirk @kschatt13

Laverne Cox is "in love again," People reports. The "Orange is the New Black" star appeared virtually on Thursday's episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and talked about the natural way her new relationship evolved over the last year. "Laverne is in love again. It feels amazing. Love is an incredible thing. It's literally this chemical thing that's awesome," Cox said. "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. We've been hanging out for six months. It went really slowly. The word love just sort of happened around November, December." Cox didn't reveal the name of her boyfriend, but did say that — like her previous boyfriends — he "has never dated a trans woman before." She disclosed that while it's normally her partners that want discretion, as a public figure Cox is the one who seeks privacy these days. "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," the actress said. "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." Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ?️‍?❤️⁠
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