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Has Jorja Fox ever actually confirmed or denied that she's gay?
Do her friends/cast members know of her sexuality or is it all still a big secret?
by: Anonymous
13 posts
04/17/07 @07:05
As far as I know she has never commented on her sexuality one way or another. I think she could be labeled as being in "the glass closet". Not denying she's gay, not pretending to be straight, just kind of an everyone knows so why even comment.
Since the majority of her friends also seem to be lesbians in the entertainment business: Heather Grody, the women in her HoneyPot Productions theatre group, Ellen Degeneres, Kirsten Holly Smith, etc..... they all must know. I've also read info on the Net from people who know Jorja's gay because they know one of her family members or friends who confirmed it.
From what I've read Jorja was quite open about being a lesbian when she was a struggling actress in NYC during the 80s and 90s. She worked at lesbian hotspot Crazy Nanny's for a while and has been linked to women, especially Suzanne Mara during that time.
I'm almost positve her CSI castmates know. I've read it's an open secret around the set that she, George Eads and Eric Szmanda are gay. She supposely isn't shy about bringing gals she's dating around the set.
by: Anonymous
reply 1
04/17/07 @09:46
There's a big difference between being a closet case who is in denial about their sexual orientation to their friends, families, and even themselves and someone who feels they must stay closeted for career purposes.
Jorja is completely out to her family, friends, and castmates. She lives the life of an out lesbian in her private life. She just doesn't scream to the world that she's gay when it comes to her public life. She's never bearded, and has even brought women with her to events.
I wish she would publicly come out - but since CSI is so popular and her character is involved in a high-profile heterosexual romance which has garnered a lot of media attention - I won't hold my breath.
by: Anonymous
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04/17/07 @09:52
Speaking of Jorja according to this video she is most probably leaving CSI at the end of this season. Maybe she will come out then.
see link
by: Anonymous
reply 3
04/17/07 @10:39
According to TV Guide insider, Mike Ausiello, Jorja is "itching to pursue greener (and less grissly) pasturse".
And maybe she'll come out then...
by: Anonymous
reply 4
04/20/07 @09:45
Jorja's contract expires mext month...
Just saying...
by: Anonymous
reply 5
04/22/07 @12:19
I don't see how she'll get any kind of career after CSI as anything but a minor character actor, whether she comes out or not.
by: Anonymous
reply 6
04/29/07 @08:53
I'm surprised she's so private about it. Her character on ER was a lesbian and she appeared in the Ellen coming out episode. I guess it's good that she's not afraid to be associated with anything gay, but it seems strange to do some pretty high profile gay-related things and then just sit there silently in a glass closet.
by: Anonymous
reply 7
04/30/07 @12:08
uummm r7,
So, everyone who plays a gay character on Tv is gay?
WTF?
by: Anonymous
reply 8
04/30/07 @13:02
"So, everyone who plays a gay character on Tv is gay?"
No, of course not. But a lot of gay actors refuse to even play gay for fear of being typecast. She obviously isn't one of them, which is great. But it's too bad she hasn't been comfortable enough to come all the way out. That's all I'm saying.
by: R7
reply 9
04/30/07 @13:05
I agree R7. I like Jorja but she seems quite hypocritical. She obviously has no problem playing gay characters or putting gay content on her website as well as being proud about being a part of HoneyPot Productions. Yet, she won't acknowlege her own lesbianism. I'm not saying she has to shout it from the rooftops, but some kind of statement would be nice.
She also seems quite down on corporations, and "the man", but doesn't mind playing the corportate game with CBS and remaining closeted I assume for career purposes. Also she is quite the enviromentalist- yet she smokes like a chimney. I know that her mother died of cancer and she has appeared at various cancer charity events, so it seems like she wouldn't smoke.
by: Anonymous
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04/30/07 @13:05
"She just doesn't scream to the world that she's gay when it comes to her public life."
This is beyond stupid. Uttering the words "yes, I am a lesbian" is not a scream, it is simple honesty and self respect.
by: Anonymous
reply 11
04/30/07 @13:14
It would be great if Jorja came out, but why the hell would she NOW? If she does indeed leave CSI this season (which I seriously doubt) and is looking for new roles would the admission that she's a lesbian help her land them? I don't think so.
Someone on her IMDB.com message board who claimed to know her said a couple of years ago that she struggles with being in the closet but has understood for a long time that coming out would be murder to her career.
The only way I can see her coming out is if after CSI she focuses on producing gay-themed plays with HoneyPot Productions and producing other lesbian projects such as short films. Then possibly she might come out to a gay publication. By then though CSI will be over and done with and the general public won't care that she's gay (which most CSI Internet fans already know actually).
by: Anonymous
reply 12
04/30/07 @13:27
I don't really see how coming out would be murder to her career. I'm sure CSI will be happy to have her for as long as she wants to stay. And it's not like people are so invested in her as a romantic lead on that show that they'll start tuning out if they find out she's a lesbian. If TR Knight and Neil Patrick Harris can come out, I don't know why Jorja can't.
by: Anonymous
reply 13
04/30/07 @13:30

Jorja Fox: The Big Question

Taken from her IMDB.com message board:
Topic: Is she gay?


This discussion came up last summer, but the posts have been deleted.
One poster (wishanoway) said that she had worked with a woman who was
Jorja's girlfriend, and that she had been to their house a few times.
She said this was a few months before Jorja landed her role one E.R.,
and although she knows that Jorja and the woman are no longer together,
she doubts that Jorja is now dating men. Wishanoway has been proven to
be a "Hollywood Insider", and had only good things to say about Jorja,
so I don't think it was written by a troll who was trying to tell lies
about her.

If any of you have doubts that Jorja is gay, you should do a search of
her name over at the message board at www.datalounge.com, and it will
open your eyes to the truth. There are many posters there who are privy
to Jorja's private life. Some posters there knew her when she worked at
a dyke bar in NYC called "Crazy Nanny's" before she was famous. During
her years on "ER" she apparently was very "out of the closet" and
frequently appeared in a lesbian publication called "The Lesbian News".
The folks over at Datalounge have said it's only since she has been on
"CSI" that she has been quiet about her preferences. There are a few
people who frequently see Jorja "out and about" with her lesbian pals
at gay clubs in L.A., and one poster who had a friend that worked on
the musical Jorja and her lesbian theater goup put on last summer
called "Dear Bernard", who commented on how great Jorja and her pals
were to work with, but "how gay they are and how butch Jorja is".

According to one poster over at Datlounge, Jorja and her longtime
girlfriend Suzanne Mara broke up sometime in 2002-2003, so I don't know
if she has a girlfriend now or not.