Tommy Dorfman reintroduces herself as trans woman

Tommy Dorfman

Actor Tommy Dorfman, who starred as Ryan Shaver in Netflix's 13 Reasons Why and is set to direct an adaptation of Mason Deaver's I Wish You All the Best, has recently confirmed that she is a trans woman.

According to reports, in an interview, the star opened up about her transition publicly for the first time. She said, "It's funny to think about coming out because I haven't gone anywhere. I view today as a reintroduction to me as a woman, having made a transition medically. Coming out is always viewed as this grand reveal, but I was never not out. Today is about clarity: I am a trans woman. My pronouns are she/her. My name is Tommy."

Dorfman also revealed that she looked to others who had recently "come out as trans," and stated that she doesn't consider her journey "a transition," at least "not as an idea of going somewhere. Just that I am actually myself."

The actor said that she's clarifying her gender now after realising that without asserting who she is, she can lose control of her own narrative, something that has already emotionally affected her. She divulged, "I've learned as a public-facing person that my refusal to clarify can strip me of the freedom to control my own narrative. With this medical transition, there has been discourse about my body, and it began to feel overwhelming."

Dorfman shared that she will not be changing her name, as she was named after her mother's brother, "who passed a month after I was born," Dorfman said. For that reason, she's connected to her first name, which was given to her as a way to honour "an uncle who held me as he was dying".

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