Tommy Dorfman has come out and reintroduced herself as a trans-woman, saying that her “pronouns are she/her.”
Dorfman spoke to Time, saying, “For a year now, I have been privately identifying and living as a woman – a trans woman.” She also found the concept of “coming out” as a funny matter.
The actress added that she had reintroduced herself as a woman as she has had made a medical transition. She also said, “Coming out is always viewed as this grand reveal, but I was never not out. Today is about charity: I am a trans woman.”
She explained that she’s been living in truth via Instagram for several months while publicly documenting her transitioning process. However, she kept her name the same, Tommy, explaining that it was the name was of her “mom’s brother who passed a month after I was born.”
As she went on to talk more in detail, she seemingly is excited to have her other roles as a female in the acting projects. She’s also ready to explore new romantic relationships after carefully considering what she wants in a partner. She said about her current relationship as a more “gay” one, as she opened about how she redefined her relationship with her current partner as friends to have a proper male-and-female relationship.
While acknowledging some feelings of sadness and loss during her transition, Dorfman said she is looking forward to a future where she is “just radically honest.”
Tommy also took to her Instagram account afterward the interview for expressing her gratefulness to “every trans person who walked this path, broke down barriers, and risked their lives to live authentically and radically as themselves before me.” She added, “thank you to all the trans woman that showed me who I am, how to live, celebrate myself, and take up space in this world.”
Well, while many may view it to be quite awkward, some of her fans, family, and friends, including her cousin Andi Dorfman and the GLAAD Organization, seemed to be quite happy about her stealing and expressing her true colors.
Tommy Dorfman Husband Facts
Tommy Dorfman has been married to Peter Zurkuhlen since November of 2016 in Portland, Marine. According to Peter’s LinkedIn profile, he is a former real estate agent who founded the tech company ChipChop Systems and is the Chief of Staff at Get Help.
The couple first linked at a party hosted by a mutual friend. Soon, they had a sudden connection, which turned to a blossoming romance resulting in an engagement in April 2015.
The couple has now been together for several years, living a happy married life. But in her recent interview to reintroduce herself as a trans-woman, she said of having redefined their relationship starting as friends. She said:
“The types of romantic partnerships I seek out are different. I was in a nine-year relationship in which I was thought of as a more male-bodied person, with a gay man. So, we’ve had incredible conversations to redefine our relationship as friends.”
However, many speculations arose when Tommy suddenly posted three pictures, back in August of 2020, in which she was getting super cozy with Jacob Elordi, captioning them with a simple heart. In the since-deleted picture, Jacob was thoroughly kissing Tommy on the cheek, while in the third, they are both holding on to each other in a very affectionate way.
The post got several comments from the fans and followers, who believed them to be a possible couple. While everything other explanation and speculations on the situation got slammed down, after one wrote on the comment section:
“People asking if jacobs gay and they’re dating y’all Tommy has a whole husband let bros be bros and friend kiss in peace.”
Meanwhile, Tommy was spotted holding hands earlier this month as they walk side-by-side with Lucas Hedges during a friendly outing in New York City. Hedges also, at the time, said his sexuality exists on a ‘spectrum.’ But the two are likely to be more of a friend since Tommy is married to Peter.
Net Worth/Career Of Tommy Dorfman
With her incredible talents and skills, Tommy Dorfman has had been able to enjoy successful stints over time in the entertainment industry, especially in acting. But her net worth remains under review.
On the other side, her husband, Peter Zurkuhlen, has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million as of 2021.
Tommy debuted her acting career in 2009 after starring in a short film titled Foreign Exchange. Later in 2013, she played the role of Julian in another short film, My Skin. Following this, she appeared in The Yearbook, and in 2017 she played Rob Jr. in me, Witness.
She had her career breakthrough with her role as Ryan Shaver in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. Other movies and TV roles include Fluidity, Insatiable, Jane the Virgin, and American Princess. She further has herself involved in some soon-to-be-released film The Shuroo Process.
As Tommy has recently reintroduced herself as a trans woman, she also added of featuring herself as a female character in her upcoming acting career. Since Tommy has already had exceptional talents and skills to show more with a male-bodied perspective of herself, she is expecting and excited to appear as a female in the future.
She is also reported to be designing a fashion collection with ASOS and was awarded the Rising Star Award by GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) in 2017.