Tommy Dorfman doesn’t come out as much as she does.
On Thursday, July 22, in an interview with Time Magazine, she revealed that she is a transgender woman and has identified and lived privately as a woman for a year.
“It’s funny to think about going out, because I haven’t been anywhere. I see it today as a reintroduction to myself as a woman, having made a medical transition. Getting out is always seen as a big eye-opener, but I was never not Today, it’s a matter of clarity: I’m a trans woman, “she told the outlet.
“It’s not a transition. Or it is, but not as an idea to go somewhere. Just that I’m actually myself,” she added. Tommy Dorfman has confirmed that she uses her pronouns.
She shared that she lived like a trans woman but didn’t feel safe enough to talk about it openly. Now she realizes the transition is beautiful and wants to show the world what she looks like. She documented her progress which “shows a living body in a more fluid space” on her Instagram account.
“However, I have learned as a public-facing person that my refusal to clarify [genders] may deprive me of the freedom to control my own narrative, ”she explained. “With this medical transition, there was a talk about my body, and it started to feel overwhelming to me. So, recently, I looked at examples of other people who have turned out to be trans. There’s the version I couldn’t really afford to do, which is to disappear for two years and come back with a new name, new face, and new body. But that’s not what I wanted. “
Dorfman explained that she will not change the name because it is not “viable”. She was named after her mother’s late brother who held her as he died and feels “very connected” to her name.
She revealed that she was nervous about losing her acting career, but that she plans to portray only female characters in the future, unless it is done in a situation of “Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan. “.
Not only did his career change, puberty made him feel like 14 again in some ways. It also led to a change in her romantic relationships. She and her ex-boyfriend for nine years broke up and became platonic friends.
“I love him so much, but we’ve learned that as a trans woman, what interests me doesn’t necessarily reflect in a gay man. So we had some amazing conversations to redefine our relationship as friends. The transition has been liberating and clarifying, ”she concluded.
