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JamesG · 08-17-2022, 02:00 PM

Tommy Dorfman Thinks She Would have Transitioned "A Lot Sooner" If Not for "13 Reasons Why" Role
by Lauren Huff
Aug. 17, 2022

Actress Tommy Dorfman publicly came out as trans just over a year ago, but she says if it wasn't for her casting on "13 Reasons Why", she might well have done so earlier.

Dorfman, who shot to fame playing Ryan Shaver on the hit Netflix series, told Rachel Bilson on the latest episode of the "Broad Ideas" podcast that though she's grateful for her role the show, "I think if I hadn't booked that job, I would've started transitioning a lot sooner."

The actress, 30, landed the role of Ryan, a gay, cisgender male character, at age 24, telling Bilson and co-host Olivia Allen that she dealt with gender dysphoria at that time, but she felt she needed to put that aside for the work.

"I think because my work being so tied to my body and like face and like identity, and whatever I'd been identified as, it delayed some of my growth and maturation in my mid-20s," she explained. "I also think I made decisions that were just not aligned with how I really was or what I wanted — but out of fear."

"For me, I feel like I kind of got stuck in time for a minute, like I actually had to put lot of stuff that I maybe thought I was going to work on, or I thought I would do, or like personal developmental things, I had to kind of compartmentalize those things and put them away," she said.

"When it came to anything around dysphoria or gender or stuff that had already been really present, I was like, 'Nope, that's not for now, I'm working.'"

https://ew.com/tv/tommy-dorfman-woul...3-reasons-why/

08-17-2022, 02:00 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,045	Tommy Dorfman Thinks She Would have Transitioned Sooner If Not for "13 Reasons Why" *Tommy Dorfman Thinks She Would have Transitioned "A Lot Sooner" If Not for "13 Reasons Why" Role* by Lauren Huff Aug. 17, 2022 Actress Tommy Dorfman publicly came out as trans just over a year ago, but she says if it wasn't for her casting on "13 Reasons Why", she might well have done so earlier. Dorfman, who shot to fame playing Ryan Shaver on the hit Netflix series, told Rachel Bilson on the latest episode of the "Broad Ideas" podcast that though she's grateful for her role the show, "I think if I hadn't booked that job, I would've started transitioning a lot sooner." The actress, 30, landed the role of Ryan, a gay, cisgender male character, at age 24, telling Bilson and co-host Olivia Allen that she dealt with gender dysphoria at that time, but she felt she needed to put that aside for the work. "I think because my work being so tied to my body and like face and like identity, and whatever I'd been identified as, it delayed some of my growth and maturation in my mid-20s," she explained. "I also think I made decisions that were just not aligned with how I really was or what I wanted — but out of fear." "For me, I feel like I kind of got stuck in time for a minute, like I actually had to put lot of stuff that I maybe thought I was going to work on, or I thought I would do, or like personal developmental things, I had to kind of compartmentalize those things and put them away," she said. "When it came to anything around dysphoria or gender or stuff that had already been really present, I was like, 'Nope, that's not for now, I'm working.'" https://ew.com/tv/tommy-dorfman-woul...3-reasons-why/