Actor Tommy Dorfman, finest identified for portraying Ryan Shaver in Netflix’s 13 Causes Why, introduced her pronouns and gender id in a July 2021 interview. The star additionally took the chance to talk about her relationship with her husband, Peter Zurkuhlen, and the way it has modified since her transition.
Tommy Dorfman revealed her new pronouns in 2021
Dorfman, who started utilizing they/them pronouns and figuring out as non-binary in 2017, introduced the most recent step in what she deemed her “evolution.” “For a year now, I have been privately identifying and living as a woman—a trans woman,” she advised Time.
“I view today as a reintroduction to me as a woman, having made a transition medically,” Dorfman continued. “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.”
Dorfman additionally shared the very private purpose for maintaining the primary identify Tommy. “I’m named after my mom’s brother who passed a month after I was born, and I feel very connected to that name, to an uncle who held me as he was dying,” she said. “This is an evolution of Tommy. I’m becoming more Tommy.”
Dorfman and husband Peter Zurkuhlen’s relationship now
Dorfman married long-time associate Peter Zurkuhlen in November 2016. In line with his LinkedIn profile, Zurkuhlen is a former actual property agent who based the tech firm ChipChop Techniques. Moreover, he’s Chief of Employees at Get Assist, a well being care business platform.
Dorfman and Zurkuhlen nonetheless continuously publish about each other on social media. However the actor defined that their relationship modified over the previous yr. “The types of romantic partnerships I seek out are different,” Dorfman started.
“I was in a nine-year relationship in which I was thought of as a more male-bodied person, with a gay man. I love him so much, but we’ve been learning that as a trans woman, what I’m interested in is not necessarily reflected in a gay man. So we’ve had incredible conversations to redefine our relationship as friends,” she continued.
Dorfman sparked romance rumors with Jacob Elordi final yr
Rumors that Dorfman and Zurkuhlen’s marriage was on the rocks started in 2020. Dorfman shared the above pictures with actor Jacob Elordi, identified for The Kissing Sales space movie franchise and the HBO collection Euphoria. The 2 actors seemed very cozy within the photographs. This led to romance rumors.
On the time, the media purported Elordi’s romantic connection to his Euphoria co-star, Zendaya. Nonetheless, neither confirmed that relationship. Earlier than Zendaya, Elordi dated one other co-star: Joey King, with whom he seems in The Kissing Sales space films. As for Dorfman and Elordi, they’ve frolicked collectively as buddies previously. So many concluded the photographs merely spotlight their platonic relationship.
