Tommy Dorfman

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{{Infobox person
| picture=Tommy Dorfman 2018.png
| caption=Dorfman in a 2018 video
| date_birth=May 13, 1992
| place_birth=Atlanta, Georgia
| nationality=American
| pronouns=
| gender=[[nonbinary]]
| occupation=actor
| known_for=''13 Reasons Why''
}}

'''Tommy Dorfman''' (born May 13, 1992) is an American actor known for playing the role of Ryan Shaver in the Netflix drama ''13 Reasons Why''.

Dorfman was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Fordham University's drama program in 2015 with a B.A. in theatre arts. After graduating, she was cast in the role of Ryan Shaver on ''13 Reasons Why'', which premiered in 2017. Also that year, she helped design a fashion collection with ASOS, and, in October, was honored with the Rising Star Award by GLAAD.<ref name="news_Ford">{{Cite web |title=Fordham Theatre Grad Honored by GLAAD |last=Loizzo-Desai |first=Alexandra |work=Fordham Newsroom |date=31 October 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://news.fordham.edu/fordham-magazine/fordham-theatre-grad-honored-glaad/ }}</ref>

In 2016, Dorfman married Peter Zurkuhlen.<ref name="M">{{Cite web |title=Tommy Dorfman Opens Up About Being Out As An Actor, And His Husband |last=M |first=Bianca |work=Girlfriend |date= |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.girlfriend.com.au/tommy-dorfman-talks-his-husband}}</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B8joChyDz5P/ Instagram post], 14 Feb 2020</ref>

Dorfman came out as [[nonbinary]] in 2017.<ref name="Peoples">{{Cite web |title=Tommy Dorfman's Latest Fashion Statement: Gender |last=Peoples |first=Landon |work=Refinery29 |date=16 November 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/11/180981/13-reasons-why-tommy-dorfman-gender-equality}}</ref> They had some difficulty finding a talent agency due to [[Discrimination|discrimination against nonbinary people]], with one agent telling Dorfman that their identity was "a fad" which would make the actor a poor investment for the agency.<ref name="NBC2020">{{Cite web |title=How gender-nonconforming actors are changing Hollywood |author= |work=NBC News |date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2020 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/how-gender-nonconforming-actors-are-changing-hollywood-n1227326}}</ref>

In Spring 2019, Dorfman made her New York theatrical debut as the character Max in The New Group's production of Jeremy O. Harris' play "Daddy", directed by Danya Taymor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tommy Dorfman Career |work=Stark Times |date=21 October 2019 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://starktimes.com/tommy-dorfman/ }}</ref><ref name="Stasio">{{Cite web |title=Off Broadway Review: ‘Daddy’ Starring Alan Cumming |last=Stasio |first=Marilyn |work=Variety |date=March 5, 2019 |access-date=October 10, 2020 |url= https://variety.com/2019/legit/reviews/daddy-review-play-alan-cumming-1203155511/#! }}</ref>

Dorfman, has now in 2021, came out as a transgender woman and uses she/her pronouns.

==Quotes==
"I started dressing myself at a very young age. And you could tell because I was a boy wearing girl's [[clothing]]. I don’t think 'style' was the word I would have used; everything was costume. I would emulate the Spice Girls, too. I went through a phase where I was only buying platform shoes, bell bottom jeans, tube tops, and denim jackets, and wanting to get long fake nails but my parents wouldn't let me. My siblings would protect me on the school bus because I was bullied a lot, physically and verbally, because of the way I was dressing. Growing up, I hated the idea that clothing was gendered. I identify as nonbinary. I present as mostly masculine because it’s just how I feel, but I've never had this idea that clothing should be one thing or the other."<ref name="Peoples" />

"As a kid I dreamed both as a boy and a girl. In the past few years, I've had the language to describe and eventually accept myself as nonbinary. Yet within this industry, I've felt stuck in a Bermuda Triangle of these parts of self."<ref name="Dorfman">{{Cite web |title=Tommy Dorfman Shares What It's Like to Wear Gendered Clothes as a Non-Binary Person |last=Dorfman |first=Tommy |work=Teen Vogue |date=26 June 2018 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url= https://www.teenvogue.com/story/tommy-dorfman-pride-asos-glaad-non-gendered-clothing}}</ref>

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