Tommy Dorfman Explained How 13 Reasons Why Delayed Her Transition

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13 Reasons Why was a career boon but a personal challenge. Because of the role, the visibility, and the demands of shooting, she says, she didn't begin her gender transition as early as she might have.On the series Dorfman played Ryan Shaver, a cis, gay, male teen.

Speaking to Rachel Bilson on , the actor explained, "For me, I feel like I kind of got stuck in time for a minute…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,’” she said, per .“I think if I hadn’t booked that job, I would’ve started transitioning a lot sooner. I think because my work being so tied to my body and face and identity, and whatever I’d been identified as it delayed some of my growth and maturation in my mid-twenties.

I also think I made decisions that were just not aligned with who I really was or what I wanted, but out of fear.”Things are looking better these days!