Tommy Dorfman is living her best life. The “13 Reasons Why” star is opening up about her journey to coming out as transgender in July in a new candid Q&A with InStyle magazine.
Dorfman, 29, graces a special subscriber cover of InStyle‘s October beauty issue. She says she’s always seen herself as a woman, but thought she would come out in her 40s.
However, after receiving support and guidance from other trans women, she took the steps necessary for her to come out as transgender. “A trans elder asked me what I see myself as when I’m older, when I’m 60, 70, 90.
It was so clear, I just saw Cate Blanchett,” she says with a laugh. “But I really couldn’t imagine not being a mother or a grandmother.