Viral Video of Trans Actress Being Misgendered by Delta Staff Sparks Debate
newsweek.comtransgender actress Tommy Dorfman, in which she accuses Delta Air Lines Employees of "intentionally" misgendering her, quickly went viral and sparked a fiery debate on social media.Dorfman, who played Ryan Shaver in the Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why, came out as a transgender woman in 2021.
The 31-year-old actress shared a roughly 30-second clip to her TikTok over the weekend, showing part of the altercation. In the video, Dorfman said while at LaGuardia Airport in New York City several Delta employees, including one she identified as "Tristan," intentionally misgendered her "multiple" times."When you try to advocate for yourself at @delta and are met woth [SIC] even more transpbobia [SIC] and threats of being arrested at LaGuardia [SIC]," Dorfman said in the post, which included the video of part of the incident. "Tristan, the employee, said he was fine with me posting this.
didn't realize it was condescending to flag a human rights violation after another employee misgendered me incessantly.when you try to advocate for yourself at @delta and are met woth even more transpbobia and threats of being arrested at laguardia.
tristan, the employee, said he was fine with me posting this. didnt realize it was condescending to flag a human rights violation after another employee misgendered me incessantly.In the video, Dorfman confronts one employee, saying: "And what about when a Delta employee misgenders you intentionally."The employee responds that "it wasn't intentional.""You're being condescending," the employee said to Dorfman in the video. "And if you want to continue, I'll have Port Authority escort you out the building right this moment if you want to play that game with me.
