Tommy Dorfman and her husband, Peter Zurkuhlen, have reportedly initiated divorce proceedings this week after more than five years of marriage.
The reports come roughly six months after Tommy — the actor best known as one of the breakout stars of Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, and who recently appeared in Lena Dunham's comedy Sharp Stick — clarified publicly that she's a transgender woman in an interview with Time magazine last July.
"Today is about clarity: I am a trans woman," Tommy said, calling the interview a "reintroduction" rather than coming out announcement, since she "was never not out."
At the time, Tommy explained that she'd been living privately as a trans woman for about a year and said her relationship with Peter had evolved with her transition. "It's wild to be 29 and going through puberty again. Some days I feel like I'm 14," she shared. "As a result of that shift, the types of romantic partnerships I seek out are different."
"I was in a nine-year relationship in which I was thought of as a more male-bodied person, with a gay man," Tommy continued. "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."
