Photo: Jamie McCarthy/GettyTommy Dorfmanis engaged!The13 Reasons Whyalum announced her engagement to “the person I’m going to spend the rest of my life” with during an episode ofRachel Bilson’sBroad Ideaspodcast. In the conversation, Dorfman, 30, didn’t reveal the identity of her partner, saying only that she’s “just a gay girl.“Dorfman also disclosed that her fiancée is an Aries before speaking of her best characteristics. “I fell in love with someone who doesn’t fetishize me,” Dorfman said of the relationship with her fiancée and of the pressure of being a trans woman in the dating world.Daniele Venturelli/WireImageThe actress also said her partner helps give her estrogen shots — and even consults Dorfman on medication administration from a distance. “My fiancée, she knew how, so she did it for me the first time,” Dorfman shared. “Then she was out of town and we FaceTimed and she walked me through it.“The news of Dorfman’s new relationship comes after her 2021 divorce fromPeter Zurkuhlen. The pair were married since 2016, and Zurkuhlenfiled for divorcefrom Dorfman in early 2022, six months after sheannounced her transitionin a July 2021 conversation withTIME. Dorfman later revealed that the pair were better off as friends — and told Bilson after the split, she decided to date women.“I knew I was interested in women in a way that I hadn’t really been aware of since high school,” she continued. “I had this unresolved, unexplored thing. I was like, ‘This is the year that I’m gonna go on some dates with girls and feel that out again, and not feel ashamed about it.'“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.In her chat with Bilson, Dorfman added that her fiancée being the first women she’s been with in “a very long time.““It’s very affirming,” she continued. “It’s very safe — also, not safe. Being in love is so scary, so uncomfortable and so painful.”
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Tommy Dorfmanis engaged!The13 Reasons Whyalum announced her engagement to “the person I’m going to spend the rest of my life” with during an episode ofRachel Bilson’sBroad Ideaspodcast. In the conversation, Dorfman, 30, didn’t reveal the identity of her partner, saying only that she’s “just a gay girl.“Dorfman also disclosed that her fiancée is an Aries before speaking of her best characteristics. “I fell in love with someone who doesn’t fetishize me,” Dorfman said of the relationship with her fiancée and of the pressure of being a trans woman in the dating world.Daniele Venturelli/WireImageThe actress also said her partner helps give her estrogen shots — and even consults Dorfman on medication administration from a distance. “My fiancée, she knew how, so she did it for me the first time,” Dorfman shared. “Then she was out of town and we FaceTimed and she walked me through it.“The news of Dorfman’s new relationship comes after her 2021 divorce fromPeter Zurkuhlen. The pair were married since 2016, and Zurkuhlenfiled for divorcefrom Dorfman in early 2022, six months after sheannounced her transitionin a July 2021 conversation withTIME. Dorfman later revealed that the pair were better off as friends — and told Bilson after the split, she decided to date women.“I knew I was interested in women in a way that I hadn’t really been aware of since high school,” she continued. “I had this unresolved, unexplored thing. I was like, ‘This is the year that I’m gonna go on some dates with girls and feel that out again, and not feel ashamed about it.'“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.In her chat with Bilson, Dorfman added that her fiancée being the first women she’s been with in “a very long time.““It’s very affirming,” she continued. “It’s very safe — also, not safe. Being in love is so scary, so uncomfortable and so painful.”
Tommy Dorfmanis engaged!
The13 Reasons Whyalum announced her engagement to “the person I’m going to spend the rest of my life” with during an episode ofRachel Bilson’sBroad Ideaspodcast. In the conversation, Dorfman, 30, didn’t reveal the identity of her partner, saying only that she’s “just a gay girl.”
Dorfman also disclosed that her fiancée is an Aries before speaking of her best characteristics. “I fell in love with someone who doesn’t fetishize me,” Dorfman said of the relationship with her fiancée and of the pressure of being a trans woman in the dating world.
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The actress also said her partner helps give her estrogen shots — and even consults Dorfman on medication administration from a distance. “My fiancée, she knew how, so she did it for me the first time,” Dorfman shared. “Then she was out of town and we FaceTimed and she walked me through it.”
The news of Dorfman’s new relationship comes after her 2021 divorce fromPeter Zurkuhlen. The pair were married since 2016, and Zurkuhlenfiled for divorcefrom Dorfman in early 2022, six months after sheannounced her transitionin a July 2021 conversation withTIME. Dorfman later revealed that the pair were better off as friends — and told Bilson after the split, she decided to date women.
“I knew I was interested in women in a way that I hadn’t really been aware of since high school,” she continued. “I had this unresolved, unexplored thing. I was like, ‘This is the year that I’m gonna go on some dates with girls and feel that out again, and not feel ashamed about it.'”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
In her chat with Bilson, Dorfman added that her fiancée being the first women she’s been with in “a very long time.”
“It’s very affirming,” she continued. “It’s very safe — also, not safe. Being in love is so scary, so uncomfortable and so painful.”
source: people.com
