Tommy Dorfman and Peter Zurkuhlen are formally calling it quits after 5 years of marriage, months after the star got here out as a trans girl.
In new courtroom paperwork, obtained by TMZ, the 33-year-old Founder & CEO of ChipChop Holdings filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The previous couple met at a housewarming occasion hosted by a mutual buddy, grew to become engaged in April 2015 and wed the next yr.
In July, when Tommy, 29, got here out as transgender, she additionally revealed that her relationship with Zurkuhlen had advanced right into a friendship.
'I used to be in a nine-year relationship wherein I used to be considered a extra male-bodied individual, with a homosexual man,' she defined in an interview with Time.
'I really like him a lot, however we have been studying that as a trans girl, what I am enthusiastic about will not be essentially mirrored in a homosexual man. So we have had unbelievable conversations to redefine our relationship as buddies.'
Tommy's husband took to social media to publicly assist her popping out announcement over the summer season.
Peter gushed that he had 'a lot love' for Dorfman, who he described as 'attractive.'
The 13 Causes Why star publicly revealed she was a transgender girl in an interview with Time throughout a chat with trans novelist Torrey Peters.
'It is humorous to consider popping out, as a result of I have never gone wherever. I view at present as a reintroduction to me as a girl, having made a transition medically,' she advised the author.
Dorfman added: 'Popping out is at all times considered as this grand reveal, however I used to be by no means not out. Immediately is about readability: I'm a trans girl. My pronouns are she/her. My title is Tommy.'
The performer sparked hypothesis from followers about her gender id this previous yr after altering her look on Instagram, in addition to stepping out with actor Lucas Hedges in New York final yr carrying a summer season costume.
Dorfman additionally revealed within the interview why she determined to maintain her title amid her transition, explaining: 'I am named after my mother's brother who handed a month after I used to be born, and I really feel very related to that title, to an uncle who held me as he was dying.'
She added: 'That is an evolution of Tommy. I am turning into extra Tommy... I'm truly myself.'
Speaking about her choice to come back out, Dorfman stated: 'I have been residing on this different model of popping out the place I do not really feel protected sufficient to speak about it, so I simply do it. However I acknowledge that transitioning is gorgeous. Why not let the world see what that appears like?'
She added: 'So I saved, on Instagram, a diaristic time capsule as an alternative - one which reveals a physique residing in a extra fluid area.'
'Nevertheless, I've discovered as a public-facing individual that my refusal to make clear can strip me of the liberty to manage my very own narrative,' Tommy went on.
'With this medical transition, there was discourse about my physique, and it started to really feel overwhelming.'
The actress defined that she did contemplate a distinct route in publicly popping out, together with disappearing for 2 years and coming again into the highlight 'with a brand new title, new face and new physique.'
Nevertheless, Dorfman stated that it was one thing she 'could not afford to do' and wasn't what she needed.
