Top 33 Tommy Dorfman Quotes

I loved experimenting with eyeshadow and lip gloss in my tween years.

’13 Reasons Why’ includes LGBTQ people and people of color in stories without making it about that. They’re just living, breathing, human beings who happen to be different from the white, cis, straight norm.

There always has to be a coming out. There’s never just a gender-nonconforming person who exists on a TV show without some screaming on-the-street moment.

I thought my first few jobs would just be off, off, off, off, off broadway. And by chance and how the world works, I ended up on a TV show instead.

I was like the party kid. I was a social butterfly.

I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, the youngest of five. There’s something about being the youngest and wanting to be seen. You’re like, ‘I want attention, notice me.’

It’s really rare that you find a designer who’s willing to dress people who maybe present more masculine in their womenswear.

It’s so important to have a brand as big as UGG celebrating young LGBTQ-plus people and giving them a safe space to feel worthy and loved.

I can cook, but I just don’t.

I love being home and being cozy, even if it’s in a nightgown and some UGG boots!

I try to spend as little time thinking about myself as possible. I find that’s not a constructive way to live.

There was a period where I was like, ‘I’m gonna have to be in the closet if I want to be successful.’ But then I sort of made the decision right when I graduated college that that wasn’t going to be my route. Even if it took longer to get work, I at least was gonna be true to myself.

I would like to know how to get my name stamped on a coconut so when people come over to my house I can just hand them one with my name on it.

It’s important to celebrate how far we have come while also fighting for justice for those who are still not safe as a result of how they identify.

I love when an outfit embodies the fluidity of my gender – it makes me feel the most confident and grounded, especially when attending fashion shows, which can be extremely overwhelming.

I always shopped in the girls’ section during elementary school.

This idea that you can ‘cure’ homosexuality is appalling and simply not true.

I was that gay kid in high school who didn’t have a lot of close friends but circulated amongst groups of people when necessary.

I was an acting major.

Pride is a time to celebrate our community, publicly display our love for one another, and continue our protest of equality that stems back to the BlackCat and Stonewall Riots.

I’m a Taurus.

I’m sober now, but I was partying a lot. Part of it was because gay bars felt like safe spaces… a place where you feel safe and comfortable in your own skin.

It’s important for teenagers, young adults, parents, teachers, really everyone to see what the true High School experience is.

I decided that I was going to stop trying to convince older, more established heads of studios or networks to understand me and get me, and focus more on developing relationships with people who already do.

I was not into school at all.

I have a big problem with cis straight men. I’m sort of discriminatory against them and it’s going to take work for me to find a way to build a relationship with those people and trust that those people can be allies.

In the beginning, editorial always inspired my beauty looks, but we’re living in a primarily digital age, and Instagram is a great source – as is Pinterest – to find brilliant ideas that spark new ideas in me and the talented makeup artists I work with.

I love just being in the moment, and the most present I feel in my work is with theatre.

I’m a people pleaser, and I want to help everyone who DM’s me, so I make sure to promote organizations that fans can reach out to if they’re struggling.

It was exciting to play a gay person in high school who’s really proud of himself and isn’t dealing with the sort of typical story line – the coming-out story – but is already out and sort of an advocate in his own way.

But basically, at the end of the day, I want to do meaningful work that I’m proud of – whether only 3 people see it or 300,000,000.

I feel like, almost overnight, and this is weird to say about myself, I’ve become a queer advocate without even meaning to.

Instead of going to a GLAAD event and standing on a soapbox, I am writing roles that I feel will change the narrative and open doors.