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Nick Dumont: Coming out was 'one of the longest challenges' and 'most rewarding'
The Oppenheimer star is speaking out on their coming out process for the first time.
Nick Dumont, who starred in Oppenheimer as Jackie Oppenheimer and updated their name and pronouns on social media recently, has now commented on their coming out as nonbinary, revealing that it has been a long but rewarding journey.
"Coming out to myself as trans has been one of the longest challenges I've faced in life. It has also been the most rewarding by a mile," they say. "I lived in an authoritarian household for many decades where it wasn't safe to be myself at home. I knew at 13/14 I wasn't 'like other girls,' I knew I liked girls and I knew I didn't feel right in my body."
"Around 19, I was cast as an AFAB trans teenager in a TV pilot. I looked at myself in my trailer in basketball shorts, bandage wrapped around my chest and I thought, 'damn I look good!'" they continue. "A decade later, I found a safe community, figured out I was nonbinary. Now I'm out, have a life I could have only dreamed of as a kid, and I still get to play women at work."
"I'm trans. I love being trans. We're here. We've always been here," they say. "I'm grateful to be living in this time and place where I have safe spaces and support. Where I can go to the L.A. LGBT Center and get medical care without fear. That hasn't been the experience many have had. I truly owe a great deal of gratitude to the courageous queer people who have come before me."
"I didn't think I'd be out to everyone so soon but I made a promise to myself that if someone asked, I would share. Someone did ask and I shared…because I'm proud."
Last week, a representative for Dumont told TMZ that "they identify as a trans masculine non-binary person. Their work name is still going to be Emma Dumont, but they will go by Nick with friends and family."
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Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out, as well as a writer and content creator. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida. You can follow him on Instagram at @bernardosim.
Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out, as well as a writer and content creator. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida. You can follow him on Instagram at @bernardosim.
