Rain Dove
Rain Dove (born September 27, 1989) is an American model and actor. They use their naturally androgynous look to model for both men's and women's lines of clothing.
| Date of birth | September 27, 1989 |
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| Place of birth | Vermont, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Pronouns | Any[1] |
| Gender identity |
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| Occupation | model, actor |
Dove began a modeling career after being challenged by a friend to present themselves as a man in a Calvin Klein casting for underwear. At the casting, they were handed the outfit for the test shoot, which was just a pair of underwear. When Dove came in topless, the designer responded by giving them a men's shirt and saying "Swear to God, you will not tell anyone you're a woman!"[3] After the show, people began seeking Dove for modeling jobs; three months later they accepted their first modeling job and have since walked at New York fashion week on both men's and women's runways.[4]
Initially, Dove claimed in interviews and biographies to have studied genetic engineering and civil law at University of California, Berkeley. They also claimed to have worked as a Colorado Firefighter under a male pseudonym, and to have passed as a man during this time, for a period of eleven months.[5] However, in late 2019 Dove admitted in a video on NBC News that both of these claims (of having studied genetics and law, and of having been a firefighter) were false.[6] Dove stated in the video that they wanted, "to just put everything out on the table, everything that I have done or have said that may not be fair or right or may have hurt people".[6]
Dove has called themself "a 'zero gender'/'all gender' model"[7] and often tweets with the #genderqueer hashtag. Dove has no pronoun preference: "Use she, he, it, one, they ... I honestly don't care ... All I'm listening for in that sound is positivity."[8] They have stated "in all reality... I am nothing. Neither a man nor woman. I am a human. I just have specific anatomical capacities that I am satiated with and do not want to change."[9] "I don’t identify as 'male' or 'female' but rather as I am I."[10]. However, Dove does not identify as transgender.[11][12]
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- ↑ "When It Rains, It Roars: A Conversation With Label-Slaying Model Rain Dove". HealthyWay. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ↑ Phelps, Nicole (8 March 2018). "Drag Kings". Vogue. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ↑ Love, Bret (June 25, 2015). "Q&A: How Rain Dove Went From "Tranny Danny" to Transforming the Fashion Industry". Miami Herald. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ↑ Young, Sarah (July 10, 2017). "Rain Dove is the genderless firefighter changing the face of the modeling industry". The Independent. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ↑ Karlan, Sarah. "13 Reasons Rain Dove Is The Androgynous Model Of Your Dreams". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kacala, Alexander (17 December 2019). "Rain Dove admits to selling TMZ incriminating Asia Argento texts". NBC News. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ↑ Rain Dove [@raindovemodel] (September 19, 2019). "Same campaign. First time they have ever had a "zero gender"/"all gender" model. They let me edit the script and approve all wardrobe including a binder. It's was a collaboration not an exploitation. Finally! Which look so You prefer? #orangevsblue #lgbtq #genderqueer" – via Twitter.
- ↑ Cocozza, Paula (10 Sep 2018). "'Every step I take is a defiance': Rain Dove on modelling, Asia Argento and 'gender capitalism'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Dove, Rain (21 August 2015). "Letter to Mens Designers from Someone Without a Penis Who Looks Good in Their Clothes". raindovethemodel.blogspot.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑ Rain Dove [@raindovemodel] (October 3, 2019). "I don't identify as "male" or "female" but rather as I am I. However dating can be a very binary world. So I've spent the year conducting various studies about my experiences being perceived on dating apps as male vs female. Here's some of what I found. #IAmI #lgbtq #genderqueer" – via Twitter.
- ↑ Compton, Julie (18 August 2016). "Androgynous Model Rain Dove Walks the Gender Divide". NBC News. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
I am not transgender, but at the same time I get treated like I am. I have a lot of the fear, but the thing I have that backs me up is my ID. I have my breasts. I have my vagina. I can prove [my gender]. I can't identify one 100 percent with [the transgender community’s] struggle… But the violence [they face] really scares me
- ↑ Rain Dove [@raindovemodel] (28 February 2020). "Lol I'm not trans" – via Twitter.
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