Ruby Rose: Difference between revisions

Rose has said that while growing up, she was convinced she was a boy, and she was saving up money to physically [[transition]] from female to male.<ref name="Jarvis"/><ref name="Borden">{{cite web |last1=Borden |first1=J.D. |title=10 Things You Want To Know About Ruby Rose, 'Orange is the New Black's New Heartbreaker |date=23 June 2015 |accessdate=13 July 2015 |work=Indiewire |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/06/10-things-you-want-to-know-about-ruby-rose-orange-is-the-new-blacks-new-heartbreaker-215042/}}</ref> She said, "It was in my mind as something I wanted to do and then I just... didn't. I guess I grew out of it. I even used to sleep on my front because I didn't want to get boobs ever, which I think worked actually."<ref name="Borden"/> She stated that modelling led her to discover [[androgyny]], and allowed her to model with different [[gender expression]]s. She recalled, "I remember being at a yum cha restaurant with my dad and the owner coming up and saying, 'Excuse me, we're trying to work out if you're a handsome boy or a beautiful girl.' It was a compliment and I was shocked, and when I thought about it I actually wanted to be a handsome boy."<ref name="Gillespie">{{cite web |last1=Gillespie |first1=Claire |title=5 Reasons Ruby Rose is killing it right now |date=25 July 2014 |accessdate=13 July 2015 |publisher=SheKnows.com|url=http://www.sheknows.com/beauty-and-style/articles/1072193/ruby-rose-on-breaking-free-from-gender-stereotypes}}</ref>

Rose has received some backlash because of being genderfluid and a lesbian:<ref name="Gomez" />