Ruby Rose Considered Transitioning When She Was Younger; 'Glad' She Didn't
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | January 21, 2017
Out actress Ruby Rose expanded this week on previous comments about transitioning.
Rose, a 30-year-old Australian model and former MTV VJ, currently co-stars on Netflix's Orange is the New Black. In previous interviews, she has described herself as gender fluid.
In a The Edit cover story, Rose said that she was “glad” she did not transition.
“All I wanted was a boy's name growing up – Charlie, Billy, Max, Frankie,” Rose said. “You just know my mum wanted a girly-girl princess!”
“Everyone had Barbies; I had Ninja Turtles and Superman. … I was crazy about Archie comics. I played footie with the boys.”
“I'm a woman … I want to have babies one day, so I'm glad I didn't make changes earlier in my life,” she added.
In an earlier interview, Rose said that as a teen she was saving money to transition, then “grew out of it.”
She is currently in a relationship with singer Jess Origliasso of The Veronicas.