Quotes from Rain Dove

I'm a proud woman. I'm a proud man. I'm a proud whatever people think I am.

I think the fashion industry is limitless. Not everyone sees me as being part of their vision. But the people that have seen me, some of them have seen things in me that I hadn't even seen in myself.

During my career path, I've experienced first-hand what people deem as beautiful. It's not me. It's not most people. It's limited and small.

Modeling is also the first job I've ever had where it's my job to love myself. While many people think that modeling would chip away at your self-esteem, it's actually bolstered mine tenfold.

I went out to California; I was pursuing my degree in genetic engineering and civil law at U.C. Berkeley, and I had to pay my way through school. I eventually got a scholarship, which was great, but in the beginning, it was very hard.

I see the wielding of a pronoun as something that can be freeing for some members of society but a shackle to others like myself.

My body is sometimes this thing I look at and think, 'What strange, alien thing grew around my consciousness?' It's like this weird fungus that's just there.

I ended up in Colorado working in wilderness fire prevention. My job was to run around with a chainsaw and cut down trees during a blaze. It was really fun. When I first got out there, that's when I realized how passable of a male I could be.

The first thing you put on in the morning is your lingerie, and you have to look at yourself and tell yourself that you're beautiful, and that's really hard to do when even a simple catalog can't confirm that you're wearing something appropriately or look good enough.

It bothered me that women were taught they can't be beautiful just being themselves - it filled me with rage.

My name is Rain Dove, and my pronouns are just a sound. You can use whatever you want.

Gender is a shackle.

When I'm a gender capitalist in the fashion world, I basically can go to any casting that I want to as long as somebody likes my face.

Gender doesn't exist in my book.

The way woman is defined by marketable modeling and commercial standards... It makes me feel alien to myself.

I'm constantly told in the industry that I don't look like a woman, so therefore, I can't be put in editorials and campaigns because people wouldn't get it.

Justice can rarely exist without honesty.

I get a lot from people who are in oppressed situations and say they were gonna give up. A lot of people have reached out and said they were in bad situations and really need me to be successful.

I had lice in third grade, and my mom shaved all my hair off.

Illamasqua is a great brand with great people.

The great thing about fashion is that you can create a very unique version of yourself to display to the world.

No mater what I wear - whether my choice or not- I guarantee I will be me.

There's something so empowering about knowing I can pick up an axe and split a piece of wood.

My sex appeal lies in suits and ties, but my body is femme.