Rain Dove

Rain Dove
Born Rain Dove Dubilewski
(1989-09-27) September 27, 1989
Vermont, United States
Modeling information
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Hair color Brown[1]
Eye color Brown[1]
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Rain Dove Dubilewski (born September 27, 1989) is an American model, actor, and activist. Dove, who prefers non-gendered pronouns,[3] is best known for their work in subversive fashion, posing as male and female models in photoshoots, productions and runway shows. Dove has been voted as SheWired's Most Eligible Bachelorette in 2014[4] and named one of Elle Magazine's 12 Women Who Are Redefining Beauty in 2015.[5]

Early life and education

Born a female, Dove lived their early years believing they were ugly: they had a larger physique than other children in their class, which earned them the name, "Tranny Danny".[6] Dove began studying genetic engineering and civil law at University of California, Berkeley.[6] It was at this time that they began dressing as a man (they thought they already looked like one) and found that people treated them quite differently than when dressed as a woman. It was during this time that Dove entered the Colorado Firefighters, with a male pseudonym, and lived a year as such; they said in an interview, "The male firefighters asked me to rate the women with them. I realised very quickly that I didn't want to be the ugly woman in a room full of men so I went along with being a man for the next 11 months."[7]

Modeling career

Dove began a modeling career as a joke. They were challenged by a friend to present themselves as a man in a Calvin Klein casting for underwear. After doing so, and at the casting, they were handed the outfit for the test shoot, which was just a pair of underwear. They came in topless, to which the designer responded by giving Dove a men's shirt and saying "Swear to God, you will not tell anyone you're a woman!"[8] It was after this show and through contacts people began seeking Dove for modeling jobs; three months later they accepted their first modelling job and have since walked at New York fashion week on both men's and women's runways.[9]

Activism

During their final year in high school, Dove intentionally became homeless as a social experiment to "document how homelessness affected my academics".[10] It was after this event that Dove became more involved in activism and politics: they reported on being interested in working for the United Nations prior to a career in fashion: "I wanted to work for the U.N. (United Nations) ... I would have applied at the U.N. and would have probably been working in some third world country, or a country that has water rights issues. Gender would be the least of my worries."[11]

Dove supported the defunct movement that opposed North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, which stated individuals should use the restrooms that correspond with their gender assigned at birth.[10] Dove is dubbed as a "gender capitalist", which they explain as "Gender Capitalism is both Feminist and Masculinist. It's everythingist. It's the recognition that I, as an organism, am treated differently based on my perceived genitalia and the identity surrounding that relationship."[10]

Regarding the fashion industry and gender issues, Dove states that advertising agencies "aren't some evil illuminati trying to dupe the people into living heteronormative white lifestyles" and that they are simply "trying to make money in the safest way possible."[12] Such is the case with the Queer Fashion Week, of which Dove said, "When you have an event like this, you are telling the large conglomerates like Gap, Levi's, H & M etcetera that there is money to be made and there is a desire to represent the queer community in the commercial side of the fashion world. They don't have to be afraid to align themselves with the LGBTQ community."[11]

A new clothing line by the name Phluid Project caught Dove's attention and got support for being the first major non-binary clothing store in New York, and they participated in a panel as moderator.[13]

Personal life

Dove resides in New York City, sharing an apartment with fellow model Cory Wade. Dove has been in a relationship with actress Rose McGowan since July 2018.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rain Dove". Major New York. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rain". Profile. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Severeson, Kim (August 29, 2018). "Rain Dove Says Asia Argento Texts Were Sent to the Police". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ SheWired editors (March 13, 2014). "The 31 Most Eligible Out Women of 2014". Pride. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ Leal, Samantha (March 23, 2015). "11 Women Who Are Redefining Beauty". Marie Claire. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Karlan, Sarah. "13 Reasons Rain Dove Is The Androgynous Model Of Your Dreams". BuzzFeed. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  7. ↑ Sharkey, Lauren (June 26, 2017). "Meet Rain Dove: The firefighter turned model who embraces being genderless". Yahoo Style UK. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Young, Sarah (July 10, 2017). "Rain Dove is the genderless firefighter changing the face of the modelling industry". The Independent. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 Fortin, Candice (June 7, 2016). "Model and activist Rain Dove on HB2, Trans/Gender Rights, and The Future". Posture Magazine. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  11. 1 2 Sweetbriar, BeBe (April 3, 2015). "Rain Dove & Cory Wade: Breaking the Gender Binary in Fashion". It's Everything. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  12. ↑ Villarreal, Yezmin (October 19, 2015). "Model Rain Dove Is the Girl (or Boy, Whatever) Next Door". The Advocate. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  13. ↑ Cuby, Michael (April 11, 2018). "Fashion Meets Activism At The World's First Gender-Free Store". Them. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  14. ↑ Kelleher, Patrick (July 30, 2018). "Rose McGowan is dating non-binary model Rain Dove". PinkNews. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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