My state of being is just unique.

Gender doesn't exist in my book.

I love the body I have.

The face of beauty literally needs to change, which means the way we think of beauty needs to as well.

The reason people wear the things that they wear and accept the standards that they accept is because most athletes make a good portion of their money in advertising and doing campaigns afterwards.

What it means to look like a woman or man changes regionally - from mannerisms to clothes to posture to makeup to even your vocals - so I just observe, and I replicate.

The me that is me is not my body. It's an awareness and an experience.

I find when I'm perceived as male in society, there is an enormous amount of pressure, but it comes with respect, so it's a balance.

I look like what we have taught society a lesbian looks like. I just do. I have the short hair. I got the muscles.

Use she, he, it, one, they. You could call me mow mow, and I honestly don't care. A pronoun is just a sound. All I'm listening for in that sound is positivity.

You could ask a lot of people in my childhood, and they'd say I was very prudish about showing off skin.

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.

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

I will conquer Femmeness... And then, I will turn it on its head and redefine it for the world to see.

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.

I've been told I'd make a great parts model.

When I put on a dress, people have a lot of questions to ask, so I like putting on a dress just to get people to ask those questions and open up a dialogue.

We've established a world that's binary gendered, and I don't want to be disadvantaged at all. If being male is going to be more advantageous than being female, I'm all about it. I don't really think it's that important.

Victoria's Secret is a brand, not a socio-political movement. But at the same time, there is that one-dimensional look.

When I get dressed, I don't think about what other people think. I only think, 'Is this me? Is this my truth? Am I able to move through this world with confidence? Am I able to move through this world feeling that I am I?'

I want people to realize that they aren't their bodies. They are something more than their bodies.

I hope, by never hiding, I can show there is never anything to be ashamed of when we are being our true selves.

Gender is a shackle.

You have to be satiated with just being authentically yourself at the end of the day.

When a brand says, 'Our product is great, and we think it'll be great for anyone that loves it, too,' that's the ultimate marketing message.

To be existing at all is beautiful simply because of how complicated and unexplainable being alive really is.

I'm not gender-fluid. I'm not gender-nonconforming. I'm not gender-free.

My reputation was that I had bad BO, and I was poor, and I was ugly.

Fashion really does change the world. It changes how people feel about themselves. It changes what people are comfortable with sexuality-wise. It changes how people accept themselves.

I'm more comfortable modelling as a man because I don't get any criticism.

Victoria's Secret should highlight real women that actually purchase their clothing. I would love for them to start featuring more real bodies and diverse women. Victoria's Secret has the ability to tell people, 'It's okay,' when they wake up in the morning. They have the ability to change lives.

The gender thing doesn't exist; it's a social construct you don't have to fit into.

Illamasqua is a great brand with great people.

My goal is to eradicate poverty. I think we can't have equality until we eradicate poverty.

Fortunately, unlike my teachers and classmates, my parents never forced gender roles or even a ended identity on me. I grew up on a farm, so all that mattered was working hard.

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.

I used to feel guilty about having nice things, because there was so much good I could be doing with that money. I always tell people that, if you can afford what I'm wearing, then you can afford to make a difference. But fashion has taught me that it's not a bad thing to love yourself and take care of yourself.

My style really comes down to me trying to be efficient by wearing what's going to get me the most out of the world. Whether that means wearing an Armani suit or an H&M dress, that's what I'm going to wear.

I grew up having to do manual labor because people always told me that I was an ugly girl. I've never had the permission to be myself except for when I'm doing manual labor. Because in manual labor, it's about, 'Can you pick this up, can you move this here,' and I could.

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.

'Educate, don't hate.' That's my motto. The reason why there's so much pushback against diversity and against minority communities is because people are afraid to make mistakes and ask questions. They feel that they'll be chastised if they use the wrong label. It's too scary for them.

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

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.

I just see clothing as cloth, and I see it as art, and I see it as a way to express yourself artistically in this world.

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.

Being an androgynous model is one thing, but a lot of what we're up against is the way we stand for certain values, such as our sexualities, or if people with our look are common enough to be part of the consumer market.

I have what some people consider to be a 'hippie' mentality.

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.

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

I saw how much money people spent in the fashion industry, and I was like, 'Oh, man, if someone can spend this much on clothes, they certainly can spend five dollars a month on causes.'