Rosalynne "Rose" Montoya (born October 10, 1995), is an American transgender rights activist, model, and social media content creator. She[a] began modeling in 2018, and has since modeled for Fenty Beauty, Savage X Fenty, Fluide, Yandy.com, Adore Me, and TOMS Shoes. Montoya, who is a non-binary transgender woman, was featured in 18 LGBTQ+ Policy Makers and Advocates Changing the World by Out Magazine in 2021. In 2022, Montoya was born on October 10, 1995. She grew up in rural southern Idaho in a family with four siblings. She learned American Sign Language as a child due to her mother working as a sign language interpreter. Her father worked as a worship pastor at their church and her mother worked as a Christian missionary. Montoya realized she was attracted to men in Middle School and outed herself as gay in 2010 while in high school. She then began performing in drag shows which led to her coming out as a transgender woman in 2015.She started transitioning on June 23, 2015, and changed her legal name in September 2015. In 2016, she came out as bisexual and, in 2019, as a non-binary transgender woman using both feminine and non-binary gender pronouns. Montoya graduated in 2015 from Seattle University with a bachelor of arts degree in film studies at 19 years old.[12]minated for Favorite TikToker at the 10th annual Queerty Awards.
