Why Ruby Rose is Glad She Didn’t Have Gender Reassignment Surgery

Orange is the New Black actress Ruby Rose has been open about the struggles she’s faced with her sexuality and gender growing up. But now she’s come to terms with her identity and is grateful she never went through with gender reassignment surgery.

Speaking with The Edit, the OITNB star explained,

“All I wanted was a boy’s name growing up – Charlie, Billie, Max, Frankie. You just know my mum wanted a girly girl princess!”

She added,

“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.”

Now she says she wants to be the role model she “wished was around when I was growing up.”

We’re so glad that Rose has come into her own because she’s awesome! And we wouldn’t want her any other way. ?

Rose is set to hit the big screen in Pitch Perfect 3.

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Lena Finkel
Lena Finkel is the Editor and Founder of Femestella and The Feminist Health Source. Prior to starting Femestella, she worked at People, InStyle, Tiger Beat, and Sesame Workshop (aka Sesame Street). She loves all things Real Housewives and The Challenge. When she's not busy binge-watching TV, you can find her taking an absurd amount of photos of her tuxedo cat Tom.