ABOUT
Early & Personal Life
Rosalynne Jamie Delfina Montoya, better known as Rose grew up in a small farm town in Idaho. She was raised with 4 siblings. Her mom is a sign language interpreter, so the family grew up learning American Sign Language. Rose’s dad was a worship pastor. Being raised in the church, Rose began performing on stage from a very young age. At 4 years old Rose voiced on camera that she is a girl and her name is Queen Rose. She was only playing make-believe, but this memory would stick with her forever. Rose continued to perform in band, theatre, and choir all throughout her schooling. In 10th grade, Rose came out as being attracted to men to her friends and was outed to her family. This was challenging, but in time, Rose gained support. In college Rose started performing in drag which led her to come out as trans in 2015. She also started gender affirming hormone therapy and legally changed her name to Rosalynne Montoya the same year. After accepting the femininity in herself, it allowed her to be attracted to it in others. She came out as bi in 2016. After unpacking what gender means to them, Rose came out as nonbinary in 2019. Note: Rose uses she/her/hers and they/them/their/theirs pronouns.
University & Film
Rose attended Seattle University and graduated June 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film Studies with honors at 19 years old. In University, Rose directed The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer, wrote screenplays, acted in student films, and produced an unreleased short film she wrote, directed, and starred in.
Rose has since been on film sets with TomboyX, Yandy, Folx Health, LA Network’s The Q Agenda S8E11, GLAAD Media Awards nominated Drag Latina S2E6 from Revry TV, and was an extra in Agent of Change alongside Emmy-nominated actor Rain Valdez, and Michael D. Cohen, directed by Jett Garrison and created by Shaan Dasani which had it’s international debut at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28.
Social Media
Rose first went viral while in college in 2014. She posted a YouTube video: Coming Out to the Church, which was quickly picked up by GLAAD, The Advocate, Queerty, The Huffington Post, and more. Since then Rose has continued to share her story on social media and has amassed over 900K followers across her platforms. Rose has made sponsored posts with FX Networks, New York City Pride, Planned Parenthood, Fenty Beauty, Parade, Fluide Beauty, and more. Her TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Stereo App accounts are verified. In 2022, Rose was nominated for Favorite TikToker at the 10th annual Queerty Awards. In 2024, Rose was nominated for Favorite Influencer at The Los Angeles Blade’s 7th annual Best of LGBTQ+ LA.
Modeling
Rose started her modeling career in 2018—while living in Seattle—after being discovered by TomboyX, a gender-free undergarment company owned by a lesbian couple. She has since been in campaigns and worked with Savage X Fenty, Yandy, Adore Me, TOMS, oVertone, and FOLX Health.. Rose was one of the faces of FOLX Health's PreP launch during Pride Month 2021 featured on a billboard in New York City. Most recently, she featured on the cover of GO Magazine. In 2021 Rose became friends with multiple member of the Ballroom House of Gorgeous Gucci. She has since joined the house where she walks and regularly wins grand prize for Fem Queen Realness and Fem Queen Face.
Public Speaking
Rose offers a unique intersectional lens across trans, queer, latine inclusion in workspaces, healthcare, education, and more. She has led many safe, open discussions on intersectional identity, equity, diversity, self-love, transitioning, leaning into gender euphoria, being an ally, relationships, polyamory, boundaries, and being a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault. Rose’s speaking experience includes the largest gathering of transgender people: the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, LA TV Network’s The Q Agenda, Estee Lauder Companies, Seattle Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC), The University of Pittsburgh, Yale University, Stanford University, The National Press Club in Washington DC, and many more. Rose was one of 18 advocates featured in OUT Magazine’s Out100 2021, the magazine’s greatest and most well-known tradition: a prestigious compilation of the year’s most impactful and influential LGBTQ+ people.
Advocacy
Rose is currently a board member of Aadya Rising, a nonprofit working to fill in the gaps to help the transgender community. As a board member, Rose helps plan events, perform at fundraisers, speaks on educational panels, coordinates with donors/ sponsors/ influencers, and creates promotional and educational content for the nonprofit's social media pages.
Rose also runs a Trans 101 Resource Site for trans people and allies wanting to learn more about the trans community, transitioning, coming out, hormones, surgery, and all thing trans 101.
Volunteering
Rose also enjoys volunteering her time to advocate for her community. She organized a team of MAC makeup artists to table at Trans Pride Seattle 2018 and 2019, where they painted faces and spread joy with makeup. Throughout the years Rose has volunteered their time at Seattle Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC), a non-profit working to fight homelessness, LifeLong, a non-profit working to support those affected by HIV/AIDS, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) HIV Services, and more. They also walked in the Seattle Pride Parade with MAC and the NAACP as well as in the Women’s Marches, BLM Marches, Trans Rights Marches, and other protests for civil rights.
Available for public appearances, modeling, acting, content creating, promoting, keynotes, panels, master classes, and consulting, Rose has worked with people from all ages, races, walks of life, and those within and outside of the LGBTQPIA+ community.
