Rose came out as a lesbian at the age of 12. As a teenager, she suffered from verbal taunts and physical abuse from her schoolmates due to her sexuality, which required hospitalisation when she was 16. In 2008 and 2009, she was chosen as one of the "25 Most Influential Gay and Lesbian Australians" by Same Same, an Australian online gay and lesbian community.
Rose is genderfluid, saying, "I am very gender fluid and feel more like I wake up every day sort of gender neutral." This announcement came approximately a week after she released a short film called Break Free, in which she visually transitions from a very feminine woman to a heavily tattooed man. Rose stated, however, that she prefers to continue using female pronouns.
With regard to childhood gender nonconformity, Rose told The Guardian and the Daily Mail that she wanted to be a boy while growing up and that she was saving up money to physically transition from female to male. She stated, "It was in my mind as something I wanted to do and then I just... didn't. I guess I grew out of it. I even used to sleep on my front because I didn't want to get boobs ever, which I think worked actually." She stated that modelling led her to discover androgyny, and allowed her to model with different gender expressions. She recalled, "I remember being at a Yum Cha restaurant with my dad and the owner coming up and saying, 'Excuse me, we're trying to work out if you're a handsome boy or a beautiful girl.' It was a compliment and I was shocked, and when I thought about it I actually wanted to be a handsome boy".
In 2008, Rose was reported to be in a relationship with Jessica Origliasso from The Veronicas, as the two had been seen behaving intimately. Rose stated in a live blog that they are simply "really good mates". She was in a relationship with Australia's Next Top Model contestant Lola Van Vorst and was also briefly engaged to model Lyndsey Anne McMillan. They had planned to marry but ended their relationship in late 2009.
In late 2009, after breaking up with Lyndsey Anne, Rose was seen kissing Australian supermodel Catherine McNeil during a pool party in Los Angeles. In 2010, she was reported to have become engaged to Catherine McNeil, but the couple called off the engagement on 2 July 2010. On 18 March 2014, she reported that she was engaged to Phoebe Dahl, granddaughter of author Roald Dahl and cousin of model Sophie Dahl.
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