The Story Behind the Name: Sunday Rose Gold

Little do many people know, I’ve always enjoyed being nude/taking my clothes off. As a young child I would run around the house unclothed and free. In my skin is where I felt the most comfortable, in my skin was where I felt at home. 

As a dancer, I’m used to being nude, seeing naked bodies, and embracing sensuality. My friends and I would be in the dressing room before ballet, playing music from MP3 players, and dancing naked in my teenage years. Naturally, I became curious about exotic dance/stripping, but I was convinced that I wouldn’t be able to dance at a mainstream club because I was a black FAT femme. 

In 2018, I started training with a professional plus-sized dance company and needed a way to earn money to pay for my training. A friend introduced me to a plus-sized (BBW) stripper and promoter who invited me to dance at her parties. She told me I would need a stripper’s name. I thought about it for a week, and at my first gig, she asked me what I wanted to be introduced as, and I said Rose Gold. 

Here’s why: Roses have the highest vibration of any flower, and Gold is one of the earth’s most valuable metals. At this point in my life, I was actively working to increase my vibration and self-esteem, which had been destroyed after enduring years of emotional and sexual abuse. Plus, who can resist a rose?

At that gig, I probably made around $120, about 20% of my tuition for training. With a few more gigs like this, I could pay for my tuition and get closer to my dream of dancing around the world in a company. I proudly paid my tuition in singles, absolutely elated that I had been able to make money using the body/talent that the world tried to steal from me. From then on, a certain kind of freedom, confidence, and excitement was infused in my step. 

Dancing at these events came with downsides. Sometimes, men would demand services from me that I wouldn’t provide, call me all kinds of names, and violate my boundaries. My love for my body, the femme form, and the confidence I gained outweighed the cons. After I made enough to pay for my tuition, I stopped stripping to escape the mistreatment from customers and became convinced by peers in the dance industry that being a known stripper wouldn’t “look good” for my career, BUT ALSO, let’s look at Cardi B.

At the end of 2019, I realized it’s possible to strip, be respected, and be the SUBJECT, not the object. The bottom line is that just because someone has fewer clothes on doesn’t mean that they deserve less respect. 

So when people ask me why my name is Sunday Rose Gold, I say it is because I always choose peace, aim for my highest vibration, and am precious.