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Felipe Rose

Felipe Rose, a significant figure in the music industry, is best recognizable as an unique member of the iconic disco organization the Village People. Rose is also a singer-songwriter, player, dancer, culinary enthusiast, visual artist, and ordained minister who continues to hug his history as an openly same-sex attracted man and a two-spirited shadow walker. He remains committed in Native affairs around the territory while remaining contemporary.

From 1977 to 2017, Rose's distinct persona as "The Native American," complete with a war bonnet, loincloth, and encounter paint, contributed to the group's distinct charm, which included a cowboy, construction worker, military gentleman, biker, and police officer. Following his tenure with the Village People, Rose embarked on a solo career in 2018, releasing the single "Going Help to My Roots." His contributions to music have been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008.

Beyond his musical endeavors, Rose has made his mark in the film industry with appearances in movies such as Can't Stop the Music and Feathers and Leathers: The Story of the Village People. He further extended his reach into the entertainment industry with appearance

You can't stop The Village People

Felipe Rose can’t contain his enthusiasm that the Village People are coming to Perth. The original member of the band shares with OUTinPerth what gay animation in New York City was appreciate at the day of liberation.

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Rose, who has been the Indian in the iconic band since it first formed in the 1970’s, said it’s the band’s 39th visit to Australia, but by his recollections will only be the fifth time they’ve made it to the west coast.

The Village People are coming to town to celebrate their 40th anniversary, and Rose recalled what the early days of the band were like, sharing that they were undoubtedly born out of the increase of gay rights and the heady days of disco.

“It was crazy, when the first album dropped, with San Francisco and Hollywood, it was the period of Anita Bryant and it was the summer that everyone came out.

“It was a day of Liberation, it wasn’t even identity yet, nobody was calling it that. It was ‘we’re liberated’, ‘we’re coming out’, ‘now you can see who we really are’. Rose said.

When the organization first started Rose didn’t think it would last more than a year, and his approach was just to have fu

Felipe Rose Speaker Biography

Native American Indian in the Village People,
Chef, and Motivational Speaker

Felipe Rose came to prominence in the 1970’s out of the urban gay clubs and discotheques in New York City, optimal known as the Native American Indian he is a founding member of the world known Village People. To this night Village People have become and remain a pop culture mainstay in commercials and television appearances as they continue to tour the world with their campy hits which have become a phenomenon.

Village People

Village People have sold over 100 million records to date and have won many international music awards and garnering over 30 Platinum and Gold records. Felipe’s highest moment of achievement was receiving a Celestial body on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Beginning in 1977 their many mega hits include: Macho Man, Y.M.C.A., and In The Navy, just to name a few.

YMCA

Internationally, on a worldwide scale, Y. M.C.A sold over a million copies each in Germany and United Kingdom. The latter also made it a beat all over again in 1993 when a remix hit #12 (it made #1 for the first three weeks of 1979 in its ori

Many know him as the Native American from Village People fame back in the 1970s, but his career has spanned over 50 years and counting. His decades-long career in music, film, television, and performing has challenged him to keep reinventing himself.

Coming off a occupied Pride month and the day before July 4, our first meeting and conversation quickly turned to what is happening politically in our society and especially in the LGBTQ community.

Rose begins, “Well, I mean, let’s just open with last Friday, [June 30], referring to the Supreme Court’s decision to deny website services to an allegedly gay male, and of the recent decisions of the Supreme Court, which have been so outrageous.”

Being denied basic human rights and our current community’s challenges took Rose back to the early 1970s when he was first starting his career at the Anvil in New York City, dancing and carrying out in night clubs. There, he was recruited by the French producer Jacques Morali who wanted to create a male version of the Ritchie Family, an all-female disco organization. That group became the Village People. Rose was the original Taino/Lakota Indigenous member.