Ryan Cassata

Folk rock, Musical Artist

1993 –

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Who is Ryan Cassata?

Ryan Otto Cassata is an American musician and public speaker, and transgender man. Cassata speaks at high schools and universities on the subject of Gender Identity Disorder, Transgenderism, bullying and his personal transition from female to male, including a double mastectomy surgery in January 2012. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA.

He has made appearances on the Larry King Live Show & The Tyra Banks Show to talk about being transgender.

When Cassata graduated from high school, he was awarded the Harvey Milk Memorial Award of 2011.

Ryan Cassata has performed at LGBT music festivals and has gone on tours across the United States of America. Cassata has performed at popular music venues such as Whisky a Go Go, The Saint, The Bitter End, SideWalk Cafe, and Bowery Poetry Club. Cassata won a date on Warped Tour 2013 through the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands online competition and performed on the Acoustic Basement Stage on June 21 of 2013.

Ryan Cassata composed the soundtrack for 2010 short film "Loop Planes" which screened at various film festivals including Tribeca Film Festival, South by Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and Hamptons International Film Festival. "Distraction" and "Sleeping Through" from Cassata's 2011 EP "Distraction" make up the soundtrack.

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Born
Dec 13, 1993
Stony Brook
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on July 23, 2013

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