Ryan Cassata

Ryan Otto Cassata (born December 13, 1993) 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, California. He has made appearances on the Larry King Live Show & The Tyra Banks Show to talk about being transgender. He has performed at LGBT music festivals and has gone on tours across the United States of America.

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.

Cassata is the main subject of full feature documentary "Songs for Alexis." Songs for Alexis had its world premiere at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival to a sold out crowd on April 30, 2014.

Songs for Alexis had its United States premiere at Frameline Film Festival on June 28, 2014. Indiewire listed Songs for Alexis on its "10 Films You must Watch at Frameline 2014" article.