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In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media11 – Tomboy Watch Party! Tender, timeless, and trans mascWe're watching Tomboy (2011), Céline Sciamma's tender French film about a gender non-conforming 10-year-old who introduces himself as Mickäel to kids in his new apartment building. This slice-of-life story captures the specific innocence, freedom, and fear of childhood gender exploration in ways that felt shockingly familiar to both of us.
We get personal about the boy names we secretly went by (Tom and Michael, very white of us), the moments of stolen boyhood we both experienced, and why we spent the entire film bracing for trauma that never came. Tomboy refuses to build toward violence, instead tr...
2026-02-192h 10In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media10 – Charlie Hano: Casting, community, and career-buildingTwo-time Artios Award-winning casting director Charlie Hano joins In Full View to talk about casting as a craft, how trans masculine actors can advocate for themselves in auditions, and what it takes to build a casting career when you can't study it in school.
Charlie breaks down what casting directors look for in auditions, why auditions should feel like parties instead of interrogations, and how actors can reach out to casting professionals without crossing boundaries. He also opens up about the gap in trans masculine representation in theater and film, why people don't know what trans men...
2026-02-051h 09In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media9 — Pathways, progress, and possibilityAvi and Yas dig into what trans masculine representation actually needs to create lasting change in entertainment. They explore the difference between visibility and impact, why quantity matters as much as quality, and how representation teaches audiences how to react to trans people in real life.
The hosts revisit early trans masc representation like Max from The L Word and discuss how it shaped perceptions of trans men as abandoning the queer community. They break down the trans tax, the economic barriers trans masc artists face, and the challenges that come when support programs designed for gender...
2026-01-221h 27In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media8 – AJ Mattioli: Production, platforms, and profitTrying to get your indie film made, but don't know where to start? Producer AJ Mattioli has been funding, producing, and distributing queer films for over a decade, and he's here to walk you through what it actually takes to bring a project to life.
AJ is a veteran indie producer who's worked across the full spectrum of queer filmmaking, handling development, financing, and post-production. He also runs a queer distribution company, getting films onto platforms like TLA, Dekkoo, and Here TV. In this episode, he breaks down the realities of indie film production, how to navigate...
2026-01-081h 27In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media7 – Holiday Special 2025! Transanta, tropes, and tinselThis three-part holiday special brings warmth, tears, and some trans holiday movies! Avi and Yas start with artist and activist Mars from Transanta to talk about mutual aid, community care, and punking the holiday season. Plus, they read some letters trans youth sent in. (Prepare the tissues!) Learn more at www.transsanta.com.
Finally, the hosts take on the holiday movie industry. The holiday movie industry makes hundreds of millions of dollars. But the trans masculine representation is seriously lacking, which means the paycheck is, too. Avi and Yas talk about the few trans movies that exist...
2025-12-181h 31In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media6 – Maze Felix: Embodiment, euphoria, and emotional truthThe ultimate multi-hyphante, Maze Felix, joins In Full View to talk about trans masculine visibility, creative embodiment, and finding euphoria through movement. A non-binary, transmasculine, Chinese adoptee advocate, Maze gets into how to craft your character without losing your intersectional identities, building your mental health toolkit, and leading your entertainment with joy.
They open up about getting cast as teenage boys in their 30s, being misgendered on set, and how art and advocacy work together.
This episode is for the trans artists, the dancers, the dreamers, and anyone learning to move through the world in fu...
2025-12-041h 21In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media5 – Trans joy: the beauty, the burden, and the backlashEpisode 5 of In Full View explores how the push for trans joy impacts storytelling in entertainment, especially for transmasculine stories that are already underrepresented.
With trans masc stories so scarce, joy becomes a loaded expectation. We talk about the pressure to be “positive,” the absence of messy or morally gray roles, and how art risks being flattened for the sake of joy.
This episode asks if there’s room for joy that looks different and sometimes contradictory, and how we make space for trans joy without shutting out dramas, horror, and darker experiences.
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2025-11-201h 09In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media4 – Ryan Cassata: Pressure, pushback, and punking perfectionismMusician and activist Ryan Cassata joins In Full View to talk about making music as a trans masculine artist in the music industry.
Ryan shares what it’s been like to grow up in public as a young trans artist: from turning down American Idol to becoming the first openly trans performer on Warped Tour. He talks openly about not taking testosterone, how that affects his career, and the mental health impact of navigating visibility.
This episode speaks to queer creatives, independent musicians, and anyone who’s ever been told their story shouldn’t be told...
2025-11-0656 minIn Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media3 – Watch Party! Wendell & Wild’s Raúl CocolotlWe’re celebrating spoOOoooOoky season with a Wendell & Wild watch party! From Coraline director Henry Selick and producer Jordan Peele, Wendell & Wild features Raúl, the first trans masc character (or any trans character!) in a feature-length stop motion film.
We dig into how Raúl holds space on screen, what it means to see fully developed trans masculine characters, and why Selick chose to add a trans boy to his world.
This episode explores Raúl’s intersectional Indigenous identity, the power of uniquely trans masc stories, and how the film navigates difficult moments like de...
2025-10-2359 minIn Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media2 – Brian Michael Smith: Acting, advocacy, and authenticityBrian Michael Smith joins In Full View to talk about trans masculine representation, creative resilience, and building the career you want. As the first openly Black trans man in a series regular role on network television, thanks to his role of Paul Strickland on 9-1-1: Lone Star, Brian shares his experiences in entertainment — the challenges, the wins, and the daily work of believing in yourself in an industry that doesn’t make space for trans masc creatives.
This episode speaks to anyone redefining success on their own terms. It’s rooted in queer joy, unapologetic truth, and the...
2025-10-091h 02In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media1 – And so it begins…Welcome to In Full ViewWelcome to the very first episode of In Full View! Get to know your hosts, Yas Modares Ghasiri and Avi Roque—two transmasculine creatives with a lot to say about representation, storytelling, and surviving the entertainment industry with joy intact. In this debut, we talk about why we launched a podcast centering trans masc voices, what visibility really means to us, and how we’re building the space we wish we had.
Whether you're trans masc, a trans man, a non-binary creative, or a queer media lover looking for stories that actually resonate, you’re in the right...
2025-09-2549 minIn Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in MediaIn Full View Sneak PeakGet your first taste of In Full View, the podcast putting transmasculine creatives front and center in entertainment. Hosts Avi Roque and Yas Modares Ghasiri set the stage with a quick hit of what’s coming—unfiltered interviews, sharp takes on queer media, and real talk about visibility in the entertainment industry. This isn't just another queer podcast. It’s a celebration of trans masc joy, hustle, and visibility. We’re not background characters anymore. We’re in full view.
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