Stealth: Transmasculine Podcast

Feb 23 2025 73 ep. 96

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Stealth is a podcast that captures the stories of transmasculine elders who transitioned before 2000. Transitioning, for the purposes of our podcast, includes all forms of social and medical transitioning.

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Shawn

Shawn Demmons is a queer African American trans man committed to social and racial justice. Shawn has 10+ years of experience providing community health education training, capacity building, and technical assistance to increase provider knowledge and awareness about trans people and the best practices to engage transgender communities in health care. Shawn has developed training c

Garrett

Garrett is a 43 year old tranman who began his transition in Florida in the late 90’s. He has lived all over the United States and has held all kinds of jobs in youth advocacy, health care and a few odd ones as well. Garrett has had many titles but the ones that have brought him the most joy in the current years have been friend, brother, and uncle to the vibrant and beautiful tr

Carter

Carter, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC), has played a pivotal role in advancing the rights and well-being of Black transgender individuals. As a transgender man who understands the challenges of marginalized communities firsthand, Carter established BTAC in 2011, making it the first national, Black trans-led non-profit org

Syrus

Dr. Syrus Marcus Ware is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Arts at McMaster University. A Vanier scholar, visual artist, activist, curator and educator, Ware uses drawing and painting, installation, and performance to explore social justice frameworks and Black activist culture. His work has been shown widely across Canada in solo and group shows, and his performance work

Max

Max is a 45-year-old queer man, dad and avid fossil hunter, who began transitioning in 1999. He has lived all over, but his longest stint thus far has been in Philadelphia, where he works as a nurse practitioner in an outpatient infectious diseases practice and specializes in caring for people living with HIV. He is passionate about too many things, some of which include harm reduc

Patrick

Patrick is a 50-ish year old, black, gay trans man. He started his medical transition in 2012 and started socially transitioning on a part-time basis around 2007 or 2008. He discovered language that allowed him to understand himself around 2005., but struggled to take the steps to begin the process for a while. Patrick is a funeral director. “So I guess you'd say that is my "exp

Jonathan

Jonathan, who grew up in London, England (as well as Saudi Arabia), transitioned when he was 16 years old in the late 2000s. As a teen, he was blessed with a supportive mum who was able to work with him to afford him gender affirming hormone treatment, and he has lived as male for most of his teens and all of his adulthood. Subject of Channel 4 documentary 'The Boy Who was Born A G

Lucas

Lucas Silveira, frontman of The Cliks, now a solo artist, made history as the first openly transgender man signed by a major label with Warner Music, Tommy Boy/Silver Label in 2006. He's graced global stages alongside Cyndi Lauper, The B-52’s, Debbie Harry, Tegan and Sara, The Cult, and The New York Dolls. As co-host of Vice's Shine True in 2021, he expanded into TV. http://www.t

Shawn Aaron

Shawn is a black queer trans man who uses his lived experiences to inform his intersectional approach to addressing systemic issues related to access to non biased healthcare and gender affirming surgery. Shawn is a dogged advocate, talented artist, a gifted storyteller whose style is warm and engaging. Shawn has nine years of experience as the executive director of Demboys Inc. De

Lenny

Lenny Zenith is a transgender singer/songwriter and has completed his first memoir. It was edited by Kelly Caldwell (Gotham Writers Group) and Lambda Literary Award winner, Donna Minkowitz (Furious Romance, Growing up Golem).He has fronted several bands in New Orleans and New York, and has opened for international touring acts U2, Iggy Pop, Gang of Four, Ellen Degeneres, and The Re