In Full View Focusing on Trans Mascs in Media

Aiden Thomas is the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys and the first openly trans author to hit the fiction bestseller list with a trans main character. He built one of the most dedicated readerships in YA fantasy largely without a marketing budget by talking about his characters online for six months straight before the book ever came out. Avi and Yas get into how Aiden writes tra...

We'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 (T...

Two-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...

Avi 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...

Trying 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 als...

This 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 mov...

The 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...

Episode 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...

Musician 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...

We’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 t...

Brian 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...

Welcome 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 spa...

Get 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, hust...