Jude
Jude Patton LMFT, LMHC, PA is a member of WPATH, USPATH and CPATH. He served on the Board of Directors for WPATH (then HIGBIGDA) from 1979 through 1985, and again from 1999 through 2001. He was Vice President of the Southern CA Section of AASECT from 1986 to 1988. He was Treasurer of FTM International in San Francisco from 1997 to 2000.
Rej
Rej is a 1.5-generation Korean American, born in Seoul (S. Korea), grew up in Portland (OR) until he moved to NYC as an adult. In 2006, Rej founded Portland’s first ever peer led support group (TranzGuyz) for AFAB people of trans and/or nonbinary experience. He was one of the founding organizers of KQTCON 2013, the first global conference for LGBTQ people of Korean descent in NYC.
Kai
Kai (he/him/his) is a queer transman who began transition in 1995. Kai is one of the Stealth: Transmasculine Podcast hosts who shares his experience of coming out as trans in the mid-90’s, and finding a community of brothers. Kai talks about the unanticipated issues related to disclosure that come up in both his professional and personal lives.
Marty
Marty first identified as a trans man in 1993, but waited seven years to take his first shot of testosterone. He identifies as a father first and foremost and began his transition after the birth of his first child. He is now the father of four wonderful sons. He is a teacher and a storyteller.
Billy
Billy Lane identifies as a gay leatherman, sometimes adding ‘with a trans history”. Always a boyish/masculine person, he began his “formal" journey to manhood in 1992 and never looked back. While he lives what he calls a life of “low disclosure”, he honors and appreciates those who choose a different path.
Sean
Sean is a licensed clinical social worker who has been working with the elderly, youth and families in Northern Virginia for over a decade. Prior to his social work career, Sean spent 17 years in the television industry and worked at C-SPAN, Fox News, Aljazeera English and the Discovery Channel. He began testosterone treatment in 2002 and underwent several gender related surgeries before changing careers. Sean believes the career change was more stressful than switching genders.
Promo: About the STP
Jackal and Kai talk about the Stealth Transmasculine Podcast. #transmasculine #ftm #transman #lgbtq+
Trailer: Stealth Podcast
Stealth is a podcast that captures the stories of transmasculine elders who transitioned before 2000.