She was born to a housewife and a football coach. Her father initially had difficulty in accepting her transgenderism, but eventually became accepting. Her mother was always supporting of her daughter"s transgenderism.
Her father is still alive, but her mother died from cancer.
She is known for being a transport woman, and finds that performing in the entertainment world gives validation to her transgender life. At some point in her early life, she came to accept she would be more comfortable as a woman. Like many Transport individuals, Cass" transition was gradual, beginning with presenting as a woman through clothing, hair, and make-up.
After educating herself about the process and with the advice of medical professionals, she later made the decision to undergo hormone therapy and plastic surgery.
After moving to San Francisco, she has undergone sexual reassignment surgery. Cassandra, is a name she chose from several sources.
Her mother"s name was Sandra, and her drag mother"s name (when she was in drag performance) was Dena Cass. So she just combined all three to get Cassandra Cass.
As an actress, Cass is known for Trantasia (2006), Wild Things (2010), and What"s the T? (2012).
Trantasia is a documentary that chronicles contestants as they take part in the first ever "World"s Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant." The documentary was featured on Tyra Banks"s show, dedicating a whole show to talking about lieutenant Wild Things was an eight-episode reality television series which featured three transgender women on a road-trip to earn money for a relative of one of the three women who was seriously illinois The reality show starred Cassandra Cass, Maria Roman, and Tiara Russell, three original characters from Trantasia.
The documentary What"s the T? followed the lives of five transport women.
Cass has also been on television shows and in other movies. She is also an established performer in San Francisco who does drag and lip-sync shows.
And she has had a calendar put out over the last several years.
