Lucas Silveira

Biography Silveira was born in Toronto, Canada in 1973.

Career Silveira started performing at the age of 18. He recorded two solo albums under his former name and before transitioning to male. Both were independently recorded and released. The first album is titled Perhaps and the second is titled Radio Friendly.

Silveira founded The Cliks in 2004 On TV Silveira appeared on MTV's Logo TV, After coming out, however, he shifted his focus to rock music.

Starting in September 2009 and ending in April 2016, Silveira began releasing popular cover songs on YouTube. Starting with Wham!'s song "Freedom" and also covered artists like Robyn, Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake. but his covers on YouTube “enabled listening practices that reimagine engagement with contemporary musical archives and the temporality of trans experience.”

Activism In 2011, he appeared with Ian Harvie and Selene Luna, in Buck Angel's documentary Sexing the Transman, investigating the sexuality of transgender men and the change in their sexual behavior after they transitioned.

Silveira has written and published articles around LGBT identity, specifically transgender identity. In May 2013, Silveira published an article with HuffPost Music Canada titled "I'm Trans, I Get Bullied, and I'm Fighting Back", where he wrote about the bullying that he endures as a transgender man and how he has fought back. In July 2015, Silveira published another article in HuffPost Living Canada titled "Why We Need to Talk About Caitlyn Jenner." He expresses support for Jenner and transgender individuals around the world, while arguing that Jenner's story is one of privilege that many do not have. He ends the article by congratulating Jenner as well as transgender man Aydian Dowling, but emphasizes trying "not to fall into the same pattern that others have before us and be mindful that there are so many amazing diverse people in our community who all need a voice to tell their stories."

In 2016, Silveira wrote two pieces for SamaritanMag. His October 2016 article titled "Filmmaker Captures Reactions of His Family and Friends in Coming Out Doc", Silveira interviews Alden Peter on his documentary Coming Out. In the article, Silveria asks Peter about his desire to come out, vulnerability, and hopes for future projects. In November 2016, Silveira published another article titled "Q&A: Film Director Adam Garnet Jones Explores Unique First Nations Theme." He interviews Adam Garnet Jones on his LGBT drama Fire Song, two-spirit identity, and homophobia within First Nations communities. Additionally, he has been interviewed by the CBC on Bill C-16 which introduced a Canadian law that added gender expression and gender identity as protected grounds to the Canadian Human Rights Act.

In April 2017, Silveira published a piece on SamaritanMag titled "Q&A: the Cliks' Lucas Silveira interviews Fellow Transgender Rock Singer Laura Jane Grace". In the article, he interviews Grace on her experience publicly coming out, transitioning, and Grace's book, Tranny: Confessions Of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sell Out, and band, Against Me!.