2011 - Harvey Milk Memorial Award
2013 - Ernie Ball Battle of The Bands winner, featured on Warped Tour 2013, First Openly Trans Person to Perform at Warped Tour
2015 - Ernie Ball Battle of The Bands winner, featured on Warped Tour 2015
2015 - KPQR, 99.1 FM Music Community Member of the Year Award
2016 - Best Breakout Performance for "Beemus, It'll End In Tears" at Victoria TX Independent Film Festival
2019 - Best Music Short for "Daughter" at New Renaissance Film Festival, Amsterdam 2019
2019 - The ASCAP Foundation "Sunlight of the Spirit" Award - for his song “Jupiter“
2019 - Certificate of Congressional Recognition, California's 36th congressional district*
2019 - Proclamation, City of Palm Springs, CA - Recognized for Transgender Activism*
2019 - Proclamation, City of Rancho Mirage, CA - Recognized for Transgender Activism*
2019 - Proclamation, Cathedral City, CA - Recognized for Transgender Activism*
2019 - Proclamation, City of Palm Desert, CA - Recognized for Transgender Activism*
2019 - Proclamation, City of La Quinta - Recognized for Transgender Activism*
2019 - International Songwriting Competition Finalist, for his song “Daughter“
2019 - International Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention (Only 1% of all entries made it to Honorable Mention), for his song “Daughter“
2020 - Global Music Awards Silver Medal Winner, for his song “Daughter“
2020 - Americana Highways: Readers’ Favorite Top Ten Albums of March 2020 for “The Witches Made Me Do It“
2020 - “Best Music Video“ Award Winner for The Film Contest, February 2020, for his song “Daughter“
2020 - Unsigned Only Semi-Finalist for his song Catcher in the Rye
2020 - “Best Music Video” Award Winner for the East Village LGBTQ Film Festival for his song “Catcher in the Rye“
2020 - Global Independent Film Awards - Gold Medal Winner - Best LGBTQ Director for “Daughter”
2020 - Global Independent Film Awards - Silver Medal Winner - Best Original Song “Daughter”
2020 - Global Independent Film Awards - Bronze Medal Winner - Best LGBTQ Film for “Daughter”
2020 - Global Independent Film Awards - Bronze Medal Winner - Best Music Video for “Daughter”
2022 - Best Music Video Award for “We March“ at Louisiana Rainbow: LGBT+ Film Festival
2022 - ASCAP Harold Adamson Workshop Selectee
2022 - ASCAP Panelist for Roundtable on Identity in Music
2022 - Best Soundtrack Award for “You & Me Babe“ in Two Eyes at FilmOut San Diego Film Festival
2023 - Glover Songwriting Award Winner for Hold On, You Belong (People Like Us)
2023 - Master of Arts in Social Transformation from Pacific School of Religion (3.95 GPA)
2023 - Marcella Althaus-Reid Award Winner, Pacific School of Religion
2023 - Judge for ASCAP Foundation Songwriting Contest
2023 - GRAMMY Museum Music Industry 101 Sessions - Course Graduate
2023 - Taped Conversation with Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, and visit to The White House
2024 - Invitation to the White House for White House Pride 2024
* - “Ryan Cassata is recognized for his hard work and dedication to end discrimination, violence against transgender, intersex, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people in America“ on Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20th, 2019.
