Ryan Sallans
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Ryan Kim-Scout Sallans is an American LGBT
rights advocate and out transman. Ryan began his transition from female-to-male in 2005. He travels the nation speaking to professionals, college audiences, and youth about what life is like being transgender
and how health care is changing.
In addition to his career as a public speaker, Ryan has been featured in magazines around the world. He shares his story about his struggle with an eating disorder and how he came to terms with his gender identity. He has been featured in Closer Magazine, the Salina Journal , The Reader, and NewsNetNebraska.
Ryan has also been a guest on Larry King Live
! in 2007 and 2009 and talked about his gender transition and his status as an out transman.
with nipple grafts performed the beginning of May 2005 before beginning hormone therapy
in June. During this time he was featured in the LOGO
documentary, Gender Rebel, which captured him at the beginning of his transition. In July 2005, a Nebraska Court granted his request for a name change and he legally completed his transition in October 2005, when he had his gender officially changed on all of his legal documents including his birth certificate. Ryan also underwent bottom surgery in the form of a hysterectomy
in 2006 and a metoidioplasty
in 2008.
and wellness. He first began including transgender
issues in his presentations in 2007, shortly before completing his gender transition. Since then he traveled the nation sharing his transition story with universities and communities, as well as helping professionals establish better comprehensive care and understandings surrounding LGBTQA issues. He offers a wide range of issue-based presentations that an be broken down into "University" and "Professional" presentations.
University Training Topics
Professional Training Topics
In addition to his community presentations, Ryan also works as a consultant for various businesses, organizations, and schools helping to improve the workplace environment for transgender employees, students, clients, or customers. Some areas he has worked on with organizations before include:
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
rights advocate and out transman. Ryan began his transition from female-to-male in 2005. He travels the nation speaking to professionals, college audiences, and youth about what life is like being transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
and how health care is changing.
In addition to his career as a public speaker, Ryan has been featured in magazines around the world. He shares his story about his struggle with an eating disorder and how he came to terms with his gender identity. He has been featured in Closer Magazine, the Salina Journal , The Reader, and NewsNetNebraska.
Ryan has also been a guest on Larry King Live
Larry King Live
Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....
! in 2007 and 2009 and talked about his gender transition and his status as an out transman.
Gender transition
In 2005, Sallans began undergoing a physical and social gender transition from female to male. He had a bilateral mastectomyMastectomy
Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to treat breast cancer; in some cases, women and some men believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation prophylactically, that is, to prevent cancer...
with nipple grafts performed the beginning of May 2005 before beginning hormone therapy
Hormone therapy
Hormone therapy, or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also referred to as hormonal therapy...
in June. During this time he was featured in the LOGO
Logo (TV channel)
Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...
documentary, Gender Rebel, which captured him at the beginning of his transition. In July 2005, a Nebraska Court granted his request for a name change and he legally completed his transition in October 2005, when he had his gender officially changed on all of his legal documents including his birth certificate. Ryan also underwent bottom surgery in the form of a hysterectomy
Hysterectomy
A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, usually performed by a gynecologist. Hysterectomy may be total or partial...
in 2006 and a metoidioplasty
Metoidioplasty
Metoidioplasty, sometimes referred to as a meto or meta or spelled "metaoidioplasty", is an alternative to phalloplasty for trans men...
in 2008.
Public Speaking
Since 1999, Ryan has worked as a trainer and speaker on issues surrounding eating disorders, body imageBody image
Body image refers to a person's perception of the aesthetics and sexual attractiveness of their own body. The phrase body image was first coined by the Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst Paul Schilder in his masterpiece The Image and Appearance of the Human Body...
and wellness. He first began including transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
issues in his presentations in 2007, shortly before completing his gender transition. Since then he traveled the nation sharing his transition story with universities and communities, as well as helping professionals establish better comprehensive care and understandings surrounding LGBTQA issues. He offers a wide range of issue-based presentations that an be broken down into "University" and "Professional" presentations.
University Training Topics
- Eating Disorders & Dieting
- Body Image
- Gender Roles
- Transgender History
- Female-to-Male Transgender Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Social Justice
- LGBT Youth
- Bullying
Professional Training Topics
- Gender Identity/Expression
- Workplace Transitions
- Hormone Therapy
- Social/Legal Implications Affecting the Transgender Community
- LGB Health Care
- Working with Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues
In addition to his community presentations, Ryan also works as a consultant for various businesses, organizations, and schools helping to improve the workplace environment for transgender employees, students, clients, or customers. Some areas he has worked on with organizations before include:
- Workplace Transitions
- University Support – Administration Documents and Forms, Dorms/Restrooms, ID Cards, Rosters, Sensitivity Trainings
- Administrative/HR Support
- Facility Improvements
- Guide and Manual Development
- Transgender Health Care Services