We learn in Transforming Manhood that Ryan K. Sallans comes to us not as a trailblazer but a trail maintainer. And that he does – honoring the generations of transgender people that came before him, inviting us to carry on the legacy of fighting for the rights of every person to live with pride and confidence in their true gender, with full support from those around them and compassion for those not yet there. With openness, empathy, brilliant insight, and a wide-angle lens, Sallans shares his personal journey from little girl to lesbian to trans man to human being. No other writer has come close to giving us a window into that evolutionary process, including the beginning of ageing–never a walk in the park but always bursting with new discoveries. A must read for anyone who wants to know, both inside and outside, what transgender looks like from transition to transformation to integration of all that we are that makes us mindful human beings.
—Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D.
Author of The Gender Creative Child and Gender Born, Gender Made
Director of Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Gender Center,
University of California San Francisco