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Combining his education and professional skills, Ryan delivers an educational but humor filled performance.
Ryan is 30-years-old. Over the past four years he has worked as a free-lance public speaker where he shares his story, struggles, and observations about being trans. He also works at a non-profit organization as a health educator.
To get where he is today, he's completed a bachelor of arts in anthropology and english, a masters of art in english (creative writing), and a masters of art in educational psychology (human health behaviors) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Ryan began his transition in 2005 and over the years has explored various areas of his gender identity, at times leaning to the extreme side of the gender continuum, but now has settled into a place that he feels doesn't need to be defined.
He grew up in a small-town in central Nebraska where he spent most of his time playing outdoors, chasing cats and dogs, riding horses and swimming. Growing up, he considered himself an extreme tom boy, cutting his hair short, wearing jeans and t-shirts, coming home with bloody knees and dirty cheeks and not knowing how it happened. His fondest memories were hanging with friends during the summer, playing out in the woods and wading through the low running waters of the Platte River.
He's currently working on a book detailing his transition and living in the midwest.
Upcoming and Past Speaking Engagements:
2010
April 14 - University of Wisconsin - Parkside
2009
November 23-24 - Kansas State University - Salina
November 19 - State University of New York - Oswego
October 15 - FutureNet Conference, Des Moines, IA
September 5 - 7 - Gender Odyssey, Seattle, WA
July 24 - Larry King Live! Guest Panelist, LA, (2nd Appearance)
June 11 - 13 - Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference, Provider & Community Days
April 21 - Creighton University, NE
April 7 - Dana College - NE
2008
November 20 - Hastings College, NE
November 18 - Bowling Green State University - Ohio
July 15 - Deeper Well Conference - Indianapolis, Indiana
June 12 - 6th Annual HIV/AIDS & STD Conference - Kansas City, MO
February 22 - Keynote Speaker-Colorado Goldrush Conference - Denver Colorado
February 25 - Keynote Speaker for Eating Disorder Awareness Week at UNL - Lincoln, Nebraska
2007
FutureNET Family Planning Conference - Ames, Iowa
Gender Odyssey Conference - Seattle, Washington
Bowling Green State University - Bowling Green, Ohio
Forge-Foward Conference - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Creating Change Conference - Kansas City, Missouri
PPFA Audio-Conference, Co-presenter on Transgender Friendly Health Care
AROUND NEBRASKA
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lecture surrounding Gender Rebel
Southeast Community College, multiple lectures on Gender Identity
University of Nebraska-Omaha, Creating Transgender Friendly Spaces/Being an Ally
Kaplan University, Gender Identity and Transitioning
Doane College, Sexual Orientation, Culture/Politics/Theories
Bellevue University, Gender Identity and Transitioning
Creighton University Medical Students, LGBT Panel