I first want to say that I'm honored to be a part of the Campus Pride blog. After discussing with Shane ways I can contribute to this site I expressed my desire to look at transgender issues on University campuses and hopefully develop a dialogue with you, the reader on this topic.

Before I could blog though, I had to think of a name...what to name this, what to name this...to which I decided on Trans Academy. (Unless reader's hate this title to which I will name it, "I love cats," and post random pictures of cats I think are cute).

So why the name Trans Academy and what will encourage you to read my posts?

I chose Trans Academy because although it sounds structured and rigid, I see it more as universal, a blog that discusses the ideal laws, policies and procedures to serve the transgender community that could, in turn, be passed down to other institutions.

The Trans Academy is the umbrella that will shelter all the important, real and hard topics facing transgender students on campuses today.

I feel very fortunate to be an LGBT activist and a national speaker on college campuses so it is my goal to start visiting with the students across the nation and blogging about personal experiences on their campuses both good and bad, as well as where we see change happening, small and large.

Hello reader, I'm looking forward to going on this journey with you.

Ryan
http://www.ryansallans.com

As my first blog on the Campus Pride website I'm happy to