Ruth Marimo is an Illegal Immigrant. Born in Zimbabwe, Marimo has traveled the world, gaining insight and deep appreciation for the plight of the illegal immigrant. Sharing firsthand recollections of how her status has been used as a weapon by employers, greedy predators, and even her own husband, she weaves a tale that is both personal and universal. Living as an undocumented immigrant, she details the daily struggles to survive as a health-care worker and to thrive as a wife and mother. Complicating matters, for decades Marimo had denied her true identity as a lesbian woman. OUTsider chronicles the journey of Ruth Marimo, who traveled from Africa to the United States, from abused wife to an out lesbian activist, from a life of fear to one filled with joy. Her trek from the shadows of uncertainty and shame into the bright light of self-acceptance and fulfillment is a story that is richly rewarding and uniquely compelling.

OUTsider: Crossing Borders, Breaking Rules, Gaining Pride

Biographies & Memoirs

Ruth Marimo

Community & Culture

Scout Publishing LLC

Second Son is a unique lens on life and love, intimately exploring the transition experience of Ryan Sallans—born Kimberly Ann Sallans. Ride alongside Ryan’s transition from a child to a body-obsessed young woman with an eating disorder; from female to male, daughter to son, and finally a beloved partner to a cherished fiancee’. Ryan candidly shares his struggle to find love and acceptance; a struggle that transcends through every layer of society. He nearly died from an extreme case of anorexia as an insecure female college student. The only thing that saved him was his inner spirit begging for a chance to live. Second Son chronicles Ryan’s battle with his family, his romantic partner, and his body. It is an unblinking focus on self-empowerment tracing Ryan’s evolution into manhood as he underwent gender reassignment surgeries. It took twenty-nine years for Ryan to find himself. Second Son is an intimate and honest autobiography that will educate and empower anyone journeying to find their own destiny, love, and life.

Second Son: Transitioning Toward My Destiny, Love and Life

LGBTQ+ Books

Ryan Sallans

How would you define normal? Is it when you wear shoes on your feet at the mall or eat toast for breakfast? Is it when you re female and feel like a woman? What happens when you go somewhere else and they don t even have shoes or toast, or when you re in a group of people who are female and don t feel at all like women? What s Normal Anyway? discusses the trans male experience through the story of Mel, who takes the big risk of being himself and transitioning from female to male. This comic adds another voice representing a part of the wide spectrum of human diversity, and is funny about it too.

What's Normal Anyway? A comic about being trans male

Morgan Boecher

What does it mean to be a husband? What does it mean to be a trans man? What does it mean to be an American man, speaking up and speaking out in today s divisive climate? 
Ryan Sallans, transgender educator and lecturer, follows up his successful Second Sonautobiography with this thought-provoking look at life in contemporary America. While the term trans has become much more visible, the undercurrents of what it actually means still rumbles beneath the surface. In this second searing memoir, Sallans leads his readers on a trip through domestic bliss and family fractures, speaking successes and online harassment, personal heights and dizzying falls. In Transforming Manhood, the author confides what it means to be a public personality, showcasing how his profile has earned him adulation, as well as accusations. This follow-up to Second Son will inspire anyone who has ever fought personal demons to become the best possible person they had imagined. Through eye-opening discussions on college campuses, heart-to-heart talks with worried parents in America s heartland, and scary real-life stalking experiences, Sallans has overcome much and has grown from these encounters. Transforming Manhood is a book that chronicles Sallans s everyday struggles to transition into being a better husband, son, and man. It is a book that pleads for the LGBTQ community to come together and place their differences aside. In today's political climate, it s a call for mutual understanding and for standing up for what you believe in. Transforming Manhood continues the story of Ryan Sallans s life, but more than that: it spotlights his hope and encouragement for a better, optimistic, unified future for everyone.

Transforming Manhood: A trans man's quest to build bridges and knock down walls

Ryan K. Sallans

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OUTsider: Crossing Borders, Breaking Rules, Gaining Pride

Second Son: Transitioning Toward My Destiny, Love and Life

What's Normal Anyway? A comic about being trans male

Transforming Manhood: A trans man's quest to build bridges and knock down walls