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Research Fellow
Cal Horton
PhD
Alma materGoldsmiths, University of London (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsTransgender studies
InstitutionsOxford Brookes University
Websitegrowinguptransgender.com

Cal Horton is a British gender studies scholar who is known for their research in transgender studies.[a] They are a research fellow at Oxford Brookes' Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice specializing in trans inclusion and Applied Trans Studies.[2]

Education and career

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Horton earned their PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London on the field of cisnormativity, minority stress and the rights and wellbeing of socially transitioned trans children.[3] They are an advisor to All About Trans and stakeholder representative to the Trans Learning Partnership project.[3]

Horton's expert field of study is specialized in transgender care and education and well-being of transgender minors. They have published a wide range of research papers in peer-reviewed journals in the field since 2020.[4] They are leading research projects at Oxford Brookes University on the topics of Addressing Systemic Precarity: Trans Inclusion and Retention in STEM and Culturally competent outcome measurement in trans youth healthcare.[2][5]

Following the release of the Cass Review in early 2024, Horton published a paper in the International Journal of Transgender Health, with heavy criticism of the review, highlighting shortcomings on lack of involvement of transgender specialists in the review.[6][7][8][9] The paper was subsequently highlighted by a Yale Integrity Project white paper authored by expert legal and medical scholars in an evidence based critique of the Cass Review.[10][11][12] Horton appeared as a guest on the podcast What the Trans!? alongside other guests Cora Sergeant, Natacha Kennedy and Reubs Walsh on a deep dive of the review.[13] Subsequently in July, Horton released another solo follow-up special episode for the podcast on the topic of Social Transition, Puberty Blockers and the Cass Review.[14] In August 2024 they published a critical review together with sociology researcher Ruth Pearce in the magazine Scientific American on the Cass Review titled The U.K.’s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children outlining the scientific shortcomings of the review and the potential harm to transgender minors as a result of it.[15][16]

In June 2024, Horton appeared as a guest on the podcast Science Vs on the topic of Trans Kids’ Healthcare: Are We Getting It Wrong? alongside Professor Stephen Russell and Ada Cheung.[17]

Horton has been an outspoken expert on the lack of support for transgender youth in schools in the United Kingdom and has worked to help improve conditions for transgender children at schools with their research.[18][19][20]

Personal life

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Horton identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[1]

They have a trans child with their partner.[21][22]

Bibliography

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Notes

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  1. ^ Horton uses they/them pronouns.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dr Cal Horton". Twitter. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Dr Cal Horton". Oxford Brookes University. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Cal Horton - BERA". British Educational Research Association. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Cal Horton - Google Scholar". Google Scholar. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  5. ^ "BLA-HAJ (Culturally competent outcome measurement in trans youth healthcare)". Oxford Brookes University. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  6. ^ Horton, Cal (14 March 2024). "The Cass Review: Cis-supremacy in the UK's approach to healthcare for trans children". International Journal of Transgender Health: 1–25. doi:10.1080/26895269.2024.2328249.
  7. ^ "How LGBTQIA+ charities are responding to the Cass review". Gay Times. 11 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Opinion: Trans young people have nowhere to turn, and the Cass Report has made it worse". TheJournal.ie. 19 April 2024. Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Roundup on the Controversial Cass Review, May 2024 - QueerDoc • Trans & Gender Affirming Online Doctors' Office - Curing LGBTQ+ Healthcare Discrimination". QueerDoc. Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  10. ^ Meredithe McNamara, Kellan Baker, Kara Connelly, Aron Janssen, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, Ken C. Pang, Ayden Scheim, Jack Turban, Anne Alstott (1 July 2024). "An Evidence-Based Critique of "The Cass Review" on Gender-affirming Care for Adolescent Gender Dysphoria" (PDF). Yale Integrity Project. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "White Paper Addresses Key Issues in Legal Battles over Gender-Affirming Health Care | Yale Law School". July 2024. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  12. ^ Alfonseca, Kiara (9 July 2024). "New report critiques UK transgender youth care research study". ABC News. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Reviewing the Cass Review". What the trans!?. 3 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Social Transition, Puberty Blockers and the Cass Review". What the trans!?. 5 July 2024. Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  15. ^ "The U.K.'s Cass Review Badly Fails Trans Children". Scientific American. 7 August 2024. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Critiques of the Cass Review". TransActual. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Trans Kids' Healthcare: Are We Getting It Wrong?". Science Vs. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Stop using our kids to justify transphobia, say parents of cis children". Opendemocracy. 23 August 2022. Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Transgender children face discrimination even at primary school level". British Psychological Society. 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Parents just want their trans children to grow up 'awesome' amid 'worsening transphobia'". Metro. 5 August 2023. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  21. ^ "About - Growing up Transgender". 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  22. ^ "TransDad". Twitter. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.