Cal Horton
| Research Fellow Cal Horton PhD | |
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| 🎓 Alma mater | Goldsmiths, University of London (PhD) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | growinguptransgender |
Cal Horton is a British gender studies scholar who is known for their research in transgender studies.[lower-alpha 1] 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
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 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
Horton identifies as non-binary.[1]
They have a trans child with their partner.[21][22]
Bibliography
- Horton, C.; Pearce, R.; Veale, J.; Oakes-Monger, T. C.; Pang, K. C.; Pullen Sansfaçon, A.; Quinney, S. (12 June 2024). "Child rights in trans healthcare – a call to action". International Journal of Transgender Health. 25 (3): 313–320. doi:10.1080/26895269.2024.2360359. PMC 11268223 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 39055631 Check|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|pmc-embargo-date=ignored (help) - Horton, Cal (14 Mar 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.
- Horton, Cal (26 December 2023). "The importance of child voice in trans health research: a critical review of research on social transition and well-being in trans children". International Journal of Transgender Health. 25 (3): 389–406. doi:10.1080/26895269.2023.2295381.
- Horton, Cal (8 June 2022). "Experiences of Puberty and Puberty Blockers: Insights From Trans Children, Trans Adolescents, and Their Parents". Journal of Adolescent Research. 39 (1): 77–103. doi:10.1177/07435584221100591.
- Horton, Cal (8 June 2022). "Gender minority stress in education: Protecting trans children's mental health in UK schools". International Journal of Transgender Health. 24 (2): 195–211. doi:10.1080/26895269.2022.2081645. PMC 10128455 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 37114114 Check|pmid=value (help). - Horton, Cal (9 September 2022). "Institutional cisnormativity and educational injustice: Trans children's experiences in primary and early secondary education in the UK". British Journal of Educational Psychology. 93 (1): 73–90. doi:10.1111/bjep.12540. PMC 10087670 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 36082674 Check|pmid=value (help). - Horton, Cal (13 December 2021). ""It felt like they were trying to destabilise us": Parent assessment in UK children's gender services". International Journal of Transgender Health. 23 (1): 70–85. doi:10.1080/26895269.2021.2004569. PMC 9879169 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 36713138 Check|pmid=value (help). - Horton, Cal (10 August 2020). "Thriving or Surviving? Raising Our Ambition for Trans Children in Primary and Secondary Schools". Frontiers in Sociology. 5: 67. doi:10.3389/fsoc.2020.00067. PMC 8022833 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 33869473 Check|pmid=value (help).
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dr Cal Horton". Twitter. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dr Cal Horton". Oxford Brookes University. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Cal Horton - BERA". British Educational Research Association. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ↑ "Cal Horton - Google Scholar". Google Scholar. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "BLA-HAJ (Culturally competent outcome measurement in trans youth healthcare)". Oxford Brookes University. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ↑ Horton, Cal (14 Mar 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.
- ↑ "How LGBTQIA+ charities are responding to the Cass review". 11 April 2024.
- ↑ "Opinion: Trans young people have nowhere to turn, and the Cass Report has made it worse". 19 April 2024. Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Roundup on the Controversial Cass Review, May 2024 - QueerDoc • Trans & Gender Affirming Online Doctors' Office - Curing LGBTQ+ Healthcare Discrimination". Archived from the original on 2024-08-26. Retrieved 2024-08-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 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 from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "White Paper Addresses Key Issues in Legal Battles over Gender-Affirming Health Care | Yale Law School". July 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Reviewing the Cass Review". What the trans!?. 3 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Critiques of the Cass Review". TransActual. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ↑ "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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "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. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "About - Growing up Transgender". 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "TransDad". Twitter. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024. Unknown parameter
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