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Cal Horton (they/them)

@fiercemum.bsky.social
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Non-binary researcher supporting trans kids and challenging cis-supremacy

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Bottles @bottles1936.bsky.social · 21h
I’ve now read the CPS consultation response on “deception as to sex”. And I am fucking furious. The CPS actually asked whether its approach properly balanced the rights of trans people to live fully in their acquired gender against the rights of complainants.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My new article, co-authored with @sandraduffy.bsky.social is out today, please read & share: "Criminalising and eliminating affirmative healthcare: Trans childhood in a moral panic" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Criminalising and eliminating affirmative healthcare: Trans childhood in a moral panic - Cal Horton, Sandra Duffy, 2026
Trans children in the UK are the targets of an escalating moral panic, centred around access to affirmative adolescent healthcare. Combining moral panic theory ...
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Utterly embarrassing (harmful, pathologising, abusive) adult trans healthcare pathway for Ireland
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Heartbreaking VIDEO for all my cis followers on here (please share with any other cis people you may know) It’s about Andy Burnham’s new Transphobic Section 28 in schools and the harm caused to one trans child as a result. I never say this but I will now; Please watch don’t scroll.
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Trans kids are no longer safe in UK schools
YouTube video by Cool2BTrans
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Actual identified risks are simply not required when the NHS wants to remove trans healthcare.
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River no. 1,789 (she/they) @legoenby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
*But didn't identify any unsafe practices or any risk that trans patients are facing by having gender affirming surgeries
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When I chat to people in my area who know my kid is now out of school, who know why, I'm yet to find a single cis person who will say anything like: 'I'm sorry' 'It's really unfair' 'It's terrible what she's experiencing' Not one For everyone else persecution is All Just Fine.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Anyone here know python and can help me with some home school coding help please. How to convert any number into hexidecimal form using code in python without using the hexidecimal function 1/2
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I know GLP are up against a very hostile legal context but this is absolutely a depressing read. Highlighting minor ways in which schools can flex that still leave trans kids in a horrendous & harmful position. These flexes are no where near enough to protect trans kids.
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026
I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
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I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.
Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I can't count how many times I've been told to stop following what is happening so closely, as though that is a solution to targeted elimationism
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anyone at the mass lobby today. You can tell them about my kid. Supported at school for years. Now out of school - driven out by hateful segregationist school policy introduced by Labour. Trans kids are being persecuted by this government
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ecuador "makes a parent’s 'promotion' of gender-affirming medical care for a transgender child grounds for the loss of their parental rights". So many places in this world are using state violence to do everything they can to stop trans kids finding support.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
As with the attack on WellBN & withdrawal of hormones for trans adolescents, there is no need for evidence to cancel trans healthcare. Healthcare in a moral panic 101
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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
'Next time someone complains about singular “they” I’ll point them to this 17th century rant against singular “you”.' allthingslinguistic.com/post/1467718...
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All Things Linguistic
Next time someone complains about singular “they” I’ll point them to this 17th century rant against singular “you”. Here’s the original book the screencap is from.
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I listen to @chanda.blacksky.app, and when Chanda tells me I should write something about a bad article on perimenopause, I write something!
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 01/09/2026
Only on Assigned Media: Inspiring news from Finland where a movement is growing to oppose the country's restrictive, humiliating approach to transition care. Read about it from @evanurquhart.bsky.social here: assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Discontent With Finland’s Transpoli Erupts in Growing Protests - Assigned Media
Organizers encouraged by increased visibility and a growing appetite for action to oppose the repressive trans care system in Finland.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
For many, today is the last weekend before school restarts. Sorting uniform, finding books, preparing to be reunited with friends. For my kid, who won't be returning to school, it is a time of huge uncertainty. We don't yet have a clear path forward. English schools are no longer a viable option.
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is the most fucked up and immediately harmful policy decision I think I've ever seen in adult trans healthcare in the UK, and that's saying something. The Welsh Gender Service is one of the best in the country. It is widely praised by the patients it helps. That is why it is being targeted.
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Esse House UK @essehouse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Want to write for our blog? We are accepting works on any trans or non-binary related topic - between 500 and 1500 words £10 cash paid for all non-ai works that are published on the site. We will check! Email: contact@essehouse.co.uk
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Being trans is sad Being trans is horrid." Shut up. Being trans is great. Look. I've got inner peace and a fucking scythe.
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I don't know if this bit will survive in this paper but I had to get it out of my head into the draft.
(Stopped time: interval

I slow down writing this paper for a while because of a depressive episode. Also placing by the wayside: writing another trans paper with a friend, organising my local trans pride, other trans advocacy work. This whole field, this world, is being held together by increasingly strained activists and advocates living under ever greater levels of exhaustion.

At 

What

Point 

Do

We

Break?)
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Ada Cheung @adacheung.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
One participant, 27, non-binary: "It is almost impossible to avoid this media and still stay connected to any part of the trans community." Logging off protects you from the abuse. It also cuts you off from the people who sustain you.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Speaking to very young non-binary person today made me reflect on two things. One, they had a strong rejection of their non-binariness having any connection to binary anchored terms of trans-femininity or trans-masculinity, rejecting those concepts as at all impose-able on their experience.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If anyone who follows me isn't already following @notrightruth.bsky.social then you really need to question your life choices.
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A new essay for all my trans siblings and our allies. "As the UK enters a new era of state-mandated segregation, I find myself asking: was it all worth it?"
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What we have won
It was the largest trans protest in British history. We travelled from across the country to central London. We were joined by allies, especially cis gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer people who re…
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's such a failing in science communication when public facing commentary on puberty blockers talks about a fall in bone density Z-scores. General audiences should not be expected to know what a Z-score means, the concept WILL be misunderstood and using the term at all is a failure.
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Photo of a protest banner featuring a hand painted version of the Equality and Human Rights Commission logo. Several words are crossed out and one is added, so the banner instead reads "anti equality commission".
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Andrea James @jokestress.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Amnesty UK just excluded “A Growing Threat – the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK” from Internet Archive. "Like a Snowball: The Growth & Impact of the Gender Critical Movement in the UK" is still up. I've added alternate archives of all five pages & documents. www.transgendermap.com/issues/group...
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2026 Amnesty International UK anti-rights reports – Transgender Map
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Love to see these insights into non-binary names.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 02/08/2026
Yeah
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David R. Banos @davidrbanos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The French platform Trans Youth Trajectories has published a thorough summary of the research case at Oslo University Hospital. English: trajectoiresjeunestrans.fr/en/news/with... French: trajectoiresjeunestrans.fr/actualites/s... Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DbascKzjYQH/
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Without consent: the scientific misconduct scandal at Norway’s national centre for trans youth - Trans Youth Trajectories
Illegitimate research on trans minors
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Alon Zivony @alonzivony.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Sam Nicoresti's Wokeflake youtu.be/AO-aWG6miks Dry, smart, and fast-paced show about gender and politics. With some gay frogs and waiting for Jordan Peterson. This show won a Fringe award and deservedly so.
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Wokeflake | Full Comedy Special | Sam Nicoresti
YouTube video by Sam Nicoresti
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 27/07/2026
These panels from the Trans Unity Quilt project unveiled in London on Saturday are giving us comfort. Take a break and learn about the project and see some of @valorievandieman.bsky.social's favorite entries on Assigned Media today. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Patchwork of Trans Lives and Art Unveiled in London - Assigned Media
A 300 square foot quilt made by trans folk across the UK was unveiled this weekend at the London Trans+ Pride march.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
When sharing research it is really useful to distinguish an undergraduate dissertation with other types of research, both in terms of the likely impact (commonly but not always reduced), the chances of mistakes from new researchers, and the significant importance of their supervisors. 1/2
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So tired & drained and overwhelmed and unable to meet the vast scale of current challenges. Blurgh
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
School violence is now institutionalised & folded into legal compliance & 'safeguarding'. Individual teachers who provide 1-1 affirmation to a trans child cannot ameliorate the harm. A whole-of-school approach of refusal to follow harmful policy is needed. Few schools will have the stomach.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I didn't know the NHS could do a report without centring culture war moral panics - huh
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I would really like to include this image from a trans rights protest in my book, Common Sense and Its Others, with an eye on the placard "Your Common Sense Isn't Our Common Sense," but I can find the original source to ask for permission (I've tried google image reverse search). Any ideas anyone?
A photograph from a trans rights protest in a busy city centre with two people sitting at the front and 5 people standing at the back one of whom is holding a trans flag. There are four placards stating "Let trans women speak," "Runescape made me Trans," "Trans rights are Women's Rights" and "Your common sense isn't our Common Sense."
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Eileen Oz @eileenoz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sam Neil and Jeff Goldblum September Song, composer Kurt Weill
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Really important article on what is happening in our schools
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Haven't yet read the research, but, scary sounding headline based on research by well known anti-trans extremist raises immediate red flags for me.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I haven't got the spoons to write about the details - it is far too upsetting. This cruel Labour Government has made the school's guidance even worse & published it while trans people are exhausted & distracted. It is now statutory guidance that schools are told to follow from 1st September.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I know everyone is already worn down by the other segregation policy - this one is arguably worse, given how it directly segregates children. This country is the worst. How can my kid go to school from September being segregated, humiliated and categorically unsafe?
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Do I know anyone here who is knowledgeable about Cronbach's alpha and such things and could answer a couple of simple questions I'm plodding with?
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is a really good article by @nancymk.bsky.social A lot of trans people know how bad it is for trans kids. A lot of cis people do not know. Please share this widely with the cis people in your life. The UK is making life impossible for trans children.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Important tactical advice for UK trans people. Next time you risk having your rights eliminated have you tried? Being Rupert Murdoch Editing a flagship newspaper Running a major BBC news show Being a billionnaire If you haven't done these ingenious tactics, well you just aren't trying.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
ANOTHER frustrating take. TERFDOM in the UK didn't succeed cos 'they' were more successful than 'us' at 'reaching the people who matter'. They were more successful by BEING the people who matter. Bigotry positioned with entrenched power vs trans people holding no power.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Spending the day NEEDING to be incredibly productive, and therefore being incredibly productive (cos I cannot let any balls drop right now), whilst a large part of me is wanting to just sit and cry in a corner. It's exhausting living through trans persecution right?
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