Keynote Speakers
Cal Horton
Dr Cal Horton is a trans and non-binary researcher from the UK. They focus on the rights of trans children, access to healthcare, inclusive education and supportive families. They are interested in depathologisation, tackling healthcare and institutional violence, and building accountability to trans children. Their work considers the operation of forces of prejudice, power, control and cis-supremacy, keeping trans children in situations of reinforced inequality.
Rodney Croome
Rodney is the Vice President of Just. Equal Australia and has played a pivotal role in shaping anti-discrimination law in this country, from leading the campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in Tasmania to advancing national protections for LGBTQI+ communities. His keynote will examine how a wave of new state legislation—particularly laws banning coercive suppression practices against LGBTQI+ people and trans children—is helping position Australia as a global safe haven for gender affirming care. As legal protections expand, understanding the intersection of anti-discrimination law and healthcare is essential for everyone involved in trans health.