Cat Cattinson / Cat Girton and transgender people

Cat Cattinson is the stage name of Cat Girton, an American ex-transgender activist. Girton gets money and attention by making it more difficult for others to get trans healthcare.

Background

Catherina R. “Cat” Girton was born in April 1991 to John Girton (born 1942) and Linda Girton (born 1956).

When Girton brought up gender issues at age 15, both parents expressed concern. Girton earned an associate’s degree from Sierra College in 2014, then took a job at Biotechnology Calendar in 2016.

John and Cat occasionally perform music together. In 2017, Cat Girton released the album Local Vocals & Bizarre Guitar.

Girton began a medical transition at the start of the COVID pandemic in 2020, taking hormones for four months at age 29 before stopping. Girton claims that in that short time “my health and professional singing voice were damaged by experimental gender medicine.”

Girton earned a bachelor’s degree from University of California Santa Cruz in 2022.

Transition Justice

Girton teamed up with anti-trans group Partners for Ethical Care on “The Transition Justice Project, which connects “detransitioners and others negatively affected by gender medicine with legal assistance.”

Key people

References

Astor, Maggie (May 16, 2023) How a Few Stories of Regret Fuel the Push to Restrict Gender Transition Care. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/us/politics/transgender-care-detransitioners.html

Green, Jessica (August 31, 2022). Woman, 30, who lived as a trans man for 15 years after coming out aged 15 has ‘detransitioned’ after testosterone caused ‘nausea and heart palpitations’ – and says she’s ‘surprised’ by how easily she was given the hormone. Daily Mail -https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11164263/Woman-30-detransitioned-identifying-trans-man-15-years.html

North Dakota testimony https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/testimony/HHUMSER-1301-20230124-15956-F-GIRTON_CATHERINA_R.pdf

Off Center Stage JANUARY 6, 2018 Cat and John Girton https://www.facebook.com/events/off-center-stage/cat-john-girton/1741129689525936/