Cal Dobbs (he/they) is a transgender educator and endurance athlete. In July of this year he completed his 2,600 mile TRANScontinental Run from California to Florida to fight for the inclusion of transgender people in sports and access to gender affirming healthcare. Along the way Cal raised nearly $100,000 for grassroots lgbtq groups doing the most to support trans people most impacted by anti-trans legislation. 

Cal has been featured on several news outlets and publications for this achievement and was invited to the White House this year for the President's Pride Celebration. He and his team are currently producing a feature length documentary about the run.

In 2022 Cal became the first known transgender person to complete the Triple Crown of hiking which includes nearly 8,000 miles of walking across the three premier National Scenic Trails, all as a fundraiser for “The Trevor Project.” Read about Cal in Outside Magazine HERE

Cal was born and raised in Venice, CA and grew up running barefoot in the sand and body surfing in the ocean. They ran XC and Track for Venice High School and went on to compete at the collegiate level. Cal has a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and a national teaching certification. Cal has worked as an educational researcher in both the USC Rossier Graduate School of Education and the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. He taught high school history and coached running for three years before deciding to go on sabbatical to be a full time endurance athlete.

This run is so much bigger than Cal! Please join us on this journey to make an impact for transgender athletes, youth, and the lgbtq community at large during these unprecedented times for trans people.