{"id":113076,"date":"2019-03-01T20:08:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/bree-horrocks-center-and-researcher-vanderbilt-news\/"},"modified":"2019-03-01T20:08:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:08:17","slug":"bree-horrocks-center-and-researcher-vanderbilt-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/bree-horrocks-center-and-researcher-vanderbilt-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bree Horrocks: Center and researcher | Vanderbilt News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When Bree Horrocks decided she would pursue her final season of college basketball as a graduate transfer, the 6-foot-5-inch Purdue center had conversations with a number of interested coaches. Each time, Horrocks let coaches know their programs would be getting more than just a basketball student-athlete.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"795\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EGJKUgYw6Ac?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told every coach I talked to that I was openly gay, I was going to advocate for the community and speaking out for the LGBTQ-plus community was something I would do,\u201d Horrocks said. \u201cIt had to be accepted, not tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horrocks\u2019 approach to recruitment helped her quickly find a home with Vanderbilt women\u2019s basketball and head coach Stephanie White. But it was her academic journey at Vanderbilt that has also sparked a potential career path in LGBTQ+advocacy for Horrocks.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Buford, Georgia, native will earn a graduate degree from Vanderbilt\u2019s Peabody College in Child Studies. Her research focuses on the mental health surrounding LGBTQ+ adolescents and how treatment and healthcare can positively impact that community.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"288136\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2019\/02\/28\/bree-horrocks-center-and-researcher\/bree-above-the-rim\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114112\/Bree-above-the-rim.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bree-above-the-rim\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114112\/Bree-above-the-rim-600x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114112\/Bree-above-the-rim-1600x600.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-288136 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114112\/Bree-above-the-rim.jpg\" alt=\"Bree Horrocks playing basketball\" width=\"1600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114112\/Bree-above-the-rim.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114112\/Bree-above-the-rim-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114112\/Bree-above-the-rim-768x288.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realized adolescence as a whole, for anyone \u2014 whether you\u2019re heterosexual, cisgender, anything, \u2013is considered a tumultuous period,\u201d Horrocks said. \u201cThat\u2019s where we see the greatest mental health decline. When you add in an LGBTQ identity to that, the mental health rates for things like suicide and depression and anxiety shoot way up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to do something to help with that. When I immersed myself in the literature and the academia, I fell in love with it. I decided there was more I could do there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horrocks has made the most of her time at Vanderbilt. A key reserve for White\u2019s Commodores, she has spent time off the court interning with the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/lgbtqi\/\">Office of LGBTQI Life<\/a>. Her graduate research also frequently takes her to a newly opened Nashville-area adult transgender clinic, a safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals to seek treatment and counseling. There, Horrocks has studied the effects of affirmative healthcare on LGBTQ+ persons.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen you go through life wondering if coming out puts you at physical harm, that changes the way you walk through this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For Horrocks, her passion for the subject is personal. She came out publicly as a freshman at Purdue in 2015, just seven days after the state of Indiana signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which allowed businesses to refuse service to individuals on the basis of religious beliefs. Horrocks quickly realized she could use her platform as a student-athlete to advocate for her own community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are still people who think that it doesn\u2019t matter, your sexual orientation doesn\u2019t matter, your gender identity doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d Horrocks said. \u201c\u2018Just play basketball. You\u2019re here to do school and play basketball.\u2019 But people don\u2019t realize that not just that identity, but other marginalized identities as an athlete, they do affect the way you play basketball and the way you walk through the world. When you go through life wondering if you coming out puts you at physical harm, that changes the way you walk through this world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"288135\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2019\/02\/28\/bree-horrocks-center-and-researcher\/bree-tying-her-shoes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114056\/Bree-tying-her-shoes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bree-tying-her-shoes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114056\/Bree-tying-her-shoes-600x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114056\/Bree-tying-her-shoes-1600x600.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-288135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114056\/Bree-tying-her-shoes.jpg\" alt=\"Bree Horrocks playing basketball\" width=\"1600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114056\/Bree-tying-her-shoes.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114056\/Bree-tying-her-shoes-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114056\/Bree-tying-her-shoes-768x288.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>White said Horrocks sets an example for younger athletes who might struggle to navigate their own LGBTQ+ journeys. To White, Horrocks proves a college athlete can be \u2013 and should be \u2013 comfortable in his or her skin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things I\u2019m most proud of with Bree is she\u2019s making a difference by living her truth everyday,\u201d White said. \u201cAs we have come through social change that\u2019s been met with resistance, there is no greater example than leading with truth. For Bree to come to a place where she is accepted, she is celebrated for who she is and to have an opportunity to impact the lives around her, that\u2019s important. As we continue to, as human beings, make a difference in this world, having an opportunity to lead with authenticity is huge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"288134\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2019\/02\/28\/bree-horrocks-center-and-researcher\/bree-playing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114035\/Bree-playing.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bree-playing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114035\/Bree-playing-600x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114035\/Bree-playing-1600x600.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-288134\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114035\/Bree-playing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114035\/Bree-playing.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114035\/Bree-playing-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190227114035\/Bree-playing-768x288.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI came to Vanderbilt because I knew it would be an amazing place to live my full authentic life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYoung kids can look up to her and say, \u2018This is what I want from my life. I want to be open, I want to be free and I want to be loved for who I am.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her post-Vanderbilt career, Horrocks plans to remain in Nashville for a year to continue her research. She then hopes to apply to Ph. D programs in clinical psychology for LGBTQ+ adolescents. One way or another, Horrocks intends to make a difference in the world, a career path that might not have come to fruition if not for her time at Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came to Vanderbilt because I knew it would be an amazing place to live my full authentic life,\u201d Horrocks said. \u201cSocially, academically and athletically, I could live my most authentic life. My daily support just comes from accepting who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/vanderbilt-video\/~3\/xlOLl1Wtjlk\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] When Bree Horrocks decided she would pursue her final season of college basketball as a graduate transfer, the 6-foot-5-inch Purdue center had conversations with a number of interested coaches. Each time, Horrocks let coaches know their programs would be getting more than just a basketball student-athlete. \u201cI told every coach I talked to that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}