Julia Sinclair-Palm (she/they) is an Assistant Professor in Childhood and Youth Studies in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies program at Carleton University. They recently co-edited (with Jen Gilbert) a special issue of the journal Sex Education on “Trans Youth in Education”. In her research, she examines how trans youth forge new identities, imagine futures and navigate structural inequalities in the midst of these larger, and sometimes restrictive narratives about trans lives. Sinclair-Palm is a queer nonbinary white settler living on unceded Algonquin territory.