A.J. Lowik is a PhD Candidate with the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia, where their research focuses on trans people’s reproductive lives, health, and decision-making processes. A.J. has worked extensively with abortion providers and other reproductive health providers on creating trans-inclusive policies, practices, and spaces. A.J. works at the BC Centre on Substance Use, with a team of researchers focused on creating research, policies and treatment options that consider the unique needs of 2SLGBTQ+ people who use substances. They are the Gender Equity Advisor with the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity. A.J. loves cats, yoga, board games and potato chips. They are an unapologetic feminist, a queer liberationist, and work to disrupt cisnormativity everywhere they go.