Michelle Tam

Michelle Tam (she/her) is a PhD student at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She joined the Re:searching for LGBTQ Health team in May 2019 and is currently working on the Building Competence, Building Capacity: 2SLGBTQ+ Competent Trauma-Informed Care project. Michelle holds a MA in Gender Studies from Queen's University and a BSc (Hons) in Life Science from Queen's University. In recent years, Michelle has worked on community-based research projects around the intersections of gender, race, sexuality and citizenship. Her SSHRC-funded master's thesis research focused on understandings of sexuality that reflect on citizenship, racism, diaspora, and transnational politics of sexuality, specifically among Chinese Canadian LGBQ+ women and non-binary people. Currently, her doctoral research is focused on examining reproductive technologies and access for racialized LGBTQ2S+ folks with a reproductive justice approach. In addition to being a researcher, Michelle is a community advocate and sits on the board of a local AIDS service organization.