Polly identifies as an overall queer human and social researcher. Their research aims to affirm the queer experience of care, death & dying, with a focus not only on inequities faced by this community but also what wider society can learn from queer approaches. Death & dying in the queer family is a project that explores queer family experiences of caring for a family member at end-of-life. The project aims to make visible the diversity of family forms in our society, the diverse and evolving ways these forms “do” family, and the need for a relational understanding of care at the end-of-life.