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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Luke Grayson

Luke Grayson is a 20-something, disabled, queer and nonbinary trans person who has been in Spokane since 2012 and is an advocate for the LGBT and transgender communities, foster youth and those experiencing homelessness. Luke is also a slam (performance) poet and visual artist who experiments with acrylic paint, spray paint, graphite and other mediums, who created a spray paint mural at the Spokane County Fair in 2022. Luke doesn't currently know quite what faith-base they "belong in," but grew up in an evangelical church that they left when they moved to Spokane and has attended an open and affirming UCC church off and on for the last 8 years. Luke uses they/them and he/him pronouns.

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