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Luke Grayson

Luke Grayson is a 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. Luke uses they/them and he/him pronouns.
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We can’t call it “The Chinese Virus” and here’s why

Throughout history, we as a society have collectively decided to rename epidemics after marginalized communities, primarily non-white countries.
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An Obligatory Faith

I "had faith" more out of obligation than anything, and as I got older, out of fear.
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We need to destigmatize mental health

Mental illness and suicide are still very stigmatized, most of the time no one wants to talk about it.
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When poor health makes you question God

On a good day my faith is shaky at best, When everything is crashing down around me, I spend a very large portion of my time cursing God.
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Fear of school shooting is real, but can’t teach our kids to fear the world

As it does with every headline, my stomach dropped and I fought back tears, because I can't believe this is still happening. I can't believe that we still see multiple headlines a month, sometimes a week, where there is yet another school or mass shooting.
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#WhyIDidntReport – we need to treat survivors better

This weekend tens of thousands of people participated in the #WhyIDidntReport Twitter storm that very quickly reached the top of the trending list and stayed there for hours.
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Father’s Day was hell for asylum seekers

Across the country, there are thousands — if not millions — of children being ripped away from their parents because they dared to seek asylum in our country.
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