Davi Gray (she/they)
@davigray.bsky.social
Queer, trans, nonbinary poet, writer, performer, artist, activist, & abolitionist. 🌐 davigray.com. 18+ 🙏🏼
Work published in Poetry, Water~Stone Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, et al. First collection "This Body, This Fruit" @ Feb 2027 (Trio House Press).
Work published in Poetry, Water~Stone Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, et al. First collection "This Body, This Fruit" @ Feb 2027 (Trio House Press).
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i am very exhausted by disinformation about the cost of transition healthcare. it costs less than $100 for 1-2 years of hormones, depending on your exact sourcing. presenting HRT as impossibly expensive and inaccessible to people who need HRT but don't know how is equivalent to medical gatekeeping.
Trans people needing hormones but lacking medical access for whatever reason: they're fairly easy and cheap to get elsewhere! See 🧵 by @katie.bzky.team ->
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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54 years ago
A band called 'Death' was punk before punk was punk
Formed in November 1971 by the 3 Hackney brothers, they were influential pioneers of the genre and, along with Pure Hell, the first all-black proto-punk/punk band.
#punkrock #death #protopunk #history #punkrockhistory #knowyourroots
A band called 'Death' was punk before punk was punk
Formed in November 1971 by the 3 Hackney brothers, they were influential pioneers of the genre and, along with Pure Hell, the first all-black proto-punk/punk band.
#punkrock #death #protopunk #history #punkrockhistory #knowyourroots
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
54 years ago
A band called 'Death' was punk before punk was punk
Formed in November 1971 by the 3 Hackney brothers, they were influential pioneers of the genre and, along with Pure Hell, the first all-black proto-punk/punk band.
#punkrock #death #protopunk #history #punkrockhistory #knowyourroots
A band called 'Death' was punk before punk was punk
Formed in November 1971 by the 3 Hackney brothers, they were influential pioneers of the genre and, along with Pure Hell, the first all-black proto-punk/punk band.
#punkrock #death #protopunk #history #punkrockhistory #knowyourroots
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November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Memoirs make great gifts for friends, relatives, or yourself. Pick up some @triohousepress.org memoirs by @courtneykocak.bsky.social @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social, & @debkossmann.bsky.social for 50% off — sale runs only until Monday 12/1/25!
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Congratulations to Elline Lipkin—Girl in a Forest is a Golden Poppy Award finalist! Read more about the book and Elline on our Substack. We also have our Black Friday free shipping/BOGO sale if you want to pick up a copy. 💛💜💛💜
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Congratulations to Elline Lipkin—Girl in a Forest is a Golden Poppy Award finalist! Read more about the book and Elline on our Substack. We also have our Black Friday free shipping/BOGO sale if you want to pick up a copy. 💛💜💛💜
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When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
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Got emotional reading a passage about a little Black girl who wants to grow up to be a Dodger just like Jackie Robinson and thinks that Harriet Tubman looks like she had a good throwing arm
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Got emotional reading a passage about a little Black girl who wants to grow up to be a Dodger just like Jackie Robinson and thinks that Harriet Tubman looks like she had a good throwing arm
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
Despite failing every time, I still think *this time* I will successfully both make a main dish and bake a cake. Nothing is different. I have no reason to think that I will now succeed at the test I repeatedly fail. Yet here I am 🤷🏼♀️
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Despite failing every time, I still think *this time* I will successfully both make a main dish and bake a cake. Nothing is different. I have no reason to think that I will now succeed at the test I repeatedly fail. Yet here I am 🤷🏼♀️
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good luck in the real world, forthcoming with Button Poetry. April 7th, 2026. Cover art and design by Coral Black. Now available for preorder wherever books are sold.
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
good luck in the real world, forthcoming with Button Poetry. April 7th, 2026. Cover art and design by Coral Black. Now available for preorder wherever books are sold.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study
To examine changes in suicidality following hormone therapy (HT) among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults.A retrospective cha…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
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So grateful to have “Gloria Mundi” featured on The Slowdown podcast this morning. Thank you to the host, Maggie Smith, for seeing the poem fully and reading it beautifully.
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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
Performing Arts Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Host Maggie Smith is your daily poetry companion. Poetry is one of the greatest tools we have to wield our own attention — to consider our own lives and ...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So grateful to have “Gloria Mundi” featured on The Slowdown podcast this morning. Thank you to the host, Maggie Smith, for seeing the poem fully and reading it beautifully.
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Isha is also one of the best poets I know, and just got accepted into the winter residency for Tin House; in order to actually be able to go, though, she is trying to raise some money via commissions for her visual art.
Get headshots, birthcharts, more: artistree.io/theicedraws
Get headshots, birthcharts, more: artistree.io/theicedraws
my friend Isha Camara made this design based on a line from one of my songs: "there is no light at the end of this tunnel / so it's a good thing we brought matches"
the song's a free download too: guante.bandcamp.com/track/matche...
the song's a free download too: guante.bandcamp.com/track/matche...
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Isha is also one of the best poets I know, and just got accepted into the winter residency for Tin House; in order to actually be able to go, though, she is trying to raise some money via commissions for her visual art.
Get headshots, birthcharts, more: artistree.io/theicedraws
Get headshots, birthcharts, more: artistree.io/theicedraws
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
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I look forward to hiring a Chief AI Officer whose job will be to just tell anyone who suggests using AI for anything to shut the fuck up.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I look forward to hiring a Chief AI Officer whose job will be to just tell anyone who suggests using AI for anything to shut the fuck up.
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i consumed so much content yesterday. 37 content. probably take it easy today.
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
i consumed so much content yesterday. 37 content. probably take it easy today.
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I have a few ideas! @guante.info might have more too
All the Threads Between Us: The Power of Poetry Clubs, Writing Circles, Open Mics, and Other Collective Efforts (Zine) guante.info/2024/04/18/p...
Something to Share with Friends and Neighbors Asking “What Do We DO?”
guante.info/2025/03/04/a...
All the Threads Between Us: The Power of Poetry Clubs, Writing Circles, Open Mics, and Other Collective Efforts (Zine) guante.info/2024/04/18/p...
Something to Share with Friends and Neighbors Asking “What Do We DO?”
guante.info/2025/03/04/a...
All the Threads Between Us: The Power of Poetry Clubs, Writing Circles, Open Mics, and Other Collective Efforts (Zine)
A collection of tips, tools, and resources for people looking to start poetry clubs, writing circles, or other collective efforts.
guante.info
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I have a few ideas! @guante.info might have more too
All the Threads Between Us: The Power of Poetry Clubs, Writing Circles, Open Mics, and Other Collective Efforts (Zine) guante.info/2024/04/18/p...
Something to Share with Friends and Neighbors Asking “What Do We DO?”
guante.info/2025/03/04/a...
All the Threads Between Us: The Power of Poetry Clubs, Writing Circles, Open Mics, and Other Collective Efforts (Zine) guante.info/2024/04/18/p...
Something to Share with Friends and Neighbors Asking “What Do We DO?”
guante.info/2025/03/04/a...
Coming up!
Looking forward to this. Just reposting the flyer here with alt-text added in case that can be useful for future promo; thanks again for the invitation!
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Coming up!