Artist

Lay Maloney

they/them

Lay Maloney is a genderfluid storyteller belonging to the Gumbaynggirr and Guggandji nations and is South Sea Islander. They are the author of Weaving Us Together (2025), and published in Australian Poetry Journal, Cordite Review, Red Room Poetry and more.

See Lay at Trans Book Festival 2026:

Words of Resistance: Navigating Intersectional Solidarities

TRANScendent: First Nations panel

A smiling Lay Maloney from the waist up.