Tayah Groat (she/her) is a 25 year old bisexual writer from York, Pennsylvania. Groat graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia with a bachelor's degree in Spanish Education. Her work can be found in the New York Times titled "My First Love Called Me a Vacation." It has also been translated into Spanish. The Ana published her piece "thirsTAY'’ in 2022. ‘The Gay I Was Mothered’ was published in a Madrid zine called Saficas Divinas. She can be found on Instagram at @tayah_the_slaya or Facebook by name. She writes a substack blog of her travels at https://tayahgroat.substack.com/