Nayuka did not grow up with their biological father, and although they spent time with him on occasional visits, the meetings brought on severe anxiety.
[8] Gorrie has written numerous opinion pieces and essays in various publications and website, including The Guardian,[10] The Saturday Paper, Vice, Junkee, Archer magazine, The Lifted Brow, NITV, Kill Your Darlings,[11] and The Sydney Morning Herald.
[26] In May 2018 they appeared at the Melbourne Writers Festival along with Nakkiah Lui in a presentation called "How I Survived", in which they related how they managed to break into television comedy writing as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and supported each other in the process.
Economist Jon Altman moderated, while the other two on the panel were Muriel Bamblett, child welfare advocate and former chair of SNAICC; and Justin Mohamed, Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People.
[23] In November 2019, they appeared on the ABC panel program Q+A[28] aired in conjunction with Broadside,[14] a feminist ideas festival presented by the Wheeler Centre.
[14][31] They appeared at the festival, their opening address titled "Things My Mother Never Told Me", which dealt with the ongoing impacts of the Stolen Generations, which includes the loss of language.
[32] In March 2024, Gorrie moderated a session at Blak & Bright festival, featuring LGBTQIA+ writers Laniyuk, Kirli Saunders, and Stone Motherless Cold.
[33] In May 2024, they appeared at an event called "Let It Bring Hope" at the Melbourne Writers Festival, paired with Palestinian poet Sara Saleh, in which they read their works of care and solidarity.
[7] In 2017, Gorrie was living in Brisbane (Meanjin),[26] but when they visited Melbourne, always gravitated towards Fitzroy, which they say has been a place of safety for Aboriginal people.
In November of that year they had premature twins who spent three months in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit before being able to come home, just as the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia was starting.