Difference between revisions of "Raquel Willis"
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| − | LGBTQ activist and journalist. The first black transgender woman to hold a senior leadership role at Out magazine (2018-2020) - during her two-year tenure at the LGBTQ publication, she led the Trans Obituaries Project, which honored the lives of trans women who had died. Founded Black Trans Circles, which provides spaces for black trans women to share their experiences and come together to organize for justice. Former national organizer for the Transgender Law Center. Author of her memoir 'The risk it takes to bloom: On Life and Liberation' (2023). | + | LGBTQ activist and journalist. The first black transgender woman to hold a senior leadership role at Out magazine (2018-2020) - during her two-year tenure at the LGBTQ publication, she led the Trans Obituaries Project, which honored the lives of trans women who had died. Founded Black Trans Circles, which provides spaces for black trans women to share their experiences and come together to organize for justice, and Gender Liberation Movement (GLM). Former national organizer for the Transgender Law Center. Author of her memoir 'The risk it takes to bloom: On Life and Liberation' (2023). Time Magazine's 100 Women of the Year (2025). |
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* https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/10/raquel-willis-makes-out-history-as-first-trans-executive-editor/ | * https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/10/raquel-willis-makes-out-history-as-first-trans-executive-editor/ | ||
* https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/14342 | * https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/14342 | ||
| + | * https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/raquel-willis-women-of-the-year | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:07, 31 March 2025
Contents
[hide]Country
United States
Birth - Death
1990 -
Occupation
Journalist
Description
LGBTQ activist and journalist. The first black transgender woman to hold a senior leadership role at Out magazine (2018-2020) - during her two-year tenure at the LGBTQ publication, she led the Trans Obituaries Project, which honored the lives of trans women who had died. Founded Black Trans Circles, which provides spaces for black trans women to share their experiences and come together to organize for justice, and Gender Liberation Movement (GLM). Former national organizer for the Transgender Law Center. Author of her memoir 'The risk it takes to bloom: On Life and Liberation' (2023). Time Magazine's 100 Women of the Year (2025).
