Raquel Willis

Raquel Willis

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. Former national organizer for the Transgender Law Center. Author of her memoir 'The risk it takes to bloom: On Life and Liberation' (2023).

See Also

• LGBTQ Investigative Journalists and Editors

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.raquelwillis.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/raquelwillis/
• https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/12/10/raquel-willis-makes-out-history-as-first-trans-executive-editor/
• https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/14342

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