Raquel Willis
@raquelwillis.com
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✦ founder, @genderlib.com ✦ author, THE RISK IT TAKES TO BLOOM ✦ host, AFTERLIVES + QUEER CHRONICLES ✦ activist ✦ media strategist ✦ georgia peach RaquelWillis.com
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Hey y'all. Since we're in a new Bluesky wave, I‘ll re-intro myself.

I’m Raquel. A writer, activist, media strategist, and public speaker.

I released a memoir last year, The Risk It Takes to Bloom. I host two podcasts, Afterlives & Queer
Chronicles. And I recently co-founded @genderlib.com.
Alt text: Raquel (a Black trans woman in long, blonde, twists) stands outdoors against a clear blue sky, looking confidently at the camera. She’s wearing a white outfit with large, delicate flower boa on the shoulders. The sunlight illuminates her face, highlighting a warm skin tone, subtle makeup, and a gentle expression. In the blurred background, part of a building and festival tents can be seen. The photo was taken at the Gender Liberation March in Sept. 2024.
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We’re so close to winning a Signal Award for Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson. Voting closes tomorrow.

Every vote honors Marsha’s legacy and keeps trans and queer stories at the forefront.

Vote here. Takes approx. 10 seconds. Let’s finish strong. 💜 vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
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I don't think anyone is doing this or have even done it in the past. Can you provide some examples?
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Any Dems still acting like the rules of decency, decorum, and precedence still apply need to be ousted with the outright fascists.
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Has the demon been spotted yet? 👀
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Back to being cisgendered tomorrow 😪

I feel like Cinderella at midnight.
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If a politician insists on the antisemitic notion that Jewish people have some inherent loyalty to a foreign state.

If a politician presents genocide as a Jewish value.

If a politician only cares about judeism when weaponized against Muslims.

I can't take their stances on antisemitism seriously.
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If a politician never discusses Islamophobia or anti-Blackness, I can’t take their takes on anti-Semitism seriously.
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lol Zohran is all over my timelines. The new it girl for sure!
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I invited @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to this event, and so proud of it!

I originally invited him (as part of the organizing team) hoping he would speak. I wanted more people to hear him, hoping more people would support him.

We decided not to have politicians speak, but Zohran came anyway.
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing
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If the Establishment is mad, you’re doing something right.
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Let’s also remember how out of touch much of legacy media is too.
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Omg Cuomo conceded?!
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Vote Zohran or you’re str8!
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Trump proving once again how dangerous a stunt queen can be.
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ZOHRAN. That is all.
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Of course. Hang in there. 💜
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It's been five years since Brooklyn Liberation / the March for Black Trans Lives. A seismic day that shifted the course of many lives.

Let’s remember that we are battle-tested + ready. The fight will be long, but our history, our community, and our collective vision of liberation will win.
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This was a great overview of why Marsha P Johnson is such a beloved trancestor

Also, comrade Time Magazine over here, lately, wow
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If an 11,000-word story has a major, factual error in the fifth graf, it probably should be seen for the biased, hit-piece it is.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court delivered a new, crushing blow, upholding Tennessee's ban in a 6-to-3 decision. In allowing Tennessee to outlaw blockers and hormones, the court not only shielded similar laws on the books in some two dozen states. It effectively closed the door on extending new constitutional protections to trans people. Some advocates fear that Skrmetti could open the door to banning medical transition for adults and perhaps other health care that some conservatives oppose, like birth control or in vitro fertilization - even vaccines. The fate of a once-obscure medical treatment could have profound consequences for American law.
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I wrote this at the top of Trump's re-inauguration, but I hope it can give our youth some support today.
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The SCOTUS ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti confirms what we know: this government is crooked and ignorant. Trans kids deserve care, safety, and bodily autonomy. We must remind them of their history, the sacredness of community, and that no government gave them their power—and no court can take it away.
Dear Trans Kids, You Don't Need the Government's Permission to Exist
Activist and journalist Raquel Willis offers crucial advice to trans and nonbinary youth.
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