When you google the term "trans activist" you'll find Raquel Willis is at the top of your results. Empowered & encouraged by her loving and supportive family, even in the wake of her father's passing, Raquel was lit up by the activist flame as Black Lives Matter took center stage in the US, but frustrated by the lack of support for transgender people within the movement - Raquel was determined to shift her activist focus specifically to her own trans community. When she was catapulted to the stage at the inaugural Women's March in DC (where her mic was cut off, by the way!) she quickly rose to the forefront in the fight for equal rights that our trans sisters face everyday. Oh yeah, and she's only 33!
Listen now to hear her whole story, including her groundbreaking role as Executive Editor of Out Magazine - the FIRST transgender and black person to hold the position in it's 30-year reign.
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