Raquel Willis

Back to being cisgendered tomorrow 😪

I feel like Cinderella at midnight.

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.

If a politician never discusses Islamophobia or anti-Blackness, I can’t take their takes on anti-Semitism seriously.

lol Zohran is all over my timelines. The new it girl for sure!

The white gays really do pay “Moonlight” dust even tho it’s better written and more awarded than most of their queer cinema

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.

If the Establishment is mad, you’re doing something right.

Let’s also remember how out of touch much of legacy media is too.

Omg Cuomo conceded?!

NO MO’ CUOMO

Vote Zohran or you’re str8!

Trump proving once again how dangerous a stunt queen can be.

ZOHRAN. That is all.

Of course. Hang in there. 💜

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.

This was a great overview of why Marsha P Johnson is such a beloved trancestor

Also, comrade Time Magazine over here, lately, wow

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.

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.

Marsha P. Johnson Taught Us How to Defy This Anti-Trans Wave "Despite Trump’s attempts to erase trans people, I know he cannot because I know my community’s history."

For your Juneteenth reading pleasure. Here’s why 2025 is the Summer of Marsha P. Johnson for me. time.com/7295713/how-...

I wrote this at the top of Trump's re-inauguration, but I hope it can give our youth some support today.

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.

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.

Establishment politicians (regardless of identity) will choose their access over lives, every time.

Beware of those that tell you trans liberation is “too much” or that you should shrink. That’s just assimilation and it has never worked for those on the margins.

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An ode to trans lives—then, now, always.

For our June digital cover, 22 trans leaders, artists, and organizers came together to share the seeds they are planting with @raquelwillis.com and form a tree of life with photographer Camila Falquez.

Read more here: atmos.earth/the-fruits-w...

An Ode to Trans Lives—Then, Now, Always | Atmos Raquel Willis pens an ode to trans lives past, present, and future, performed by the cast of our June cover story.

More in @atmosmag.bsky.social : @raquelwillis.com pens an ode to trans lives past, present, and future, performed by the cast of our June cover story. atmos.earth/an-ode-to-tr...

“Oh, trans people of now, what fruit will you bear?”

For our June digital cover, writer @raquelwillis.com pens an homage to trans histories and futures: atmos.earth/the-fruits-w...

Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson Marsha P. Johnson is THE icon of the LGBTQ+ movement and one of the mothers of the fight for trans rights. Today, you can buy T-shirts emblazoned with her face or walk through a park named in her hono...

Afterlives is back for a whole new season all about the Queen, Marsha P. Johnson. It’s been an honor to delve into rare archival interviews and intimate conversations with elders, friends, and historians. We’re covering her childhood, art, and activism! First episode is out now. pod.link/1715577597

The Risk It Takes to Bloom - Macmillan A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation.“...

It's an eternal Pride Month read. Get into it. <3 read.macmillan.com/lp/the-risk-...

City Life Org - The Schomburg Center Kicks off Summer with an All-Day Centennial Festival A blend of two popular Schomburg Center traditions, the Centennial Festival invites fans, book lovers, Blerds, authors, artists, cosplayers, and creatives to gather, explore, and get down at an old…

It's an immense honor to keynote the Schomburg Centennial Festival later this month. Join us for a fiyahhhh conversation all about my memoir, The Risk It Takes to Bloom. thecitylife.org/2025/06/03/t...

This Pride Month, the LGBTQ+ community must commit to ending state violence in all its forms—domestically and abroad. We can't forget that our historic struggle against the police state is inseparable from resisting militarism and empire. There is no liberation without a Free Palestine, period.