Raquel Willis
@raquelwillis.com
✦ founder, @genderlib.com
✦ author, THE RISK IT TAKES TO BLOOM
✦ host, AFTERLIVES + QUEER CHRONICLES
✦ activist ✦ media strategist ✦ georgia peach
RaquelWillis.com
✦ author, THE RISK IT TAKES TO BLOOM
✦ host, AFTERLIVES + QUEER CHRONICLES
✦ activist ✦ media strategist ✦ georgia peach
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Raquel Willis
@raquelwillis.com
· Nov 15
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.
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.
Despite extraction, exploitation, and violence, indigenous, enslaved, AND migrant folks endured and helped build this country.
That’s the truer statement. But we also need to be clear that patriotism and pride in empire will not save us, will not make us more worthy, will not lead us to liberation.
That’s the truer statement. But we also need to be clear that patriotism and pride in empire will not save us, will not make us more worthy, will not lead us to liberation.
February 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Despite extraction, exploitation, and violence, indigenous, enslaved, AND migrant folks endured and helped build this country.
That’s the truer statement. But we also need to be clear that patriotism and pride in empire will not save us, will not make us more worthy, will not lead us to liberation.
That’s the truer statement. But we also need to be clear that patriotism and pride in empire will not save us, will not make us more worthy, will not lead us to liberation.
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"Our liberation is bound together, and that understanding carries risk. It’s no coincidence that King was killed at the height of his intersectional critique of racism, militarism, and economic exploitation."
MLK’s dream was never this small.
A reflection from outside the Supreme Court on trans youth, civil rights, and the work that never ended.
Subscribe, if you vibe.
A reflection from outside the Supreme Court on trans youth, civil rights, and the work that never ended.
Subscribe, if you vibe.
MLK’s Dream Was Never This Small
Why the Supreme Court’s trans athlete cases belong in the civil rights story
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"Our liberation is bound together, and that understanding carries risk. It’s no coincidence that King was killed at the height of his intersectional critique of racism, militarism, and economic exploitation."
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“They definitely expanded their efforts,” said @raquelwillis.com of @genderlib.com, suggesting that anti-trans efforts to sway Dems toward skepticism on trans youth in sports added to the anti-trans crowd’s numbers Tues.
there were transphobic signs from both Dems and gay cis people at the crowd
there were transphobic signs from both Dems and gay cis people at the crowd
‘They’re here to antagonize us’: trans advocates say hostility at rallies is up as supreme court hears key case
As high court considers trans kids’ participation in school sports, tensions run high between opposing protest groups
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:16 PM
“They definitely expanded their efforts,” said @raquelwillis.com of @genderlib.com, suggesting that anti-trans efforts to sway Dems toward skepticism on trans youth in sports added to the anti-trans crowd’s numbers Tues.
there were transphobic signs from both Dems and gay cis people at the crowd
there were transphobic signs from both Dems and gay cis people at the crowd
MLK’s dream was never this small.
A reflection from outside the Supreme Court on trans youth, civil rights, and the work that never ended.
Subscribe, if you vibe.
A reflection from outside the Supreme Court on trans youth, civil rights, and the work that never ended.
Subscribe, if you vibe.
MLK’s Dream Was Never This Small
Why the Supreme Court’s trans athlete cases belong in the civil rights story
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:22 PM
MLK’s dream was never this small.
A reflection from outside the Supreme Court on trans youth, civil rights, and the work that never ended.
Subscribe, if you vibe.
A reflection from outside the Supreme Court on trans youth, civil rights, and the work that never ended.
Subscribe, if you vibe.
New York Was Never My Center.
A life update on ambition, belonging, and coming home. open.substack.com/pub/raquelwi...
A life update on ambition, belonging, and coming home. open.substack.com/pub/raquelwi...
New York Was Never My Center
A life update on ambition, belonging, and returning home to the South
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
New York Was Never My Center.
A life update on ambition, belonging, and coming home. open.substack.com/pub/raquelwi...
A life update on ambition, belonging, and coming home. open.substack.com/pub/raquelwi...
MY MAYOR MY MAYOR MY MAYOR MY MAYOR MAMDANIIIIIII
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
MY MAYOR MY MAYOR MY MAYOR MY MAYOR MAMDANIIIIIII
With Zohran Mamdani on the verge of winning the NYC mayoral race, after Cuomo and so many others leaned on post-9/11 era Islamophobia to discredit him, it feels cosmic that Dick Cheney died today. The arc of empire bends toward reckoning.
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
With Zohran Mamdani on the verge of winning the NYC mayoral race, after Cuomo and so many others leaned on post-9/11 era Islamophobia to discredit him, it feels cosmic that Dick Cheney died today. The arc of empire bends toward reckoning.
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In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
People say Cuomo beats Mamdani because he has more experience. But if that experience includes a record of sexual harassment, retaliation against colleagues, and weaponizing antisemitism & Islamophobia. But what kind of experience is that, really?
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
People say Cuomo beats Mamdani because he has more experience. But if that experience includes a record of sexual harassment, retaliation against colleagues, and weaponizing antisemitism & Islamophobia. But what kind of experience is that, really?
CUOMO: I’M THE REAL DEMOCRAT IN THE RACE
NEW YORKERS + ZOHRAN:
NEW YORKERS + ZOHRAN:
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
CUOMO: I’M THE REAL DEMOCRAT IN THE RACE
NEW YORKERS + ZOHRAN:
NEW YORKERS + ZOHRAN:
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If able, please consider donating to help care for baby Asiah: fundly.com/missmajor
Please at least share this post if unable to contribute! 🫂
Please at least share this post if unable to contribute! 🫂
October 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If able, please consider donating to help care for baby Asiah: fundly.com/missmajor
Please at least share this post if unable to contribute! 🫂
Please at least share this post if unable to contribute! 🫂
I’ve been saying forever that true love feels like a D’Angelo song. So wild that he passed. 🙏🏽
October 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’ve been saying forever that true love feels like a D’Angelo song. So wild that he passed. 🙏🏽
Rest in power, Mama Major! 💜🙏🏽
It was a blessing to live in the same earthly timeline as you. A true freedom fighter, you never stopped reminding trans people—especially Black trans people—of our worth and our power.
Because of Major, our foundation is unshakeable and our liberation inevitable.
It was a blessing to live in the same earthly timeline as you. A true freedom fighter, you never stopped reminding trans people—especially Black trans people—of our worth and our power.
Because of Major, our foundation is unshakeable and our liberation inevitable.
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Rest in power, Mama Major! 💜🙏🏽
It was a blessing to live in the same earthly timeline as you. A true freedom fighter, you never stopped reminding trans people—especially Black trans people—of our worth and our power.
Because of Major, our foundation is unshakeable and our liberation inevitable.
It was a blessing to live in the same earthly timeline as you. A true freedom fighter, you never stopped reminding trans people—especially Black trans people—of our worth and our power.
Because of Major, our foundation is unshakeable and our liberation inevitable.
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...
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...
October 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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...
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?
August 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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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.
August 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Any Dems still acting like the rules of decency, decorum, and precedence still apply need to be ousted with the outright fascists.
Has the demon been spotted yet? 👀
August 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Has the demon been spotted yet? 👀
HBD, Queen Marsha P. Johnson! Thank you for your love, light, and legacy of liberation! Celebrate her; it would have been her 80th! time.com/7295713/how-...
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."
time.com
August 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
HBD, Queen Marsha P. Johnson! Thank you for your love, light, and legacy of liberation! Celebrate her; it would have been her 80th! time.com/7295713/how-...
Back to being cisgendered tomorrow 😪
I feel like Cinderella at midnight.
I feel like Cinderella at midnight.
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Back to being cisgendered tomorrow 😪
I feel like Cinderella at midnight.
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.
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.
June 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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 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.
June 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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!
June 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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.
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.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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.
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.