Mar 30, 2026
Raquel Willis' resume is long: the
first trans lead editor at Out magazine, a TIME 100 awardee,
memoirist (The Risk It Takes To Bloom), and co-founder of the group
Gender Liberation, whose direct actions at the US capitol calling
for basic needs like trans healthcare reverberate far outside the
DMV.
We discuss the limitations of mainstream visibility in saving trans
lives, and her podcast series AFTERLIVES, whose first two seasons
cover the lives and passings of Layleen Polanco and Marsha P.
Johnson.
Raquel's site
https://www.raquelwillis.com/
AFTERLIVES podcast
https://www.afterlivespod.com/
Episode: Tourmaline on Marsha P. Johnson
https://www.patreon.com/posts/129316368
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