Raquel Willis

Raquel Willis (amuru 1990/1991)  bu onye odee, onye ode akwukwo, na onye na-akwado ikike transgender .   Ọ bụ onye bụbu onye nhazi mba maka Transgender Law Center na  onye bụbu onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke <i id="mwFA">Out</i> magazine .   Na 2020, Willis meriri GLAAD Media Award maka edemede akwụkwọ akụkọ pụtara ìhè.  Ihe ndekọ ya, Ihe ize ndụ ọ na-ewe iji gbasaa, ka ebipụtara na Nọvemba 2023. 

 Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ 
A mụrụ Willis ma zụlite na Augusta, Georgia . O tolitere n'ezinụlọ Katọlik nke na-akwado ọrụ afọ ofufo, ọrụ nlekọta, na inyeghachi obodo. Ndị mụrụ ya bụ ndị nkụzi Sunday school, ọ na-agakwa chọọchị kwa izu ụka. 

Mgbe ọ bụ nwata, Willis "nwere nnọọ esemokwu" maka okike na mmekọahụ ya. A na-emegbu ya n'ụlọ akwụkwọ na ụmụaka nọ n'agbata obi. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ụma, ọ pụtara dị ka nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke, ma mesịa nweta nnabata n'aka ndị ọgbọ ya na ndị mụrụ ya. 

 Ịrụ ọrụ na ọrụ 
Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na UGA, Willis kwagara n'Atlanta wee malite itinye aka na mmemme ya na transgender ibe ya na nwoke na nwanyị na-anaghị ekwenye ekwenye . O mechara bie na Oakland wee rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye nkwukọrịta ozi, onye nhazi obodo, maka Transgender Law Center.  

Willis bụ otu n'ime ndị na-ekwu okwu na March Women's March 2017 na Washington, DC   O mechara kwuo na n'agbanyeghị na obi dị ya ụtọ ịnọ ebe ahụ, ọ chere na ụmụ nwanyị trans bụ "mkpebi na nhazi mbụ", na ọ ndị nhazi bepụrụ mgbe ọ nwara ikwu nke a na ngosi ahụ n'onwe ya.  

Willis ekwuwo okwu ike n'aha ndị inyom trans. Dịka ọmụmaatụ, ọ katọrọ nkwupụta nke Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, mgbe Adichie dị iche iche ụmụ nwanyị transgender si na ụmụ nwanyị cisgender,  na Willis kpọrọ oku maka ịhapụ ihe nkiri redio Breakfast Club mgbe onye ọchị ọchị Lil Duval kwara ọchị banyere igbu ụmụ nwanyị trans n'oge ajụjụ ọnụ.  

Willis haziri Black Trans Flag, mgbanwe dị na ọkọlọtọ Transgender Pride Flag na oji kama eriri ọcha gafee etiti. 

Ihe odide Willis apụtala na mbipụta gụnyere The Huffington Post,  BuzzFeed,  na Autostraddle .  Ọ kwadokwara Podcast BGD na Raquel Willis. 

 Ọrụ 
katọrọ nkwupụta nke Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, mgbe Adichie dị iche iche ụmụ nwanyị transgender si na ụmụ nwanyị cisgender,  na Willis kpọrọ oku maka ịhapụ

 2017 – Onye ọbịa Eziokwu mgbanwe mgbanwe ndị otu  
 2018 – Jack Jones Literary Arts Sylvia Rivera Fellow 
 2018 – Mepee ntọala Society Soros Equality Fellow  
 2019 – The Trans Obituaries Project   

 Ihe nrite na nnabata 

 2017 – Essence kpọtere ụmụ nwanyị 100 
 2017 – Mkpọrọgwụ 100 ndị Africa America kacha emetụta 
 2018 – San Francisco Transgender Day of Visibility Emerging Leader Award 
 2018 – Frederick Douglass 200 awarddee 
 2020 – GLAAD Media Award maka akwụkwọ akụkọ pụtara ìhè 
 2021 - Ngwa ngwa ngwa Queer 50 

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