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Raquel Willis

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Raquel Willis is an Oakland-based African American writer and transgender rights activist. [1]

39 relations: African Americans, Americans, Atlanta, Augusta, Georgia, Autostraddle, Bracket, BuzzFeed, C-SPAN, Catholic Church, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Cisgender, Coming out, Essence (magazine), Gender identity, Gender variance, HuffPost, Lil Duval, MSNBC, Oakland, California, Paper (magazine), Person of color, Picador (imprint), Stewardship, Sunday school, The Breakfast Club (radio show), The Fader, The Georgia Voice, The Root (magazine), Trans woman, Transgender, Transgender Law Center, Transgender rights, Transitioning (transgender), University of Georgia, Vibe (magazine), Vice (magazine), Volunteering, Washington, D.C., 2017 Women's March.

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Americans

Americans are citizens of the United States of America.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Autostraddle

Autostraddle is an independently owned online magazine and social network for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women (cis and trans) as well as non-binary people.

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Bracket

A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text.

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BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed, Inc. is an American Internet media company based in New York City.

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C-SPAN

C-SPAN, an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable and satellite television network that was created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (was born on 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian novelist, writer of short stories, and nonfiction.

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Cisgender

Cisgender (often abbreviated to simply cis) is a term for people whose gender identity matches the sex that they were assigned at birth.

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Coming out

Coming out of the closet, or simply coming out, is a metaphor for LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation or of their gender identity.

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Essence (magazine)

Essence is a monthly magazine for African-American women between the ages of 18 and 49.

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Gender identity

Gender identity is one's personal experience of one's own gender.

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Gender variance

Gender variance, or gender nonconformity, is behavior or gender expression by an individual that does not match masculine and feminine gender norms.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Lil Duval

Roland Powell (born June 12, 1977), better known by his stage name Lil Duval, is an American stand-up comedian.

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MSNBC

MSNBC is an American news cable and satellite television network that provides news coverage and political commentary from NBC News on current events.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.

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Paper (magazine)

Paper, stylized as PAPER, is a New York City-based independent magazine focusing on fashion, popular culture, nightlife, music, art and film.

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Person of color

The term "person of color" (plural: people of color, persons of color; sometimes abbreviated POC) is used primarily in the United States to describe any person who is not white.

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Picador (imprint)

Picador is an imprint of Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom and Australia and of Macmillan Publishing in the United States.

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Stewardship

Stewardship is an ethic that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources.

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Sunday school

A Sunday School is an educational institution, usually (but not always) Christian, which catered to children and other young people who would be working on weekdays.

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The Breakfast Club (radio show)

The Breakfast Club is an American syndicated radio show based in New York City hosted by DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne tha God.

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The Fader

The Fader (stylized as The FADER) is a NYC-based music magazine launched in 1999 by Rob Stone and Jon Cohen, covering music, style and culture.

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The Georgia Voice

The Georgia Voice is a LGBT-oriented bi-weekly newspaper based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Root (magazine)

The Root is an online magazine launched on January 28, 2008, by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Donald E. Graham, and was owned by Graham Holdings Company through its online subsidiary, The Slate Group.

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Trans woman

A trans woman (sometimes trans-woman or transwoman) is a woman who was assigned male at birth.

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Transgender

Transgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from their assigned sex.

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Transgender Law Center

The Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest American transgender-led civil rights organization in the United States.

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Transgender rights

A person may be considered to be a transgender person if their gender identity is inconsistent or not culturally associated with the sex they were assigned at birth, and consequently also with the gender role and social status that is typically associated with that sex.

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Transitioning (transgender)

Transitioning is the process of changing one's gender presentation and/or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of gender identity – the idea of what it means to be a man or a woman,Brown, M. L. & Rounsley, C. A. (1996) True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism – For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals Jossey-Bass: San Francisco or genderqueer (in-between).

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University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, also referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public comprehensive research university.

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Vibe (magazine)

Vibe is an American music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy Jones.

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Vice (magazine)

Vice is a Canadian-American print magazine focused on arts, culture, and news topics.

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Volunteering

Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial or social gain "to benefit another person, group or organization".

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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2017 Women's March

The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, reproductive rights, the natural environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, and workers' rights.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Willis

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