”黑人同性恋和变性人每天都在创造历史。给我们的花。”——拉奎尔威利斯,2360转发,7070
她有一个点,,所以我问她代理她最喜欢的花是什么。通过电子邮件,吉塞尔伯德回答:“她最喜欢的花是牡丹。”Peonies aren't quite in season, but Willis certainly is, so we settle for tulips and hydrangeas. "Nobody's ever asked that before!" Willis says, eyeing them as I tie the bundles together with twine. Now, they're in her hands.
45分钟的面试后,她坐(站、转动)与m·库珀在他的家乡拍摄工作室在布鲁克林。幸运的是,我们都住在附近。今天面具授权解除;太阳终于再次闪耀。一卷胶卷,威利斯,30岁,看上去,便面无表情地说:“印花吗?春天吗?开创性的。”
威利斯了解给反式女性色彩的花朵——比任何现代记者出现在我的脑海里。是时候她得到她的。她的Out100反式讣告项目着手荣誉反式有色妇女的生活失去了暴力,谁是“悲剧性的统计数据(减少),空的陈词滥调,和谈话要点,”在2019年。作为出杂志的第一位黑人反式执行主编,她就是这样做的:关注的生活Layleen Cubilette-Polanco和的生活21个其他反式的女性色彩与他们应得的讣告。同时“达纳是很私人的,甜的和一个人。”“香奈儿是一个“大宝贝”谁不会伤害一只苍蝇,根据她的母亲,布伦达Scurlock。””Kiki dreamed of becoming a fashion icon and always wore a head-turning outfit." "Lorissa was loved." Like its editor, the obits were full of life and love, reverence and warmth. The project drove home the message that Willis herself would declare in a speech delivered to15000示威者在布鲁克林去年6月去世后,乔治·弗洛伊德:黑色反式的生活物质,黑色的反式的生活总是重要,它对我们所有人提升黑人反式权力。
“我们已经被告知要保持沉默太久。我们被告知,我们是不够的,”威利斯告诉人群布鲁克林博物馆的台阶上。”父母,家人,爱人,约翰,机构,金宝搏app学校,政府,向世界。事实是,我们足够了。”She continued, to thunderous waves of applause: "I believe in my power. I believe in your power. I believe in our power. I believe in Black trans power." Sentence by sentence, again and again, the crowd repeated after her in unison. For those of us too far away to hear her voice clearly, the echoes of those ahead of us filled the air until we learned the words. It was a moment more monumental to Black trans rights in the US than we knew at the time. And, like Willis's legacy of showing up and showing out for Black queer liberation, the echoes reverberate on.
这种骄傲,我们荣誉威利斯和其他许多人会做的努力,愈合,那激活其他工作对爱和解放。包括酷儿爱的颜色作者贾马尔约旦和三个组织者在纽约市的“没有警察,没有公司,没有政客”同性恋解放3月:Chidi Adeyemi, 24;杰伊·w·沃克,53个;和安·诺73。在一起,他们代表了一个联盟,使我们所有人:政治、原则,在全彩色。
那天她POPSUGAR拍照,我们坐下来和威利斯谈论在社会正义,新闻的变化状态,为什么我们应该投资于黑人解放反式。