The risk it takes to bloom : on life and liberation / Raquel Willis.
The risk it takes to bloom : on life and liberation / Raquel Willis.
By
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Willis, Raquel.
Publication Date
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2023
Publication Information
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New York : St. Martin's Press,
Physical Description
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xvii, 363 p. : ill., portraits.
Subject Term
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Civil rights.
Gay rights.
Transgender women.
Gay rights -- United States.
Civil rights -- United States.
Transgender people -- Civil rights.
African American transgender people.
Transgender women -- United States -- Biography.
African American transgender people -- Biography.
Transgender people -- Civil rights -- United States.
LGBTQ2 non-fiction.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
:
A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation. In 2017, Raquel Willis took to the National Women's March podium just after the presidential election of Donald Trump, primed to tell her story as a young Black transgender woman from the South. Despite having her speaking time cut short, the appearance only deepened her commitment to speaking up for communities on the margins. In The Risk It Takes to Bloom, Raquel Willis recounts with passion and candor her experiences straddling the Obama and Trump eras, the possibility of transformation after tragedy, and how complex moments can push us all to take necessary risks and bloom toward collective liberation.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781250275684
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B W67 | Checked In |