CÉLINE SEMAAN: You wrote a memoir recently, The Risk It Takes to Bloom. What do you think is the biggest risk you've taken, and how did that risk become a portal for transformation?
RAQUEL WILLIS: The biggest risk I've taken in life is naming my truth at the risk of being misunderstood. I think we're all called to take risks at various points throughout our lives. I don't think it's just a trans thing, or a queer thing, or even just a Black thing. I had a lot of different awakenings as a kid around gender norms and rules that never fit me. They never made sense to me, and it almost felt like everyone was following this script that I just could not get right.