Activist Racquelle Trammel Receives Spirit Of Detroit Award

April 3, 2023

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Andrea Plaid’s work on race, gender, sex, and sexuality has appeared at Newsweek.com, Vogue.com, The Guardian, In These Times, MadameNoire, HelloBeautiful and Rewire. Her commentary has appeared on MSNBC, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Post. She is writing the forthcoming stylebook, Penning with the People, for The Feminist Wire/University of Arizona Press’ book series. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, Andrea now lives in Corktown.

Activist Raquelle Trammel received the Spirit of Detroit, the office of City Councilmember Gabriela Santiago-Romero reported this past week.

Trammel, whose work intersects gaining more media invisibility for trans women of color and HIV advocacy, has been nationally recognized for her activism. Her accolades include being on the POZ 100, which recognizes the work of HIV advocates, for two years in a row; her podcast, “Miss Mouthy,” being recognized as one of the top 50 that people should listen to; and being named as the 2022 Trans Artist of the Year by the I Am Human Foundation.