This special issue of Southern Cultures, guest edited by Teka Selman includes contributions by Michelle Lanier, Jessica Ingram, Diego Camposeco, Jeff Whetstone, Tommy Kha, Courtney Yoshimura, Susan Harbage Page, Deborah Willis, Monique Michelle Verdin, Christina Snyder, Mel Chin, Amy Sherald & Deborah Roberts, Jessica Lynne, and Jaki Shelton Green.