Afterword: Scanning the Chicana lesbian body politic: knowledge, practice, identity.

ushered in the fulfillment of editor Carla Trujillo's vision for an anthology that would recognize and demystify the existence of Chicana lesbians. Our deep and critical affection for Trujillo's anthology prompts us to acknowledge the expansive potentiality of yet also recognize the historical specificity of its relevance and legibility. While our deep affection urges us to reflect on the myriad ways to love on an object like including how this text has been read, engaged, and critiqued, we also acknowledge-just as Trujillo opined in the anthology's introduction-that we, too, want and need more.

Ana Castillo Discusses Sexuality, Identity, and Life-Then and Now.

Ana Castillo is a prolific and celebrated author of novels, poetry, short stories, and essays on gender and sexuality, feminism, and Chicanx experiences. Born and raised in Chicago, Castillo's works include (1986), (1993, (1996), and (2016) among others. Castillo is the recipient of several awards including the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the International Latino Book Award, and the Lambda Award.

""/"We reject the queer-ification of lesbianism": lesbian political identity and anti-queer politics among Mexican lesbians and queer Chicanas-Latinas.

This essay provides a critical personal reflection contemplating a 2006 Mexico City-based cross- border dialogue in which sharp divisions emerged between a set of Mexicana lesbianas-declaring their pro-lesbian feminist and anti-queer politics-and a set of queer Chicanas- Latinas-pronouncing their queer women of color politics. The vexing exchange occurred on the eve of the 3rd annual Marcha Lésbica, an explicitly radical lesbian feminist political gathering and at the time the largest public action of its kind to be held in Latin America. I draw new insights about key historical and contemporary lesbian political identity issues by reviewing how Mexican lesbian politics informed by feminism and critiques of neoliberalism produced challenges to the U.