{"id":376399,"date":"2026-07-16T11:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/?p=376399"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:46:32","slug":"label-me-latina-o-special-issue-summer-2026-vol-16-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/?p=376399","title":{"rendered":"Label Me Latina\/o, Special Issue, Summer 2026 Vol. 16.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Queer Indigenous and Latinx Histories of Migration, Love, and Meanings of Home<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Gomez-Zamora-Mario-Proofs.docx-1.pdf\">Introduction to Queer Indigenous and Latinx Histories of Migration, Love, and Meanings of Home<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>by<strong> Mario A. G\u00f3mez Zamora<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Mario A. G\u00f3mez Zamora<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was born and raised in Tanganc\u00edcuaro, Michoac\u00e1n, M\u00e9xico, the grandchild of Alicia Zepeda Madrigal, Serafin Zamora R\u00edos, Guadalupe Estrada Cacari, and Enrique G\u00f3mez Montelongo, and the son of Lilia and Miguel, immigrants in the Central Valley, California. Mario is a poet, dancer, teacher, and transnational scholar of queerness, gender and sexuality, migration, memory, Latinx and Latin American studies, dance studies, performance studies, and P\u2019urh\u00e9pecha studies. He is a first-generation college graduate and an award-winning scholar of Native American and Indigenous Studies and a recipient of multiple prestigious fellowships, including the Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, the Crossing Latinidades Predoctoral Fellowship, and the UC Chancellor\u2019s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Anthropology Department at UCLA. Currently, Mario is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities Center and Guest Faculty in the Department of Theater and Performance Studies at Stanford University. His research and poetry have been published in multiple collections in P\u2019urh\u00e9pecha, Spanish, and English, including the\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genealogy journal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wicazo Sa Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pasados: Recovering Histories, Imagining Latinidad<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Quarterly<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0(forthcoming),\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Review of Books<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and edited volumes by the Universidad Michoacana and the Centro Latinoamericano de Econom\u00eda Humana Uruguay, the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Nuevo Le\u00f3n, and Oxford University Press (forthcoming). Mario is the editor of the oral history and multilingual book\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entre el Recuerdo y la Memoria: Historias de Patamban<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was made with the collaboration of his middle school students from Patamban, Aranza, and Ocumicho, Michoac\u00e1n, and was translated into P\u2019urh\u00e9pecha and English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mario A. G\u00f3mez Zamora\u2019s first book project, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cQueer P\u2019urh\u00e9pecha Histories &amp; Performances Beyond Borders,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0explores the cultural tensions that queer Indigenous P\u2019urh\u00e9pechas face when participating in their communities\u2019 traditions. Through the lens of queer theory, dance studies, and performance studies, Mario analyzes how Indigenous communities reproduce colonial violence against queer individuals in the present, and how queer P\u2019urh\u00e9pechas work toward new futures through danzas and performances in P\u2019urh\u00e9pecha fiestas and ceremonies while they claim their indigeneity as part of the collective in Michoac\u00e1n and among those P\u2019urh\u00e9pechas who migrated to the Pacific Coast and Midwest of the United States. To trace the stories of marginalized Indigenous people in both their homelands and in sites of migration, Mario combines Indigenous methodologies, such as talking-while-walking through the landscape, with oral histories, semi-structured interviews, participant observations, and archival research. This is a project of hope, life, and resistance!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Critical:<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JCarlosCardenas-Final.docx-2-1.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claiming Pride Against Rainbow Capitalism and Colonial Power <\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>Juan Carlos Cardenas<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Juan Carlos Cardenas<\/strong> was born in Yakima, Washington, and raised in Modesto, California. The son of Mexican immigrant parents, his family\u2019s experiences have deeply shaped his critical perspective on the United States and its treatment towards marginalized populations. He is currently pursuing a double major in Legal Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a scholar, his research interests include Latinx voting trends, rainbow capitalism, U.S.\u2013Mexico relations, and immigrant rights. He is committed to advancing social justice through legal advocacy and plans to become an immigration attorney dedicated to defending and uplifting immigrant communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Autohistoria:<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Alarcon-final.docx-1.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is &#8220;home&#8221; for children of immigrants?<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>by<b> Shelia Alarcon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sheila Alarcon<\/strong> was raised in Oakland, California. She is a first-generation college graduate from the University of California, Santa Cruz,\u00a0with a passion for understanding and addressing socioeconomic and health\u00a0disparities within marginalized communities and their impact on both physical and behavioral health. Her major\u00a0in\u00a0Human Biology and minor in Spanish Studies have solidified\u00a0her aspirations;\u00a0however, being the only daughter of two Ecuadorian immigrants has fueled her eagerness to learn more about her heritage and uncover a new layer of herself, which is her identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Arias-final.docx-1.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigating the Betweenness: A First-Generation Mexican American Soul, Unfolding the Tale<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>by <b>Itzel Arias<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Itzel Arias<\/strong> is a proud Mexican American writer, student, and youth advocate born and raised in California\u2019s Salinas Valley. She is the daughter of immigrants from Michoac\u00e1n, and her work is deeply rooted in themes of belonging, memory, and intergenerational resilience. A former community college student and UC Santa Cruz graduate, Fatima is currently pursuing an Ed.S. in School Psychology at California State University, Monterey Bay. Her writing and advocacy are informed by her lived experiences as a first-generation college student, a daughter of farmworkers, and a bilingual Latina navigating institutions not built with her in mind. Beyond academia, Fatima works with local youth programs, facilitates healing-centered workshops, and believes deeply in the power of storytelling as resistance. Her creative and academic work centers the voices of marginalized communities, especially Latine, immigrant-origin, and LGBTQ+ youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Bautista-Gramajo-A-Final.docx-2.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reclaiming my history as a Queer Latina<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>Anette Bautista-Gramajo<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Anette Bautista-Gramajo<\/strong> was born and raised in San Rafael, California. She is both Mexican and Guatemalan. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a minor in Latin America and Latino Studies from UC Santa Cruz. Currently, she works at a nonprofit organization where she supports students academically and helps prepare them for college. She plans to pursue her master&#8217;s degree in education and eventually become a math teacher in the future. Having been inspired by the impact her mentors made in her life, she aspires to do the same for others. In her free time, she enjoys going on walks, listening to music, and learning new things that pique her interest. She has recently reconnected with writing and enjoys exploring her creativity through it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Lagunas-Lesly-final.docx-3-copy.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P\u2019urh\u00e9pecha Practices from Patamban in California and my Reflections About My Queer P\u2019urh\u00e9pecha Ancestors<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>Lesly Lagunas<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Lesly Lagunas<\/strong> is a P\u2019urh\u00e9pecha scholar and writer born and raised in Long Beach, California. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Currently, she is living in Santa Cruz, California, and she is in the process of earning her bachelor\u2019s degree in Latin and Latino American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.\u00a0She is one of the student scholars collaborating with Mario G\u00f3mez Zamora in the Queer Indigenous and Latinx Project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Creative:<\/h2>\n<h2>Creative Non-Fiction<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MDBeditpageCopy-of-SCardenas-final.pdf\">Shedding and Becoming Through Nauhcampa<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <strong>sol cardenas moreno<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>sol cardenas moreno<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a creator with an inner compass pointed towards the birthing of thought, contemporary poetry, and cultural analysis. Their writing is rooted in knowledge that is lived, inherited, and stored in\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bodies<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 as a disabled, anti-imperialist, reconnecting Nahua lesbian committed to the indemnification of their Afrodescendencia. Their work looks to nurture the condemned within by exiling imposed dominion, blending politicized personal truth with the power of feeling deeply. Today, they practice\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flow<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a full-spectrum birthworker, a lifelong student of traditional Mexican herbalism, and traditional Mexican bodywork. sol is currently located in Tovaangar\/Tongva-Kizh land, where they continue to learn about the transformative power of love and community care work. sol was born on February 18, 2000; the day before a blue moon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Poetry<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Maribri.docx-2.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maribi (my gender)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <strong>Nenu Cruz-Ram\u00edrez<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nenu Cruz-Ram\u00edrez<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was born and raised in Tenochtitlan, now known as M\u00e9xico City, and currently lives in Santa Cruz, California. They graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a double major in Education, Democracy &amp; Justice and Latin American and Latinx Studies. A creative spirit, cultural bearer, and lifelong learner, Nenu is also a land-based educator committed to community-rooted teaching. They run Rayitos de Sol, an outdoor school program that connects children of color with nature in urban environments<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Collage and Poetry<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/labelmelatin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Durate-Mama-La-Revolucion-es-Amor-final.docx-2.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mam\u00e1, La Revoluci\u00f3n es Amor!<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <strong>Vanessa Duarte<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vanessa Duarte&#8217;s <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work focuses on the navigation of first- and second-generation POC queer experiences. Growing up in a small town,\u00a0 a catholic, and somewhat conservative family, it made her question how others who came from a similar background learned to break the barriers or hide a part of themselves from their families. Vanessa graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a bachelor&#8217;s in Sociology and Latin American and Latino studies in 2025. She is the proud daughter of Ines, who migrated by herself while pregnant from Uruapan, Michoacan, to the U.S., and her late father, Heriberto, who taught her how to appreciate the beauty of life, despite the difficulties and struggles that come with it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queer Indigenous and Latinx Histories of Migration, Love, and Meanings of Home Introduction to Queer Indigenous and Latinx Histories of Migration, Love, and Meanings of Home by Mario A. G\u00f3mez Zamora Mario A. 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