This issue, co-edited by queer feminist sociologists S.M. Rodriguez, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Chriss Sneed, University of Connecticut, questions the role of racialization and the creation of the spectacle in producing liberation or reproducing oppressions. ¿The articles bring critical race and queer of color theoretical perspectives to the topics of sex trafficking, displacement, labor exploitation, and artistic production. Additionally, the issue centers on the possibilities and formations of resistance and belonging.