Looking at cartography from the perspective of sexual dissidence enables a process of resignification that speaks in different terms, addresses different territories, and breaks with hegemonic cartographic ideals. This axis runs through the work of the three participating authors, revealing a potential that allows them to question, challenge, and imagine other possible experiences. This means accounting for the subjective and activating tools that demonstrate a political will. Addressing experiences that deviate from the norm requires different approaches that enable new imaginaries but do not forget the power relations and inequalities that underpin them. Ultimately, they demonstrate that we can create cartographies on our own terms.

The work of Kyle Lasky (Lesbian Bedrooms II), nucbeade (Lesboanimitas), and Lucas Larochelle (qt.bot) forms this first cartographic approach, accompanied by a text by Yera Moreno. These maps are constructed from the mortar of collective memory, personal experiences, intertwined desires, and fictionalized narratives. They reference the diverse ways of living and inhabiting space through testimonies, photographs, and other records that tell stories; stories that speak from memory, intimacy, and fiction, from places of resistance and vulnerability.