editing Chicana Lesbians came from the work of other anthologies; Trujillo noted that reading Juanita Ramos's Compañeras: Latina Lesbians motivated her to expand upon the knowledge of Chicana Lesbian experiences. As she later explained, she "wanted to see more about the intricacies and specifics of lesbianism and our culture," for her this meant incorporating writings which discussed issues such as racism and familial rejection of identity. Chicana Lesbians would later be awarded with the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Anthology. In 1997, she edited and published Living Chicana Theory, a collection of works addressing Chicana subjectivity. The variety of works included in the anthology ranged from theoretical to more artistic forms of critique; some notable contributors included Teresa Córdova, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Antonia Castañeda. The anthology interrogates the presence of coloniality in the academy as well as Chicanx culture at large, and explores meanings of identity construction in Chicana lives. Awards Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Anthology for Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About (1991, won - editor) PEN Bellwether Prize for Faith and Fat Chances (2012 - Finalist) Bibliography What Night Brings (2003) Faith and Fat Chances (2015) As editor Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About (1991) Living Chicana Theory (1997) References American women novelists American lesbian writers American writers of Mexican descent 21st-century American novelists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American women writers University of California, Davis alumni 21st-century LGBT people