Michele Abounader (The Color of Always, Sharp Wit & the Company of Women), Liana Kangas (Know Your Station, Trve Kvlt), Jazzlyn Stone (Trve Kvlt, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 40x40), Tilly Bridges (The Color of Always, Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix), and Kat Calamia (Bi Visibility, Slice of Life) explore the process of creating LGBTQIA+ comic anthologies with LGBTQIA+ creators, highlighting and encouraging authentic stories and voices within the community. They will discuss the planning and creation of crowdfunded anthologies and the importance of allowing creators to tell their own stories without sanitizing the content or messaging.