This article presents the preliminary ruminations of an ongoing project to build critical inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and the countless affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify (LGBTQIA2S+) youth. This article begins with a brief review of the current data on the LGBTQIA2S+ experience in preK-12 schools and pivots to the literature on hopeful practices, like gender and sexuality alliances (GSAs) and critical inclusivity, or the policies and processes that fully integrate the intersectional queer experience. This work is framed by the criticality of queering space by creating a nepantla, an in-between space, by shedding the past while living in the present with a keen eye on the future (Anzaldúa, 1999; 2002; Muñoz, 2009). To build the foundation for a queering nepantla, the authors used arts-based methods to build community with and among LGBTQIA2S+ youth and adults in a high school GSA living in a socially conservative area within a socially liberal Midwest state in the United States (U.S.). In conclusion, this article presents ways to re/imagine the future possibilities for LGBTQIA2S+ youth within educational institutions and beyond.