Named one of the Best Photo Books of the Year by SmithsonianA stunning fullcolor collection of photographs old and new by the renowned photographer and LGBTQIA activist Lola Flash Working at the forefront of genderqueer visual politics celebrated photographer Lola Flash has become known for images that manage to both interrogate and transcend preconceptions about gender sex and race. Spurred by their experience as an active member of ACT UP and ART during the AIDS epidemic in New York City their art is profoundly connected to their activism fueling a lifelong commitment to visibility and preserving the legacy of queer communities especially queer communities of color.The seventeenth volume in a groundbreaking series of LGBTQthemed photobooks from The New Press Believable draws on the extraordinary body of work that Flash has created over four decades from their iconic ampampquotCross Colourampampquot images from the 1980s and early 1990s to their more recent photography which used the framework of Afrofuturism to examine the intersection of Black culture and technoculture and science fiction. Also included in the book are portraits that explore the impact of skin pigmentation on Black identity and consciousness as well as people who have challenged traditional concepts of gender and trendsetters in the urban underground cultural scene.In all their images their passion for photography and their belief in the mediums ability to provide agency and freedom and initiate change shine through.