Extremely informative oral history of Buffalo, NY lesbian bar culture, mainly 1940s and 1950s. Final chapter on identity, specifically words like "lesbian" etc, was very interesting. Thoroughly executed, researched, and edited history with novel insights on mid-century working class sapphic culture, and its influences and impacts. Obviously, thorough and frequent discussion of homophobic oppression and violence, but a surprising amount of narrators' positive experiences centered as well.