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  Cheryl, October 4, 1978 (Tape 1)

  Side A: Cheryl discusses her experiences and the stereotypes that were associated with lesbians in college when she first first came out.
  Side B: Cheryl discusses her relationships, including sexual relationships and partnerships. She shares her experiences and opinions about affairs, and monogamous and non-monogamous relationships. Generational differences within the lesbian community are also discussed.

  Tags Buffalo Women, Colleges and Universities, Coming Out, Infidelity, Intergenerational Relationships, Madeline Davis, Monogamy, Oral History, Polyamory
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  Judy, February 5, [year unknown]

  Judy describes her experiences over the past thirty years up to the point of the interview. Topics discussed include cheating (“playing around”), polygamous lesbian relationships, fights in bars, holiday celebrations, friendship, same-sex marriage, religion, drinking, drugs, crime, mental health and treatment of lesbian women, the commonality of lesbian women seeking psychiatric treatment, the working environment for lesbian women, living alone, families of lesbian women, and one case of a lesbian woman raising a son. Judy believes that lesbian women should not raise children and has an extensive discussion about her reasoning. She ends the interview by discussing movie stars and entertainers that were popular among the lesbian community in the 1930s and 1940s.

  Tags Bars, Buffalo Women, Children, Families, Friendship, Infidelity, Marriage, Mental Health, Oral History, Polyamory, Religion, Therapy