Photographer Laura Aguilar says the project, photographing the working-class Latina butches and femmes who went to the Plush Pony bar, “didn’t get off to the best start. She offered to photograph the women for free and give them pictures in exchange for their time, but everyone reacted suspiciously. “‘They were like, ‘Who is this person who wants to take our picture for free?’’ she recalls. ‘So I said, ‘OK, five bucks.’ And then they said, ‘OK.’'”