 In an interview with the "Lambda Book Report" in 2005, Meaker reflected on the impact of her books as Ann Aldrich, saying, "I honestly never thought about anything except people like me buying the book.I never thought of us having any entitlement or any importance; it just never dawned upon me.If somebody had showed me the [gay couples in the] wedding pages of "The New York Times", which was awaiting us in the future, I wouldn't have believed it.