| Ref No | BOFF/1/2/1 |
| Title | The Sailor and the Showgirl project |
| Description | The project is also known as the Wayward Sailor and the Showgirl, and the Sailor and the Whore
A project regarding safe sex, cross dressing (cross-dressing), and playing around with gender roles. The project is one where a 'sailor', propositions a 'showgirl', where the use of condoms as a means for safe sex are also advocated. The sailor is a woman, Nerina Ferguson, Tessa Boffin's girlfriend, who started working with her in 1992. The showgirl is Tessa Boffin, but dressed as a Drag Queen, with over the top glamour, so at first appearing to be a man.
The work is referenced in Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Cultures, edited by Peter Horne and Reina Lewis in 'Dyke! Fag! Centurion! Whore! an appreciation of Tessa Boffin by Cherry Smyth
Includes correspondence regarding photographs from the project being published in Lesbians Send Postcards, published by Scarlett Press. Includes newspaper adverts advertising condoms, safe sex, handwritten articles over gender roles, and hand written articles regarding AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), and the deviancy of homosexuality. |
| Date | 10 Apr 1993 - 29 May 1993 |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Farnham |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| RelatedNameCode | DS/UK/18 |
| DS/UK/25 |
| Location | Box No BOFF 1 |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/18 | Boffin; Tessa (1960-1993); Photographer | 1960-1993 |
| DS/UK/25 | Ferguson; Nerina; Photographer | |