The Victorians are seen as the ultimate guardians of rigid gender boundaries.
When Fanny Park and Stella Boulton transgressed those imagined lines, they triggered a scandal that reached the length and breadth of Britain.
To tell this story Anthony is joined by HRH Aphrodite, historian, artist and drag queen.
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Edited by Hannah Feodorov and Anna Brant. Produced by Stuart Beckwith.
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