Gay & Lesbian

One of the aims of the Pride Legacy Project is to tackle the lack of historical awareness often found within the gay community itself. Partly this is a consequence of AIDS. As Redfern says: ‘There was an entire generation of gay men who were totally decimated during the ’80s and ’90s. So the lack of oral history, the lack of a sense of continuation within our community, isn’t really surprising. Nowadays we have a kind of ravaging gay consumer culture, but very little else. That’s why I’m a big fan of the House of Homosexual Culture. It’s important the we have other traditions to focus on besides sex. It’s about desexualising sexuality and understanding the cultural history of what we’re doing and who we are as a community.’

Unlikely as it sounds, a similar concern for cultural tradition informs his alter ego. As well as working as a door whore, Timberlina performs in a band called The Kitchenettes and has created a musical, ‘Stark Dallas Naked’, with David Mills and Jonny Woo. She also performs interactive, site specific events in people’s homes. One recent performance was called ‘Fixing the Toilet Handle with Stories and Song’ and involved live plumbing. Timberlina is nothing if not a multi-tasker. But who is she? And where did she come from? Feature continues