Stella (Ernest Boulton) was Victorian England’s most beautiful female impersonator, Fanny (Fre
Stella (Ernest Boulton) was Victorian England’s most beautiful female impersonator, Fanny (Frederick Park) her inseparable companion. Stella was lauded for her beautiful soprano voice, and had a lengthy relationship with Lord Arthur Pelham-Clinton. Stella and Fanny were arrested in London in 1871, charged “with conspiring and inciting persons to commit an unnatural offence.” There was a sensational trial, but the prosecution.failed to prove they had anal sex, then a crime, or that crossdressing was a crime. -- source link
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