Interview with Tammy, 20, White British, working class. Women, Risk and AIDS Project, Manchester, 1989. Anonymised version (Ref: EDD135)

This interview is part of the Women, Risk and Aids Project (1989-90) archive which was created as part of the Reanimating Data Project (2018-20).Anonymised transcript of an interview with Tammy, aged 20 living and working in Manchester. Currently working as a lunch-time organiser in a local school; studied psychology and sociology at college; also did community care course. Has also worked with people with disabilities and elderly people in care, found the latter hard when people died. Living at home with parents and paying them rent, no plans to move out for now, and has enough money for her needs. Interview focuses on recent end of long term relationship with boyfriend since age of 13, and attempts at dating since. Ex-boyfriend had 'cancer of the knee' and had his leg amputated aged 18. Not obvious that this impacted the end of the relationship, which she describes as ending because of lack of a 'mental connection', growing apart, due to his lack of initiative getting a job, perhaps 'moody' and withdrawn, not exactly clear whether just post amputation or before. Includes brief account of one night stand without contraception aged 14, which she is ashamed of (possibly not only because of lack of contraception but age suggests that she was also going out with her boyfriend at that time, and later in the interview she appears opposed to being unfaithful), and not shared story with parents, who she is otherwise very open with about sex. Otherwise committed to safe sex. Was going to have sex with a guy she met at a party recently but he wouldn't wear a condom and so she didn't continue with sex with him - on the pill, but concerned specifically about AIDS rather than STIs. Discussed learning the 'facts' about AIDS (and drugs) from her parents, esp father. Implication of siblings but little mention of them. Does describe some nights out with friends, but feels, because of her long term boyfriend, that she has let friendships lapse, and so does not have so many people to go out with. Some discussion that she could invite friends from school she has not seen for a while to a 21st birthday party, but not so easy to call up to go out with. Discusses not looking for a relationship, but wanting a bit more 'mentally' going on in order to have sex.

本次访谈属于**女性、风险与艾滋病项目（Women, Risk and Aids Project，1989-1990年）**档案库的一部分，该档案库由**数据复活项目（Reanimating Data Project，2018-2020年）**整理建立。本访谈记录已做匿名化处理，受访者为塔米（Tammy），时年20岁，在英国曼彻斯特生活与工作。她现任当地一所学校的午餐时段协调员，曾在大学修习心理学与社会学专业，同时完成了社区护理课程。她曾先后从事助残护理与老年照护工作，其中老年照护的经历让她倍感煎熬——每当照护的老人离世时，她都难以释怀。目前她与父母同住，会向父母缴纳房租，暂无搬离的计划，且收入足以覆盖日常开支。本次访谈的核心内容包括：她近期结束了一段从13岁起便开始的长期恋爱关系，以及此后的约会尝试。她的前男友曾罹患“膝关节癌”，并在18岁时接受了截肢手术。她并未明确提及该病情对两人关系破裂存在直接影响，反而将分手归因于“精神联结缺失”、二人渐行渐远：前男友缺乏求职主动性，性格或许有些孤僻易怒且回避社交。她并不确定这种状态是截肢后才出现，还是早在术前便已存在。访谈中还简要提及了她14岁时发生的一次无避孕措施的一夜情，对此她深感羞愧——这不仅源于未采取避孕手段，结合年龄来看，当时她正与前男友交往；且在访谈后续内容中，她明确表示反对不忠行为。她并未将这段经历告知父母，尽管她在性话题上与父母向来沟通坦诚。除此之外，她始终坚持安全性行为。近期她曾计划与派对上结识的一名男子发生性关系，但对方拒绝使用安全套，因此她终止了该行为。她当时正在服用避孕药，但更担忧的是艾滋病（AIDS）而非其他性传播感染（STIs）。她还谈及自己是从父母——尤其是父亲——口中了解到艾滋病与相关药物的相关知识。访谈中隐约提及她有兄弟姐妹，但并未展开过多细节。她提到曾与好友外出游玩，但因长期恋爱关系，她逐渐疏远了不少朋友，因此如今可一同外出的同伴并不多。她曾考虑邀请许久未联系的学校好友参加自己的21岁生日派对，但实际联络邀约时却发现并非易事。她表示目前并未刻意寻找新的恋爱关系，但希望在发生性关系前，双方能拥有更深层次的精神联结。