Spotlight

As SOURCE wanders through Brighton Museum’s new Transology exhibit, we chat with a friendly lady called Lisa. She’s come all the way from Leicester, where she heads a project called the Young Transgender Centre of Excellence. Her clients, she explains, have submitted personal items to this show that have significance to their own journey through transition, and Lisa is here, on tenterhooks, to see if any of their objects have made it into the display. Rounding the corner, we see a selection of clothing items, each with a handwritten tag from its donor. Lisa recognizes the writing of a client and is moved almost to tears by seeing it there. It means so much, she explains, to see the words of someone who only a short while back didn’t feel empowered to talk about this publicly. In this moment, we get an inkling of what this display means for its participants.