The Collection
- Security Pass For E-J Scott MOT000970
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- E-J Scott's security pass for Queer and Now festival at Tate Britain 2021. Plastic security pass for E-J.Scott, curator of the Queer and Now Festival at Tate Britain (1-28 February 2021), expiring on 31 November 2021. The pass includes photo, name, role, staff number, expiry date and the Tate logo. It is in a black plastic case with a clip.
- Dimensions
- Height 10 cm Width 6 cm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
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Self-Portrait As A Boy
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/030
Tag THIS IS MY SELF-PORTRAIT AT 7 YEARS OLD, SECOND GRADE. THIS WAS THE YEAR I FIRST CAME OUT. JOYFUL TO SEE LITTLE ME EMBRACE WHO THEY ARE ♡
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- Collection
- Letter To My Little Trans Self
- Category
- Artwork
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 279 mm Width 216 mm Depth 1 mm
A child's crayon drawing of a smiling boy. He has brown hair and wears a green t-shirt with an orange tick, purple shorts and red shoes with a green spot. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Serbian Non-Binary Sticker
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/059
Tag A non-binary sticker in Serbian from my non-binary friend (/mentor/inspiration)
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Stickers
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 100 mm Width 100 mm Depth 1 mm
A non-binary sticker in Serbian. It has a black background with text in yellow, white and purple. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Set Of Photographs
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BELF/011
Tag These photos show my trans found family, attempting to portray their lives and joy. Humanising history and memory is very important to me, and this photography is my small way of trying to do this. Photos taken around Northern Ireland, with Canon AE-1 camera on Kodak Gold film.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Photographs
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 150 mm Width 250 mm Depth 10 mm
A set of photographs which are lay on top of each other so just on is visible which shows a group of people talking and laughing. The photographs are next to a luggage tag with writing on it and under that a polaroid of a person (the donor) holding the photographs.
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Sewing Kit In A Tin 'The Tin Wardrobe'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/015
Tag WE GOT THESE TINS OUT OF THE SKIP AT OUR STORAGE LOCKER AND REPURPOSED THEM INTO SEWING KITS TO SELL & ENCORAGE PEOPLE TO FIX THEIR OWN CLOTHES AND SEW ON THEIR OWN PATCHES. MOT/CTDOV/002.8 5x2cm
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Fashion, Artwork, Intersex
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 50 mm Width 50 mm Depth 20 mm
A small, round, silver tin labeled "The TIN Wardrobe". The label is in the trans, non-binary and intersex pride flag colours and features the trans symbol. With a brown handwritten luggage tag.
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Sharps Box
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/010
Tag This is a sharp box containing, the needles that were used to do my testerone shots. I DIY'd my HrT for 18 months because the NHS fails the trans community. DIY saved my life and was made possible by support from the trans community.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
A bright yellow sharps box with a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Shaving Cream In A Blue Tube
MOT/2024/NDOTC/GLAS/018
Tag I got this shaving cream on a trip at 10. For some reason I felt it was important and years later after coming out I used it for my first shave.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 8 cm Width 3.5 cm Depth 2 cm
The image shows a note explaining the significance of a blue shaving cream bottle.
- She Keeps Me Damn Alive By Danielle Braithwaite-Shirley MOT000954
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- "She Keeps me Damn Alive" exhibition programme Programme for interactive exhibition She Keeps Me Damn Alive by Danielle Braithwaite-Shirley at the Arebyte Gallery, London. Programme includes interview with the artist, illustrations and images from the game. The exhibition took the form of "an immersive point and shoot" style arcade game
- Dimensions
- Height 21 cm Width 15 cm
Black booklet reading "RepresentationStation" at the top with red letters reading "SHE KEEPS ME DAMN ALIVE" in jagged font underneath.
- She, He, They: We T-Shirt MOT001165
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- T-Shirts
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
A black T-shirt on a hanger features green text which says 'She, He, They: We'.
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She-Ra Enamel Pin
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BRIS/014
Tag I bought this pin at Pride CAF (Comic Art Fest) 2023 after finding out about the event the night before via Rebecca Burgess (one of the artists, who sold me this Catra x Adora pin) who was advertising the event to the She-Ra fandom on tumblr. I did some art of my own, had an overwhelming number of conversations, and I'd never seen so many trans people in one place before! I bought this pin at Pride CAF 2023 (Comic Art Fest) after discovering one of the artists (Rebecca Burgess, who was selling She-Ra pins) advertising the event on tumblr. I'd never seen so many trans people in one place before! I had an overwhelming number of conversation-s and bought many things & did some art.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 35 mm Width 35 mm Depth 10 mm
An enamel pin showing two people embracing and holding hands. One is blonde and wearing a red outfit and the other has brown hair and animal ears. They are characters from the cartoon She-Ra. The pin is attached to a brown tag with a handwritten message on it.
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She/Her Pronoun Orange Badge From LGBT Youth
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/034
Tag Pronoun badge given by the teacher running my schools Gender and Sexuality Alliance. Worn on the lapel of my school blazer or on my rainbow tote bag.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 25 mm Width 25 mm Depth 3 mm
A small, orange, "SHE HER" pronoun pin badge from LGBTYOUTH. With a Polaroid and a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Sheep Hot Water Bottle
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/050
Tag THIS IS A SHEEP HOT WATER BOTTLE. IT BELONGED TO THE LATE THALIA TAMARI, 1998-2023. THALIA WAS A TRANS WOMAN FROM WALTHAMSTOW. AFTER MANY YEARS OF STRUGGLING TO FIND SPACES THAT WERE SUITABLE FOR HER, SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN DECEMBER 2023. MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE, TRANSPHOBIA AND NEUROTYPICALITIES’ INABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE TO NEURO DIVERGENT PEOPLE WERE CENTRAL TO HER SUICIDE. THIS SHEEP WAS a TEDDY SHE USED TO SLEEP WITH AND REPRESENTS ONE OF THE COMFORTS IN HER LIFE
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 450 mm Width 320 mm Depth 110 mm
A beige sheep hot water bottle. The sheep has black eyes and a pink nose. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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