The Collection
- Testosterone Enant Amps MOT000058
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Testosterone Enant Amps 5 x boxes of 3 testosterone Enant 250mg ampoules; 3 x empty boxes; two boxes each have 2 x ampoules broken in half ie. broken ampoule pieces x 4.
- Dimensions
- Height 72 mm Width 63 mm Depth 13 mm
A white packet of Testosterone.
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Testosterone Vial
MOT/2024/NDOTC/DUND/032
Tag One of my first empty t vials. I bought this online from a steroid website in 2022. I've DIYed almost my entire HRT journey due to the innacessibility of HRT in the UK. DIYing is really important to me as it gives me control and independence. End the stigma!
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Hormones, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 4.5 cm Width 2.5 cm Depth 2.5 cm
A bottle of testosterone vial. Next to it is a brown tag with writing on it.
- Text Panel For Disabled/Intersex Flag MOT001180
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Disability, Intersex, Printed Ephemera
- Place
- A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
An A4 text panel for the disabled and intersex flag. It has a blue border and is full of typed text.
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Thai Airways Card
MOT000132
Tag Thai AirwayS card - Thailand is very trans friendly although it took a year to change my name. Also the 'lightbulb' moment for me was in Laos
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Trans Identity
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- "Thai Airways" membership card. Gold coloured plastic membership card for Thai Airways & tag. Card has small scratches generally over surface, residue from sticky label on reverse and finger marks.
- Dimensions
- Height 5.4 cm Width 8.5 cm
Gold coloured plastic membership card for Thai Airways & tag. Card has small scratches generally over surface, residue from sticky label on reverse and finger marks.
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The Helpful Information Gazette Issue 2
MOT/2024/NDOTC/NORW/040
Tag I make and hand out these leaflets each year of trans-related events to increase visibility the networking of regional + intersectional trans orgs to combat the London-centrism of who gets airtime and organising opportunity amongst locals.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Publications
- Place
- Norfolk Heritage Centre, Norwich
- Dimensions
- Height 21 cm Width 15 cm
A leaflet and tag discussing trans support organisations.
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The Missing Ingredient Comic Book
MOT/2024/NDOTC/DUND/040
Tag I created 'The Missing Ingredient' for my final project in my Masters Degree. The protagonist is trans, and I wanted to show him living his life without difficulties from that.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Zines, Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 21 cm Width 15 cm Depth 0.5 cm
The image shows a comic book titled "The Missing Ingredient" with vibrant illustrations and a handwritten note.
- The Paper Protest People MOT001187
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Artwork
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- A collection of paper people called 'The Paper Protest' from a project done in Hastings. The paper people were created over a series of workshops inviting community members to come and make self-portrait automata.
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
- The Sun Newspaper, Tuesday March 21st 2017 MOT000041
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- The Sun newspaper copy for Tuesday March 21st 2017
- Dimensions
- Height 370 mm Width 292 mm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/014
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The Woman In The Portrait - Collection Of Short Stories 2008-2024 By Juliet Jacques
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/014
Tag My latest short story collection, with my trans-fictions from my early 20s to the present. I wrote the first draft of "Nazimova" in 2002, aged 20. Juliet Jacques
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- Collection
- Letter To My Little Trans Self
- Category
- Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Dimension Description Book Height 195 mm Width 130 mm Depth 25 mm
A book titled "The Woman in the Portrait - Collected Short Stories 2008-2024" by Juliet Jacques. The cover is white with green and pink geometric shapes and black and white close up photo of a person's eyes. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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They/them Pronoun Badge
MOT000075
Tag This badge made me more confident in disclosing my nonbinary identity when I started at university. It makes me feel visible and starts conversations I struggle to initiate myself.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- They/them pronoun badge and tag. Circular pin badge & tag, with text "They/Them". Good condition.
- Dimensions
- Height 2.7 cm Width 2.7 cm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
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Three Fabric Patches Mounted Onto Cardboard 'The Tin Wardrobe'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/009
Tag THESE PATCHES WERE TRULY AN EXPERIMENT IN HOW CHEAPLY WE COULD MAKE IRON ON PATCHES. FOR A GRASSROOTS NON PROFIT EVERY PENNY COUNTS SO WE REALLY WERE TRYING TO MAKE PRODUCTS FOR AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. WE STILL FOLLOW THIS ETHOS TODAY (OUT OF NECESSITY THAN ANYTHING) WITH OUR PACKAGING FOR ORDERS BEING MADE FROM RECYCLED MEDICAL PACKAGING, AND WORKING OUT OF A STORAGE LOCK UP WITH NO ELECTRICITY. RUNNING THE BACK END OF [End of front of tag, text continues on the back] THE WEBSITE ON A SECOND HAND CHROMEBOOK. THESE CRAPPY BADGES MADE OF HEM TAPE AND PAINT MARKERS REPRESENT THE WAY MARGINALISED PROJECTS TRY TO BUILD SOMETHING WORTHWHILE OUT OF NOTHING AT ALL MOT/CTDOV/002.2 11cm/11cm
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Artwork, Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
The fabric patches depicting the Non-Binary Flag, Trans Flag and the Trans Symbol, mounted on a card titled "THE TIN WARDROBE", with a brown handwritten luggage tag.
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BIRM/004
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Three Flyers (Birmingham Punks for Pride, Punks for Trans Pride, and The Monster Mosh)
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BIRM/004
Tag Side 1 - Punks for trans Pride – This event followed after and was a place for trans folx to celebrate with community (side note: I met my Partner Here ♡ xox) 'The Monster Mosh' – A halloween gig of terror, karriokie , and 2 stepping a fun night for Queers to dance, dress up, and be seen. Side 2 - A seiries of Posters & stickers from the 'Outcase Stomp' music collective, a Queercore Music/Event Promoter based in Birmingham. They create a safe space for neurodiverse queer & trans people in the hardcore & punk scene. Punks for pride was the first event, hosted as an alternative from corperate pride & its capitalist influences.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Printed Ephemera
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Flyer - Birmingham Punks for Pride Flyer - Punks for trans Pride Flyer - The Monster Mosh
The image shows three black-and-white punk-themed event posters with band names and dates.
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