The Collection
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Train Ticket
MOT000146
Tag The collection receipt for my train tickets to attend Trans Pride Brighton. It is an event that celebrates and helps to make us more equal + exceptable in society! x
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Travel
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Train ticket receipt - London St Pancras 19-JULY-16.
- Dimensions
- Height 8.5 cm Width 5.5 cm
Train ticket receipt - London St Pancras 19-JULY-16.
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Train Ticket
MOT000147
Tag This was the ticket I used to meet my Canadian girlfriend, the first time seeing her in person as her boyfriend instead of her girlfriend. An amazing moment!
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Travel
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Train ticket Bedford stations to London Thameslink 16-JUN-16.
- Dimensions
- Height 8.5 cm Width 5.5 cm
Train ticket Bedford stations to London Thameslink 16-JUN-16.
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Train Ticket
MOT000148
Tag This is a prop from the last movie made by a comedic film group I started at university. Our group was almost entirely trans, and the few who weren’t (bar one) were at least one other letter of the LGBTQ acronym. Our works included, amongst others, A Cismas Carol, Mama Queer!, and a reimagining of the nativity story (featuring a pregnant Marcus and his wife Josephine, along with an inn keeper who is disgusted to discover that her husband has a penis). Most comedy featuring trans characters seems to use us as cheap punchlines, so the films were a way of being funny on our terms, lifting low spirits, and highlighting the ridiculousness of transphobia. We never made the films public, but we had private premieres where we’d dress up, get drunk and celebrate our creations
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Travel, Personal Messages
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Train ticket & card. Ticket to Hull "single", blue cut out lettering stuck on with cellotape "First transpenis Express".
- Dimensions
- Height 8.5 cm Width 5.5 cm
Train ticket & card. Ticket to Hull "single", blue cut out lettering stuck on with cellotape "First transpenis Express".
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Train Ticket, Musselburgh To Paisely
MOT/2024/NDOTC/DUND/016
Tag Train ticket to Trans Pride in Scotland, Paisley 22 May 2022. It represents trans joy, a wonderful feeling of freedom and love being surrounded by other trans people.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland, Travel
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 5.5 cm Width 8.5 cm
A train ticket which has 'Trans Pride' written in biro on it with a hear. Underneath there is a brown tag with writing on it.
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
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- Collection
- Polaroids
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
A person with glasses smiles while holding a yellow sign with bold text reading, "TRANSGENDER MENACE".
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
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- Collection
- Polaroids
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
A person wearing a cap holds a cardboard sign with handwritten messages, smiling gently at the camera.
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
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- Collection
- Polaroids
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
Two people are smiling at the camera in a colorful room with various posters in the background.
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
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- Collection
- Polaroids
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
Two people are smiling in front of colorful signs, with "Transcestry, '23".
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
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- Collection
- Polaroids
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
Three people are holding signs with messages in a vibrant room.
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
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- Collection
- Polaroids
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
Two people smiling happily hold a pink sign that reads, "I love being trans," against a colorful background.
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
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- Collection
- Polaroids
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
A group of people gathers in front of a colorful wall filled with various posters and signs.
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
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- Collection
- Polaroids
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trancestry Exhibition 2025 Polaroids
A person wearing a "TRANSCESTRY" shirt poses playfully, surrounded by colorful signs.
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