The Collection
- Unopended Estradot Patch MOT000116
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Hormones, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Estradot patch in sealed blue packaging. (Sian)
- Dimensions
- Height 7.5 cm Width 7.5 cm
Estradot patch in sealed blue packaging.
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Unopened Estradiol Sachets
MOT000117
Tag After 2 years waiting for any Hormones I eventually got precribed oestrogen - Sandrena 2mg. "Happy Days."
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Hormones, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- 2x Estradiol sachet and tag. Sachet x 2 unused & tag; silver plastic sachets contain Sandrena 1.0mg Estradiol gel.
- Dimensions
- Height 6 cm Width 1.8 cm
Silver plastic sachets, each reading "Orion 1.0 g sachet; Sandrena 1.0 mg Gel Estradiol For transdermal use Use by: 09 2018 Batch no: 1677437
- Unopened Finasteride Blister Pack MOT000115
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Hormones, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Strip of 14 unopened 5mg Finasteride tablets in blister pack. (Sian).
- Dimensions
- Height 9.5 cm Width 5.5 cm
Strip of 14 unopened 5mg Finasteride tablets in blister pack.
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Unopened Testogel Sachet
MOT000057
Tag This little sachet made me SO ILL for the first six months, yet I battled through. It represents DETERMINATION and HOPE that things would get better - and they did! EJJ
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Hormones, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Unopened Testogel sachet An unopened 50mg sachet of Testogel manufactured by Bayer & Bayer.
- Dimensions
- Height 80 mm Width 25 mm
A single 50mg sachet of Testogel. The packaging is silver in colour and the font is printed in black.
- Unopened Testogel Sachets MOT000059
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Hormones, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Unopened Testogel sachets (x28) 28 unopened 50mg sachets of Testogel manufactured by Bayer & Bayer.
- Dimensions
- Height 80 mm Width 25 mm
This image shows 28 50mg Testogel sachets
- Unopened Tube Of Optilube MOT000118
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Plastic 82g tube of Optilube lubricating jelly. White tube with blue lettering. Good condition. (Sian).
- Dimensions
- Height 15 cm Width 5.5 cm
White tube with blue lettering reading "optiLube Lubricating Jelly"
- Unused Needles in Packets MOT000055.2
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 12 cm Width 3.6 cm
Rows of unused needles in packets on a white background.
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Used Poundland Eyeliner
MOT/2024/NDOTC/NORW/023
Tag My journey with makeup has been rocky as hell. I used eyeliner as a teen to hide my feelings; now I embrace femininity as a part of being a trans man.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Norfolk Heritage Centre, Norwich
- Dimensions
- Height 9 cm Width 2 cm Depth 1.5 cm
A black eyeliner and a brown luggage tag with writing on it.
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Used Rimmel Eyeliner Pen
MOT/2024/NDOTC/NORW/003
Tag MOT/NOR/2024/0003 - DEFUNCT BLACK RIMMEL EYELINER GENDER DYSPHORIA BANISHING. SAFETY BLANKET
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Norfolk Heritage Centre, Norwich
- Dimensions
- Height 13.1 cm Width 0.3 cm Depth 0.9 cm
A brown tag labeled "defunct black Rimmel eyeliner" sits beside the eyeliner pen.
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Vaginoplasty Donut Cushion
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/062
Tag Shaped Cushion with a hole in the middle. Used to sit on during the Post-op recovery period following my vaginoplasty.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 120 mm Width 450 mm Depth 40 mm
A black, shaped donut cushion for use after vaginoplasty surgery. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
- Vauxhall Bacchanal By Duckie MOT000955
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Printed Ephemera
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Vauxhall Bacchanal flip book. Flip book of an illustrated man in a harness drinking a pint of beer then vomiting in the same pint glass. Produced for Vauxhall Bacchanal by Duckie, for a 12-hour event at the Southbank Centre, 2pm-2am
- Dimensions
- Height 6 cm Width 11 cm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
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Veronique Facial Wrap
MOT000080.3
Tag "In my case medical treatment was critical. Without it I don't think I would have survived. Medical treatment isn't wanted or accessible to everyone and it doesn't define being trans, no matter what the media or anyone else tells you! Anna / x"
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 12 cm Width 1 cm
The image shows medical items including a face/neck bandage, dilator, and topical anesthetic.
Special Collections
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Information
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Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday closed
Sunday closed
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Bus or Tube to Liverpool Street Station
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