The Collection
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Beige Lycra Control Pants
MOT000032
Tag Lycra pants are rather useful to conceal that which I always preferred not to be there. Money having always been difficult to. You may see there is lots of evidence of rudimentary repair attempts. Oh and BTW they were rather warm in the summer months! Christina N.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Beige Lycra control pants Control pants. Light beige coloured panelled pants elastic waistband & trunk style legs. Very worn, stitching has been repaired by hand in places.
- Dimensions
- Height 460 mm Width 320 mm
A pair of beige control pants with evidence of hand stitching in places.
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Belfast Pride Parade 2022 booklet
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BELF/001
Tag As newcomers to Belfast my partner and I came to Pride for queer + trans community. We made signs ("Trans people are hot" and "Queer by Nature, Dyke by Choice") and were pleasantly surprised to find our photo in Ginny's book!
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Dimension Description Booklet Height 150 mm Width 210 mm Depth 5 mm
Black and white booklet with person on front holding a fan. "Belfast Pride Parade 2022"
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Birthday Card 'Birthday Girl'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BRIS/021
Tag one of the first cards I recieved after coming-out. its loud, proud, validating and makes me happy!
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Greeting Cards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 200 mm Width 192 mm Depth 2 mm
A Birthday Card which says 'Birthday Girl' and has an illustration of cupcake. The card is predominantly pink colours. Underneath the greeting card is a brown tag with writing on it.
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Birthday Card - A Sheep On A Path With Hills Behind
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/044
Tag BIRTHDAY CARD W/ NEW NAME
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Greeting Cards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 125 mm Width 105 mm Depth 1 mm
A birthday card with an illustration of sheep on a country lane. With a Polaroid and a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Birthday Card - Yellow Card With Grey Dog
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/068
Tag First card with chosen name.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Greeting Cards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 110 mm Width 50 mm Depth 1 mm
A yellow birthday card depicting a grey dog wearing a ruff and a pointy hat. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag and a polaroid of a person holding the card.
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Birthday Card With A Hand Drawn Leaf Pattern
MOT/2024/NDOTC/PLYM/008
Tag At 23, I privately came out to a few of my closest friends. This was my frist birthday card with my new name one it.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Greeting Cards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 10.5 cm Width 15 cm
The image shows a floral pattern on pink, accompanied by a handwritten note on a tag.
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Birthday Letter
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/022
Tag Letter from one trans friend to another (AUG 2019) wishing a happy birthday and many joys to come.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Personal Messages
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 210 mm Width 148 mm Depth 1 mm
A handwritten birthday letter from Caspian to Raleigh. With an brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Black Baseball Cap
MOT000095
Tag My favourite hat … As a child I would watch my granddad with pure adoration. He was always stylishly dressed in a suit and his best church hat … He had many beautiful qualities which I admire, best of all he was a gentleman. He was passed away before I could explain to him how much he shaped me as a person. He taught me kindness and I would like to think many great, great qualities. He also is the reason I love hats.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Black baseball cap and tag. Black baseball cap & tag; cotton "NY New Era" baseball brand, some staining on back of brim and slight dirt on top of brim. Staining inside cap at front. Dirt on back stitching under "Baseball" label. Overall worn but good.
- Dimensions
- Height 17.2 cm Width 19.1 cm Depth 29.5 cm
Black baseball cap lying next to a brown tag.
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Black Binder
MOT/2024/NDOTC/DUND/031
Tag The last binder I ever wore! I was surprised to learn how small my chest is after surgery – had to search a while for this after my 2023 top surgery. Finally found this on Amazon.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 40 cm Width 30 cm Depth 0.5 cm
A blank binder hung on a wooden hanger.
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Black Binder
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LEED/010
Tag This was my first binder, it completely changed my life
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 380 mm Width 340 mm Depth 10 mm
A black binder on a wooden hanger.
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Black Buttoned Boxer Shorts With Red Waistband
MOT000037
Tag The first pair of boxer shorts I ever owned, bought at around 14. I found these in poundland, and, full of adrenaline, paid for them with my own pocket money and put them on the moment I got back home. The confidence it gave me was incredible. H.E.W.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Black boxers with a red waistband. Black cotton boxer pants, red waistband frayed & well worn.
- Dimensions
- Height 40 cm Width 28 cm
Black boxers with a red waistband with white stripe.
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Black Calvin Klein Bra Top
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/022
Tag I WAS GIFTED THIS PIECE OF UNDER WEAR BY A FRIEND - ACTUALLY STOLE IT BUT THEY DON'T MIND... IT'S GIVEN SO MUCH CONFIDENCE AND GENDER EUPHORIA. WORE IT AT PARTY, DATES, AT WORK, EVERYWHERE FOR WAY TOO LONG! [Formatting Note: There is a crossed out word but the the work "long" in the last line]
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 260 mm Width 340 mm Depth 10 mm
A black, sheer, Calvin Klein bra top on a wooden hanger.
Special Collections
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Saturday closed
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