The Collection
- Brighton Transformed: Badge With Portrait Of Darcy MOT000957
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Black and white portrait of Darcy badge. Badge of black and white photograph of Darcy, one of the contributors to the project Brighton Transformed, a project documenting trans lives in Brighton and Hove
- Dimensions
- Height 6 cm Width 6 cm
Small black badge showing a black and white portrait of Darcy wearing a white tshirt and black hat.
- Brighton Transformed: CDs Of Recordings MOT000956
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Music
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- "Brighton Transformed" CDs (x2 in plastic case) Two CDs in plastic case of a recording of the voices of Brighton Transformed contributors that was played at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery at the Museum of Transology Exhibition in 2017-2018.
- Dimensions
- Height 12 cm Width 12 cm
"Brighton Transformed" CDs (x2 in plastic case)
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Broken Glasses
MOT/2024/NDOTC/PLYM/017
Tag Broken glasses/'Gimp'. These were broken during a night out by two men who called me a gimp. I later exhibited these alongside my first bikini top "Gimp/Tits" 2022, as a duality of trans experience.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 5.5 cm Width 14 cm Depth 2.5 cm
A pair of broken glasses lies above a handwritten note, recounting their damaging incident.
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Brown Dotted Page From Journal
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/010
Tag Oh how far I've come'. Trans joy from my hospital bed on the day of my top surgery.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Medical, Personal Messages
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 210 mm Width 148 mm Depth 1 mm
A brown dotted paper page from a journal on the day the donor had top surgery. With a polaroid of the donor and a brown handwritten luggage tag.
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Buckingham Palace letter
MOT000198
Tag My letter from the Queen after I changed my passport.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Personal Messages
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Letter from Buckingham Palace and four loose letters. Letter from Buckingham Palace to Miss Katherine Davern. Letter has been folded into 1/3rds, bottom 1/3 shows reverse letter imprint of top & middle paragraph. Pink spot of ink imprinted near date from signature when letter was folded. Letter removed from a frame when taken off display January 2020.
- Dimensions
- Height 43.7 cm Width 33 cm
Letter from Buckingham Palace and four loose letters.
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Burgundy T-Shirt WIth Graphic Shapes and 'Joy'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/012
Tag T-shirt decorated with Posca pens to wear at Edinburgh Pride 2022
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Fashion, T-Shirts
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 690 mm Width 630 mm Depth 10 mm
A burgundy t-shirt, printed with colored line drawings of geometric shapes and the word "Joy", on a wooden hangar.
- Burn Down the GIC: Cloth Banner MOT001142
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Banners
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- "Burn Down the GIC" cloth banner. White cloth banner with the text "Burn Down the GIC: Cloth Banner" in red paint on a white background. There are cloth flames at the bottom and a painted trans pride flag in the bottom left corner.
- Dimensions
- Height 150 cm Width 100 cm
"Burn Down the GIC" cloth banner.
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Bust Card, Advice On Arrest At Protests
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BIRM/012
Tag Bustcard used during counterprotest at Posie Parker hate rally 2023 Centenary Square
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland, Printed Ephemera
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 87 mm Width 146 mm
Bust card, along with tag.
- C-shaped Plaster Cast MOT000171
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Plaster cast in one piece; white C shape with round protrusion on one side, one end curves to a point with smooth end, rough surface & edges to opposite end.
- Dimensions
- Height 16 cm Width 12 cm
Plaster cast in one piece; white C shape with round protrusion on one side, one end curves to a point with smooth end, rough surface & edges to opposite end.
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Cake Banner Wrap - Happy 1st Birthday
MOT/2024/NDOTC/HAST/006
Tag This was wrapped around a cake that my friends Rhys and Katie made for me on my 23rd birthday. This was a month after I came out. The cake was white with pink and blue butterflies. This stood out to me as one of the first moments of acceptance for me [smiley face]
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Trans Identity
- Place
- Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
A silver birthday banner which is colourful and says 'Birthday'.
- Cake Topper MOT000067
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- 18th birthday cake topper. Cake topper in shape of speech bubble reads "Happy 18th Birthday Asher". Slight scratch on the back, at bottom, at middle, top right-hand corner.
- Dimensions
- Height 10.1 cm Width 9.8 cm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
MOT001002
- Calendar: A Love Letter - From Us. To Us. A Celebration of Trans Community, Bodies & Lives. For Us, Buy Us MOT001002
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Personal Messages
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- "A Love Letter - From Us. To Us" calendar (x3). Large photographic calendar, "A Love Letter - From Us. To Us. A Celebration of Trans Community, Bodies & Lives. For Us, By Us" by Fort.London (13pp) (3 copies). Each page includes a large photographic image of members of the trans community in colour and black and white. Items from the Museum of Transology are included in the photos. There is an accompanying fold-out zine entitled "We will build our own homes and find our own heavens" and a metal coathanger to display the calendar.
- Dimensions
- Height 43 cm Width 31 cm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
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