The Collection
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Badge - Rocky Horror Lips
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/031
Tag Pin badge from The Enby Horror Show, celebrating Halloween at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in 2023. My friends and I went in fancy dress - I went as Magenta.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 36 mm Width 36 mm Depth 5 mm
A small badge featuring red lips on a black background. The image is synonymous with the Rocky Horror Picture Show. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Badge - They/Them Scratch Art
MOT/2024/NDOTC/MANC/003
Tag they/thon pronoun badge
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 6 cm Width 6 cm
The image displays a round badge with colorful "They/Them" text and a Polaroid
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Badge - Trans Pals, Out Proud Trans* Trans Flag And Figure
MOT000099.9
Tag "Freedom to proudly be Ourselves transpals.org.uk"
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 3.5 cm Width 3.6 cm
A badge which says 'Out And Proud' with a trans flag as the background and a figure.
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Badge - Trans Symbol
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/075
Tag Edinburgh trans pride's promotional logo pin
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland, Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
A small, round badge featuring the trans symbol in the trans colours on a white background. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Badge - Veteran Of The Culture War
MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/022
Tag "one of my favourite badges the Trans Aid Cymru volunteers designed for us to sell at pride events to fundraise! ""Veteran of The Culture War"" sums up so much how we feel regarding to anti-trans media storms."
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 26 mm Width 26 mm Depth 4 mm
Blue pin badge inscribed "VETERAN OF THE CULTURE WAR" around a white 5 pointed star in a circle. With a brown handwritten luggage tag.
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Badge Of Womans Face On Purple Background
MOT000099.8
Tag Got a new job, got my face in the local LGBTQ press felt a bit awkward about it. Got presented with a badge with my own face on it by a young person I support. Funny. Maeve
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 3.5 cm Width 3.5 cm
Badge Of Womans Face On Purple Background.
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Badge Trans Pride Leeds 2023
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LEED/032
Tag RATHER THAN A SINGLE EVENT, TRANS PRIDE LEEDS DECIDED TO DO A SERIES OF EVENTS THROUGH THE YEAR. ONE OF THESE WAS OUR DAY OF COMICS, CRAFTING & COSPLAY. THIS IS A COMMEMORATIVE BADGE BASED ON THE ARTWORK FOR OUR PUBLICITY POSTER.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland, Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 35 mm Width 35 mm Depth 5 mm
A small colourful badge with text "TRANS PRIDE LEEDS 2023" with a background of three stylised faces. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Badge With Trans Flag and 'KOSMA' Written
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/024
Tag This is a badge I made while I announced my name for the first time to my girlfriend, who was also the first person to learn about it. I chose the name Kosma as it is a masculine Polish name, but it sounds quite ambiguous which is perfect. Kosme comes from cosmos. I can't wait to legally change my name
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 36 mm Width 36 mm Depth 5 mm
A small badge coloured in the trans flag colours and featuring the name "KOSMA". With a Polaroid of the donor and a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Badges (x3) and toothpick trans flag
MOT/2024/NDOTC/SOUT/012
Tag Some worn button badges and a toothpick trans flag
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Badge - Not a girl Badge - He/him :) yellow Badge - Size matters not - yoda Toothpick trans flag
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
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Badminton Shuttlecock
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/005
Tag Shuttlecock from my first badminton Competition Where I presented as not masculine.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Sports
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Dimension Description 940mm Height 680 mm Width 600 mm
A white badminton shuttlecock.
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Ballet Shoes
MOT000097
Tag My first pair of ballet shoes. I’ve been doing ballet since I was 4 years old. When I came out I was worried that people wouldn’t see me as male because of my love of ballet and pointe, but because I love it so much I refused to quit. Since coming out, I’ve been more confident in my dancing, and while they were worn long before my transition, they hold a lot of memories for me, as ballet has made me the man I am.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Sports
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Ballet shoes and tag. Ballet shoes child size (x2) & tag; pale pink/peach coloured. Very worn, black marks from wear around whole of both shoes, bottom stitching worn on both soles, left shoe sole damaged, fraying round top edge of uppers.
- Dimensions
- Height 18 cm Width 7.6 cm Depth 4 cm
Pink ballet shoes tied together with a small piece of white string. Both shoes have black marks on the bottom and show other signs of wear such as dirty elastic over each bridge and frayed seams.
- Ban Trans Conversion Therapy Brighton 2022 Polaroid
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- Collection
- Polaroids
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Ban Trans Conversion Therapy Brighton 2022 Polaroids
People are participating in an outdoor protest and one person is holding a sign which says "DEAR TORIES, JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE 2D DOESN'T MEAN MY GENDER IS".
Special Collections
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The Bishopsgate Institute is situated in leafy London, right next to Liverpool Street station.
Information
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday closed
Sunday closed
How to get here
Bus or Tube to Liverpool Street Station
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