The Collection
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Pair Of Prosthetic Silicone Breasts
MOT000176
Tag These Amoena breast forms purchased c1992 replaced my home-produced bra stuffers. The weight, feel and jiggle of these gave me a heady experience I would imagine on par with the experience some trans men experience when packing the first few times. The life expectancy of these Amoena forms is approximately two to three years, so my 25 years usage attests to their excellence. The replacements cost about the same today and are equally pleasing.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Pair of prosthetic silicone breasts in red "Puma" box. Pair of prosthetic silicone breasts; contained in red Puma label box (210mm x 160mm x 60mm) triangular shaped, flesh coloured, soft & flexible as filled with gel, flat back no nipples or skin detail. Both have triangular Velcro pieces stuck to back for fixing into place, plus 4 unattached separate Velcro pieces (bagged together). Also 4 x paper & 1 cellophane triangles in box, & label reads "Balconette 85B".
- Dimensions
- Height 16.5 cm Width 3.5 cm Depth 20 cm
Pair of prosthetic silicone breasts.
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Pair Of Slingback Silver Open-Toed Shoes
MOT000094
Tag Not long after I started my transition, my cousin asked me to be a bridesmaid. I wore these shoes and a dress which my mum made. I was absolutely shitting myself in church but it was a beautiful day (<3). Maeve x
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Silver slingback shoes and tag. Slingback open toed high heeled shoes (x2) & tag; Manufacturer Emilio Lucax UK size 10, light grey satin outer with silver lining to upper & to surface of inner sole, wear marks across area of ball of foot on both shoes & toe prints. Left shoe has small brown stain on grey satin across toes, evidence of wear on sole. Instep has small circular light coloured mark on satin fabric. Right shoe has pucker in fabric around heel base.
- Dimensions
- Height 29 cm Width 12 cm Depth 12.1 cm
Silver open-toed shoes with soles reading "43/10 Emilio Luca X".
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Pale Medium Silicone Packer
MOT/2024/NDOTC/NORW/012
Tag My longest serving and very beaten up packer, used between 2018 and January 2024. A life-changing prosthetic during the years where my bottom dysphoria was near-constant.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 14.5 cm Width 8.25 cm
A packer with a brown label tag.
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Paper Identity Collages
MOT/2024/NDOTC/NORW/014
Tag I made the collages in 2019 as a way to process thoughts about what I was afraid of, what I wanted for my life + how I waned people to perceive me.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Artwork, Trans Identity
- Place
- Norfolk Heritage Centre, Norwich
Various pieces of paper which are collages features speech bubbles, playing cards, and keywords.
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Paperback Book "Are You A Boy Or A Girl?"
MOT000129
Tag I CO-CREATED THIS BOOK WITH SARAH SAVAGE. WHEN WE MET ON MY TRANSSEXUAL SUMMER (c4) WE BOTH SAID WE WANTED TO MAKE A KID'S BOOK TO HELP SIMPLIFY AND EXPLAIN GENDER NON CONFORMITY TO YOUNG PEOPLE. THE BOOK WAS A SUCCESSFUL KICKSTARTER AND HAS NOW BEEN PICKED UP BY JESSICA KIG KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS, TO BE RELEASED AGAIN IN 2017, WITH NEW ILLUSTATIONS AND MORE PLOT! [Formatting Note: scribbled-out orthographical error between 'JESSICA' & 'KINGSLEY']
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- "Are you a boy or a girl?" paperback book. Paperback book titled "Are you a boy or are you a girl?" & tag. Good condition, thin line on top right corner.
- Dimensions
- Height 23 cm Width 26.5 cm
Paperback book with the title "Are you a boy or a girl?" by Sarah Savage & Fox Fisher. The cover shows a simple line drawing of a person with pink hair infront of a dark green, blue, and pink background.
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Paperback Book "Brighton Trans*formed"
MOT000136
Tag In 2014, I was given the opportunity to curate an exhibition as part of our Brighton Trans*formed oral history project. There were no affordable venues available in town. So I decided to create a trail of installations in queer spaces instead. I sourced a cheap and broken (but rather gorgeous) second-hand art deco cabinet and put it on display in what was then the queer Marlborough Pub and Theatre. I filled it with fairy lights and objects I sourced from the people who gave us their oral histories for the book. I displayed the objects with brown tags telling their stories. The weekend of Brighton Trans Pride, the cabinet was getting so much attention with people crowded around it to look in, that you could barely get past everyone to order at the bar. I stood back and watched, and soon realised I was onto something. At the same time up the road on Brighton's gay St James' Street, I recreated a hospital scene with my surgery artefacts and chest tissue in the gay tattoo shop the Gilded Cage. When I was deinstalling the displays, the two ideas came together and the rest, as they say, is transcestry.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Book & tag "Brighton Transformed". Paperback, corners slightly stubbed. Hanging black wire with metal washer.
- Dimensions
- Height 23 cm Width 23 cm
Cover of the paperback book "Brighton Trans*formed." The background is a grid of black and white portraits - to the side there is someone on a ladder putting up one of the photos in the grid, and someone else to the left side of the ladder helping hold the photo up.
- Paperback Book "Queer Paganism" By Jo Green MOT000081
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- "Queer Paganism" paperback book. Paperback book; title "Queer Paganism a spirituality that embraces all identities" by Jo Green. 161 pages. Inscribed on frontispiece by author in purple ink "I couldn"t find a book that described my gender and spirituality, so I wrote one".
- Dimensions
- Height 15.1 cm Width 23 cm Depth 1.1 cm
Front cover of a book titled "Queer Paganism - A spirituality that embraces all identities" by Jo Green. It also features a photo of a magenta flower and dry brush.
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Paperback book "There Is No Word For It"
MOT000159
Tag PUBLICATION of the theatre piece The (Trans) Mangina Monologues THERE IS NO WORD FOR IT Hotpencil Press, 2011 byt Laura Bridgeman, Serge Nicholson www.hotpencilpress.com
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- "There is no word for it" paperback book. Book titled "There is no word for it" Authors Laura Bridgeman & Serge Nicholson. Black cover with white lettering. Hotpencil Press 2011. inside cover written in pencil "Serge for shows", on front is piece "Laura dedication thanks to Lois…." in black pen. Top right hand corner folded down, with 14 mauve page marker stickers in place down side of book.
- Dimensions
- Height 12 cm Width 18 cm
The front cover of the book "There is no word for it" by Laura Bridgeman & Serge Nicholson. The cover is black with the title and authors' names written in white block letters.
- Patient Wristband MOT000007
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- E-J Scott, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Patient wristband White plastic patient wristband, used, has been cut to take off, lettering on band with patients name etc. very faded.
- Dimensions
- Dimension Description Wristband Height 200 mm Width 25 mm
A white plastic garment tag with a circular, hole-punched fastener is placed against a plain background
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Peach She/They Pronoun Badge
MOT/2024/NDOTC/DUND/007
Tag Pronoun badge she/them/ First badge with choosen pronouns of TPS conveynor (Lisamarie) used in Dundee, in their hometown in 2023.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 5.5 cm Width 5.5 cm
The image shows a button with "She/They" above a gray tag with handwritten notes.
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Pearl Bracelet
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/023
Tag WE CAN FIND STRENGTH IN GEMSTONES AND PEARLS. PEARLS WARM TO TOUCH. PEARLS AND STONES REPRESENT OUR STRENGTH
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- Collection
- Letter To My Little Trans Self
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 10 mm Width 80 mm Depth 80 mm
A pearlescent coloured pearl bracelet. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag
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Pearl Necklace
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BIRM/016
Tag A friend saw through my 'jokes' about dressing up as Marilyn Monroe and sent me a full costume. Pearls, gloves, cigarette holder, blouse and skirt. The first skirt I owned. I couldn't make it suit me at first. I wore it again years later when I was more me and I was BEAUTIFUL. Thank you, Giulia, you made it all easier
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Diameter 42 cm
A pearl necklace, brown tag with writing on it and a polaroid of someone holding up the pearl necklace.
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