The Collection
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Pink Floral Dress
MOT/2024/NDOTC/GLAS/008
Tag MY FIRST PRIDE DRESS IN FRONT OF WORK COLLEAGUES FOR GLASGOW PRIDE 2015
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 130.5 cm Width 77 cm Depth 0.4 cm
A pink dress with black floral patterns hangs on a wooden hanger against a white wall.
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Pink Folder Of Photographs, Letters and Reflections
MOT/2024/NDOTC/HAST/014
Tag THESE ARE PHOTOS, LETTERS & REFLECTIONS FROM 1ST YEAR OF TRANSITION / TESTOSTERONE WHICH COiNCiDED WITH 1ST YEAR OF A RELATIONSHIP - 2016 ♡
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Personal Messages
- Place
- Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
- Dimensions
- Height 28 cm Width 31 cm Depth 7 cm
A pink folder which has a pink postit on top of it and a brown luggage tag with writing on it.
- Pink Heart Badge MOT000070
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Pink enamel heart badge. Metal enamelled pink heart shaped pin badge.
- Dimensions
- Height 2 cm Width 1.9 cm
Metal enamelled pink heart shaped pin badge.
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Pink Plushie Toy
MOT/2024/NDOTC/DUND/042
Tag CUTE CUDDLY PINK SQUISHMALLOW GIVEN AWAY FOR FREE BY TRANS ALLIES TO COUNTER-PROTESTERS AGAINST A TRANSPHOBIC "DEBATE" ABOUT TRANS YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCOTTISH SCHOOLS. THERE IS NOW 100+ TRANS SQUISHMALLOWS IN DUNDEE'S TRANS COMMUNITY! <3
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
A pink and purple plushie toy which looks like a very round cat.
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Pink Trans Pride Liverpool Hi-Vis Vest
MOT/2024/TP/LIVE/005
Tag A pink hi-viz with lino printing on. It was made for the first Liverpool Trans Pride in 2019 and have been used every year since, including for other radical organising. Collected at Liverpool Trans Pride 2024.
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- Collection
- Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland
- Category
- Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
A pink Hi-Vis vest with the text "LIVERPOOL TRANS PRIDE STEWARD Sponsored by Artists Against Rampart Transphobia" printed in black on the back. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Pink Ugg Boots
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/059
Tag The first female boots of Miriam, a lovely trans woman
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 210 cm Width 180 mm Depth 310 mm
A pair of pink ugg boots.
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Pink and White Battery Operated Eyelash Curler
MOT000166
Tag Battery powered eyelash curlers for hot curls!
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Eyelash curlers & tag; battery operated, "City Chick" brand,plastic case pale pink with bright pink sliding switch & spring-loaded wedge to press eyelashes against to curl. Curved case to fit hand.
- Dimensions
- Height 12.5 cm Width 4 cm
Handheld battery operated eyelash curler. It is white with pink buttons and the brand "citychick" written in black on the bottom of the handle.
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Pink bra with lace on lower half of cups
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/017
Tag My first bra, gifted to me by a close friend shortly after I realised I was trans. The first item that made me feel comfortable in my skin. Thank you Rebecca. –Rachel
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 230 mm Width 300 mm Depth 85 mm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
- Placard "Be You To Full" MOT000204
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- Collection
- Placard & Banner Collection
- Category
- Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- A placard which is painted in the trans flag colours of pink, blue and white. Over it in black paint it says 'Be You To Full'.
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/074
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Placard 'If You're Reading This I Want You To Know That You Are Valid And You Are Loved. You've Got This, I Believer In You'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/074
Tag My protest sign from the gender recognition reform/section 35 protests in January 2023. The front part was made on the way to the first protest, as a last minute decision to go, then I added the cardboard before the next one. I think protesting is a wonderful part of trans resistance [Formatting Note: a word is scribbled out before the phrase 'trans resistance'.]
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Category
- Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 308 mm Width 308 mm Depth 5 mm
Handwritten cardboard placard with text "IF YOU'RE READING THIS I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE VALID AN YOU ARE LOVED. YOU'VE GOT THIS, I BELIEVE IN YOU" followed by two hearts coloured in the trans and non-binary colours.
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Placard 'Trans In The NHS'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BELF/012
Tag Painted by Remi Teal for Belfast Pride March 2023, marching with the NHS LGBTQ+ Staff forum. Remi says "As a nonbinary trans person, I find it really important to be out in my NHS job so that my colleagues will see respect trans people as fellow workers." [Formatting Note: The word 'see' in the last sentence has been struck through with a single line]
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Categories
- Medical, Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 610 mm Width 400 mm Depth 5 mm
A placard which says “Trans in the NHS” with intertwined flag colors and bold lettering.
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Placard 'Transphobia Is A Pandemic'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BELF/018
Tag Painted by Denise Donnelly for Belfast Pride March 2023, marching with NHS LGBTQ+ Staff forum. The same day I started to feel in love with Remi ♡
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Categories
- Medical, Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 610 mm Width 410 mm Depth 5 mm
A canvas painted with colors features the message, "Transphobia is a Pandemic," in bold letters
Special Collections
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Saturday closed
Sunday closed
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