The Collection
- Placard 'We Won't Forget His Name' MOT/2024/TKDB/031
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- Collections
- Trans Kids Deserve Better, Placard & Banner Collection
- Categories
- Trans Kids Deserve Better, Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
A cardboard placard with handwritten memorial about a person's activism and remembrance.
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/036
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Placard - 'To Be Transsexual Is To Live In A World Where "Stop Killing Us" Is A Controversal Statement Up For Debate. Trans Monstera'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/036
Tag To be transsexual is to live in a world where "Stop Killing us" is a controversial Statement up for debate Sign, c.2023
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Category
- Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 490 mm Width 285 mm Depth 5 mm
A placard which is made from cardboard and in black marker pen says 'To Be Transsexual Is To Live In A World Where "Stop Killing Us" Is A Controversal Statement Up For Debate. Trans Monstera'
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Placard - 'Trans People Are Wonderful'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/034
Tag I remember waving this sign in the heat of June, chanting together with the crowd: 'DRAG QUEENS ARE WELCOME, FACISTS ARE NOT!' [Formatting Note: Several words have been scribbled out between the words "chanting" and "together"]
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Category
- Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 480 mm Width 280 mm Depth 3 mm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
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Placard - Be Your Unique Self
MOT/2024/NDOTC/PLYM/023
Tag Protest sign from Plymouth trans pride + Plymouth pride 2024
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Category
- Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 45 cm Width 59 cm Depth 0.5 cm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
- Placard - Brianna Ghey MOT001138
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- Collections
- Placard & Banner Collection, Main Collection
- Categories
- Memorial, Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- A placard which has a photograph of Brianna Ghey who is smiling and holding some chocolate up to her face as she sits in what looks like a bench in a park. The placard has been decorated to have a rainbow border edited around the photograph and the words 'Rest in Power Brianna'.
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
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Placard - Brianna's Life Fucking Mattered
MOT/2024/NDOTC/SOUT/004
Tag Protest Banner After Brianna Ghey's death, Solent Queer Society made protest banners. I think was one of the most powerful ones.
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Categories
- Placards, Memorial
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
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Placard - Canvas With Heart
MOT/2024/NDOTC/DUND/018
Tag This heart canvas was used in a protest against Women Wont Wheesht. It was made by a Trans Man to respresent the Love the trans community show & share
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Category
- Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 30.5 cm Width 25.5 cm
A square placard which is painted in the trans flag and a heart drawn in the middle.
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Placard - Claude Cahun
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/011
Tag I painted this sign at my Friend Georgia's house before we went to London Trans Pride 2023. The paint is smudged due to rain. It depicts non-binary icon Claude Cahun.
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Category
- Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 610 mm Width 470 mm Depth 5 mm
A brown cardboard placard painted with the image of a topless person with black hair, a pink scarf and pink trousers. The text "WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE" is written o n their chest. Above the painting is a quote about gender expression from Claude Cahun. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Placard - Come Off Friday 6pm
MOT/2024/TKDB/001
Tag A placard noting advertising the event for the end of the Trans Kids Deserve Better occupation of the Department for Education
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- Collections
- Trans Kids Deserve Better, Placard & Banner Collection
- Categories
- Trans Kids Deserve Better, Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 67 cm Width 72 cm
A hand drawn cardboard Trans Kids Deserve Better placard with text "COME OFF FRIDAY 6PM - SPEECHES COMMUNITY POWER" in blue, white, pink, black and yellow text. It also features the silhouette of a pawn and a megaphone.
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Placard - DragShow Department For Education 7pm
MOT/2024/TKDB/002
Tag The drag show at the Trans Kids Deserve Better Encampment was such a beautiful community moment. Many TKDB activists made drag debuts and some established drag artists who joined said it was their favourite gig ever. love and rage [indistinct word]
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- Collections
- Trans Kids Deserve Better, Placard & Banner Collection
- Categories
- Trans Kids Deserve Better, Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 450 mm Width 760 mm Depth 5 mm
A hand drawn cardboard placard advertising a Drag Show a the Department for Education organised by Trans Kids Deserve Better. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
- Placard - Eden Knight: Say Her Name MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/052
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Memorial
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 600 mm Width 800 mm Depth 5 mm
A white plastic placard reading "EDEN KNIGHT SAY HER NAME REST IN PRIDE 2000 - 2023 TRANSPRISONER ALLIANCE SJB" in red and black, handwritten text. Between the dates, there is a trans flag with a heart in the centre.
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Placard - Fuck The Cis-Tem
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LEED/004
Tag Hand painted protest placard used in a counter protest to the Patriotic Alternative during pride 2022
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- Collections
- National Day of Trans Collecting, Placard & Banner Collection
- Category
- Placards
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 404 mm Width 390 mm Depth 5 mm
An orange cardboard placard with the slogan "FUCK THE CIS-TEM" in black lettering win a grey starburst.
Special Collections
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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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