The Collection
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/018
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Printed Ephemera From Three Transgender Film & Video Festivals, 1997, 1998 and 1999
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/018
Tag ZACH NATAF'S DREAM OF AN INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER FILM FESTIVAL HAPPENED OVER 3 YEARS, AND WAS A HUGE FORCE FOR GOOD FOR ALL OF US
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- Collection
- Letter To My Little Trans Self
- Categories
- , Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
Various letters, photos, flyers and articles regarding the Transgender Film and Video Festivals of 1997, 1998 and 1999. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/011
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Printed Out Essay - A Phenomenological Approach To The Medicalization Of Gender Categories
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/011
Tag 2002 UNDERGRADUATE SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY ESSAY
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Documentation
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 297 cm Width 210 cm Depth 5 cm
A printed copy of an undergraduate Social Anthropology essay titled "A Phenomenological Approach to the Medicalization of Gender Categories. With a brown handwritten luggage tag.
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Progynova Box
MOT000080.4
Tag "In my case medical treatment was critical. Without it I don't think I would have survived. Medical treatment isn't wanted or accessible to everyone and it doesn't define being trans, no matter what the media or anyone else tells you! Anna / x"
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
The image shows a facial wrap, EMLA cream, a dilator, and a label listing
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Progynova Box
MOT000187
Tag USED PROGYNOVA PACKET The medication that has finally allowed me, in part, to look like myself after 40 years.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Hormones, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Progynova 2mg Estradiol valerate box; empty, blue/white.
- Dimensions
- Height 9 cm Width 2.5 cm Depth 6.5 cm
Blue/white card box reading "Progynova 2mg"
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Progynova Box and Pill Strips
MOT000188
Tag I got these after I'd already been self-medding with birth control pills for almsot 2 years. After finally getting a prescription for progynova I was surprised to find that they actually made me very emotionally unstable and really depressed for the first time in my life. This has almost completely disapeared now but it was a reminder that not all steps in transition are simple.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Hormones, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Progynova 2mg box & pill strips x2 & tag; box; blue/white. Contains 1 x empty strip of Estradiol Valerate pills, 1 x strip Estradiol hemihydrate contains 2 pills (Tues/Thurs).
- Dimensions
- Height 9 cm Width 2.5 cm Depth 6.5 cm
Blue and white "Progynova 2 mg" box.
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Progynova box, 4 Empty Blister Packets, Leaflet
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/025
Tag - SHIKA AVA THIBAULT - 47 When come to UK I don't have hormone prescriptions. Mostly I get it from friends or brought from Malaysia. This box was given to me who brought it here while I'm waiting for my official prescription.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Hormones, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 65 mm Width 90 mm Depth 15 mm
A box of Progynova 2 mg. The box is white with a pink swirl. The donor's name, Shika, has been written in pen in the bottom left corner. This text has smudged.
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Prosthetic Beard and Moustache In Box
MOT/2024/NDOTC/MANC/017
Tag A prosthetic moustache and beard worn at various Live Action Roleplay (LARP) events. Live Action Roleplay has allowed many trans people a safe space to explore gender and try new names and pronouns.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
![Pair of silicone gel filled prosthetic breasts & tag; Pear shaped, Silicone gel held in outer layer. Dark brown nipples & aureoles. Brand name on back "Softleaves" Reel Look UK [Lot 99] 27111".](https://d3f1jyudfg58oi.cloudfront.net/15395/image/5e51c4b0-165e-11f1-a547-8b56f5c6fbc7-vdJuaOS.tn@2x.jpg)
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Prosthetic Breasts
MOT000155
Tag [MISSING]
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Silicon breasts and tag. Pair of silicone gel filled prosthetic breasts & tag; Pear shaped, Silicone gel held in outer layer. Dark brown nipples & aureoles. Brand name on back "Softleaves" Reel Look UK [Lot 99] 27111".
- Dimensions
- Height 18 cm Width 3.5 cm Depth 14 cm
![Pair of silicone gel filled prosthetic breasts & tag; Pear shaped, Silicone gel held in outer layer. Dark brown nipples & aureoles. Brand name on back "Softleaves" Reel Look UK [Lot 99] 27111".](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/15395/5e51c4b0-165e-11f1-a547-8b56f5c6fbc7-vfZl2ik.lg@2x.jpg)
Pair of silicone gel filled prosthetic breasts & tag; Pear shaped, Silicone gel held in outer layer. Dark brown nipples & aureoles. Brand name on back "Softleaves" Reel Look UK [Lot 99] 27111".
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Prosthetic Penis
MOT000153
Tag I got this in an attempt to pass better but it made me even more dysphoric and I hated it Dirk
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Pink silicon packer. Prosthetic penis & testicles (packer); made of silicone, pink, moulded with lifelike detail of skin wrinkles, hair follicles etc. Flat surface across base with moulded concave indent in centre.
- Dimensions
- Height 15 cm Width 12 cm Depth 10 cm
Prosthetic penis & testicles (packer); made of silicone, pink, moulded with lifelike detail of skin wrinkles, hair follicles etc. Flat surface across base with moulded concave indent in centre.
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Prosthetic Penis
MOT000160
Tag HOMEMADE PACK + PEE! Soft packer with 'she-wee' great idea in theory but impractable due to stiff plastic.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Pink "She Wee" stp. Prosthetic penis with "She Wee" attachment & tag; silicone, pink moulded penis & testicles with detailing of skin & hairs. Has been adapted with white plastic "Shee wee", trough and pipe have been inserted through penis base and head. Penis has flat base (back) across penis & testicles.
- Dimensions
- Height 10 cm Width 4.5 cm Depth 7 cm
Prosthetic penis with "She Wee" attachment & tag; silicone, pink moulded penis & testicles with detailing of skin & hairs. Has been adapted with white plastic "Shee wee", trough and pipe have been inserted through penis base and head. Penis has flat base (back) across penis & testicles.
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Prosthetic Penis
MOT000167
Tag I became far more ambitious with age! (but wore this 10yrs)
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Pink silicon packer and tag. Prosthetic penis & testicles (packer) & tag; made of silicone, pink, moulded with grooves which have worn down & discoloured. Penis moulded at 45 degree angle pointing downwards. Flat surface across back with slight concave in centre, hole near top of back (centre) & hole in tip of penis.
- Dimensions
- Height 5.5 cm Width 7 cm Depth 7 cm
Prosthetic penis & testicles (packer) & tag; made of silicone, pink, moulded with grooves which have worn down & discoloured.
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Proteus Badge
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/061
Tag 1st Anniversary Pin for Proteus, and international trans focused leather club www.proteusleather.club
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 30 mm Width 20 mm Depth 10 mm
A small, shield shaped, pin badge. It has the text "PROTEUS" and a stylised trident symbol. It represents the Proteus Leather Club. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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