The Collection
- Puberty Blockeres Save Lives Placard MOT/2024/NDOTC/NORW/038
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Placards, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- A placard which says Puberty Blockeres Save Lives.
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- Public Tags From Exhibition MOT000209
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Documentation
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Public Tags From Exhibition
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Punk Hello Kitty Toy
MOT000100
Tag This Kitty is as fabulous! as me, it says 'I Love you' because got to love yourself!
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Trans Identity
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Hello Kitty soft toy with punk dress and tag. Hello Kitty soft toy & tag; white cat with clothing, skirt slightly frayed on front and small amount on back, some bobbling of fabric, white shoes have multiple small cracks in synthetic leather.
- Dimensions
- Height 20 cm Width 13 cm Depth 6 cm
Soft Hello Kitty character toy wearing a plaid bow on one ear, black sleeveless shirt, studded belt, plaid skirt, leggings, wrist cuffs, and black and white shoes.
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Purple Rimmel London Nail polish
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BRIS/011
Tag After buying my first item of clothing at 23, I obtained this nail polish soon after, because it perfectly colour-matched. When I visited (& came out to) my brother & my bestie in London, I spent hours carefully donning the nail polish beforehand, using a leaf to neaten up my nails where I'd overpainted!
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Bathroom / Beauty
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 70 mm Width 30 mm Depth 30 mm
A bottle of Rimmel 60 second shine nail polish (colour: Lovey Dovey), with a brown handwritten luggage tag.
- QH1 Saved My Life Improve NHS Transgender Healthcare Placard MOT/2024/NDOTC/NORW/039
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Placards, Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
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- QTIBIPOC Collection and Black Lives Matter March Flyer and Press Cuttings MOT000307
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Black Trans Lives Matter (BTLM), Printed Ephemera
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Museum of Transology QTIBIPOC Collection flyer. Flyer advertising for the QTIBIPOC Collection at Museum of Transology collecting placards from the Black Lives Matter march (2x copies) and a photocopy of a press cutting relating to the Black Lives Matter protests which occurred across the UK.
QTIBIPOC Collection and Black Lives Matter march
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Queer Heritage South #1: Anonymous Tags
MOT000961
Tag MOT000961.1 - "THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN DUELING A LOT SPECIALLY IN RECENT YEARS. IT IS A QUESTION I NOW OWN. SOMETHING I AM STILL NAVIGATING, AND PROBABLY WILL, CONTINUING TO DO SO, LIKE AN OPEN LANDSCAPE" MOT000961.2 - "As a gay man I have always felt that it is very important to accept others as they are, including those who identify as trans and to be fully supportive of them. I know at least 4 in Folkestone, one who is fully open + runs a shop, two who are young just transitioning, and one other, elderly, who would be very scared if most knew. All their lives are just as valid as anyone elses." MOT000961.3 - "My best friend is FTM Trans and hearing his story has been eye opening, uplifting + inspiring. He allows me to feel proud about my own bi identity + together we have becoming active in fighting for equality #Translivesmatter" MOT000961.4 - "The Monks Wheel have carved into my flesh to destroy what connects it to narratives. That wriggle makes it That writhe biting into the muscle voicing dissmissed The each of puss pushed out from my thigh Expressing the neglect I impacted back to myself A degree for my body not [illegible] is what was expected of my gender A gender I cannot [illegible] I will let it pulse through my viens sometimes it clots sometimes it spills out." MOT000961.5 - "My Gender means that as a butch cis women I often get caught up in the "toilet debate". It would be nice to piss in peace. Every person no matter how they look or represent should be left alone to change or do basic human things." MOT000961.6 - "I have often had an impression of my non-humanity, my difference, my alienation. Being trans lets me communicate that I am completely human + myself" MOT000961.7 - "I just never knew it was ok... ... no doubt still learning that - thank god for every single brave & beautiful queer! [heart emoticon]" MOT000961.8 - "I don't know how I feel about my gender. I think I'm a cis woman but also there is something that feels really right when I wear a sports bra that squishes my boobs down and a big jumper. When going out with my last boyfriend I dressed v hyper feminine and it felt good but it felt like a costume. I feel like my gender ID is v linked to my sexuality. I love to sit with my legs open in a big leather jacket with a girl on my knee but I don't know what that means. I don't know if it means that I'm perpetuating the binary? The other day my partner sucked my fingers like a dick and I loved it. WHO FUCKING KNOWS EY? (not me)" MOT000961.9 - "Gender is a wonderful, bright and vibrant construct. As a non-Binary Lesbian I feel like I'm Playing between the lines & the norm. Trans people are in my chosen family, I love them dearly, they should be supported the way they want. (Mittenz 2S)" MOT000961.10 - "As a Kid I was VERY attached to me red + blue baseball cap. I was mortified when my mum ruined it by washing it. Looking back, I can see my identity was tied in with that androgynous piece of clothing. It had my long hair. I had chosen it myself. I loved it! It lived on my bedpost when I slept. Then it was gone. I still love wearing caps today. I'm wearing one right now. [signature]" MOT000961.11 -"MY GENDER IDENTITY IS BASED ON THE REJECTION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN OR A WOMEN. REALISING I COULD BE 'NON-BINARY' HELPED ME SEE THE BINARY FOR WHAT IT IS - BULLSHIT. MY GENDER IDENTITY MEANS I CAN DO WHAT I WANT, NOT WHAT I'M TOLD." MOT000961.12 - "I heard someone say (quite blasé) that "you're trans when you know you're trans" so I feel semi ok even though I'm hiding." MOT000961.13 - "We are all valid and unique. Our genders are infinite, they do not define us but do inform our shared histories. Be proud of who you are." MOT000961.14 - "The things I'd have done if I wasn't scared of being caught & seen. And the joy when I was brave enough to do them anyway but not fast or often enough." MOT000961.15 - "It feels like a lot of pressure to write something meaningful about my gender on such a small tag. I'm very grateful that since transitioning + gaining access to affirming healthcare I no longer feel so alienated from society. Or more to the point, I'm no longer alienated from myself." MOT000961.16 - "EVERYTHING AND NOTHING" MOT000961.17 - "IT'S SOMETHING SO UTTERLY UNIQUE AND PERSONAL - THE MOST PERSONAL THING? I'M NOT SURE I'D HAVE A GENDER IDENTITY IF THE LABELS DIDN'T EXIST. SOMETHING WE WAIT TO CHOOSE? STRANGE TO 'DECIDE' ON SOMETHING SO PERSONAL. IS IT A THING THAT JUST IS (WITHOUT CHOISE). STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS..." MOT000961.18 - "IT MEANS CHALLENGING & QUESTIONING MYSELF. I CONSIDER MYSELF AN OPEN QUESTION MARK. EXCEPTING MY IDENTY & EXCEPTING MY FEAR & JOY OF BEING DIFFERENT & THE SAME." MOT000961.19 - "IT HAS TAKEN ME OVER 30 YEARS TO EXEPT MY GENDER AS A TRANSMALE & BE PROUD OF WHO I AM. I AM PROUD TO BE A TRANSMALE & TO OF STARTED MY OWN TRANS + LGBTQ+ TRUST IN MY AREA"
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Documentation
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- 19x tags from Queer Heritage South. Nineteen brown paper tags with string completed with black biro anonymously by attendees at a workshop run by Queer in Brighton, Queer Heritage South and the Museum of Transology. Each contains the author"s handwritten reflactions on their gender.
- Dimensions
- Height 19 cm Width 12 cm Depth 7 cm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
- Queer Money by The Phantomat MOT001120
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Artwork
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- 29 bank notes for "52 fears of Transgender" exhibition. 29 bank notes from around the world, each stuck on to A5 or A4 white paper. Each backnote has been coloured with the head and shoulders figure coloured with make up or further colour. All by the artist The Phantomat. In the artist"s words: "I acquired a random collection of paper money. I corrected the obviously male dominated picture. Being drag, transgender or genderqueer is an everyday reality of my friends and me. Although this work has some awkward moments, I did not mean to produce comedy. If the image of a queer president is funny for some people, it’s because they can’t accept the idea. We don’t know if the president of North Korea wears lipstick, secretly." With postcard for exhibition "52 fears of Transgender" by The Phantomat at Sotheby"s, January 7-27th 2023. See also MOT/1121.
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Queer Power Art - 3D Printed Socket Faces
MOT/2024/NDOTC/LOND/053
Tag qUeeR PoWer Art PLaced in locations you wouldnt exPect, Reminding you that queer Power IS EVeryWhere [Text continues on rear of tag] THE LittLE ones where handed out to each other attendees as gifts SPReading QWeer PoWer! THE Big ones are ATTACHED To StrEEt FURNITURE ALong The ROUTE THE LITTLE Ones where handed out to each other AttendeeS as gifts SPReading qUeer Power! THE Big ones are ATTACHED To LTP24 I 4 StREET FURNiTUREALong The ROUTE
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Artwork, Intersex
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Dimension Description Large Facias (x4) Height 86 mm Width 86 mm Depth 9 mm
Several 3D printed 3-pin socket facias coloured with the Asexual, Trans, Non-Binary and Intersex flag colours. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Queercore Fan Zine
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BIRM/014
Tag 0121 Queercore' Issue #1 A fanzine documenting the queercore music scene in Birmingham. 2024
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- , Publications
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 21.5 cm Width 15 cm Depth 0.3 cm
The image shows "0121 Queercore" fanzine, documenting Birmingham's queercore.
- Queerness In Photography: An Exhibition At C|O Berlin MOT000968
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Printed Ephemera
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Guides, newspapers, programmes, and entrance ticket from "Queerness in Photography" Programmes, guides, newspapers and entrance ticket for the exhibition "Queerness in Photography": an exhibition at CO Berlin, 17 September 2022 to 18 January 2023. There are two programmes, guides in English and German, a newspaper supplement about the exhibition divided into four parts and an exntrance ticket.
- Dimensions
- Dimension Description Various dimensions
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Queertopia presents Trans Pride Northern Ireland A0 poster
MOT000997
Tag Queertopia is our local queer cabaret night. This was our first collab w/ trans pride NI It was themed around trans joy with stand-up, drag, poetry & burlesque. I MC'd! People wouldn't stop thanking us for a euphoric & affirming night. But to me, it was just an opportunity to showcase all the trans talent in N.I – it was great craic!
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- Collections
- Main Collection, Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland
- Category
- Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trans Pride NI poster and tag. A0 paper poster for Queertopia presents Trans Pride NI: Accidental Theatre"s Alternative Cabaret, designed by Danny Delan (19 August 2022) donated at the Museum of Transology"s 8th Birthday & Trans Pride UK launch, held at the Triangle LGBTQIA+ Cultural Centre, Deptford, and Bishopsgate Institute (11-12 February 2023). Donated by Leo Lapdie of the Rainbow Project. Tag reads "Queertopia is out local queer cabaret night. This was our first collab w/ Trans Pride NI. It was themed around trans joy with stand-up drag, poetry & burlesque. I MC"d! People wouldn"t stop thanking us for a euphoric & affirming night. But to me, it was just an opportunity to chowcase all the trans talent in N.I. It was a great craic!"
- Dimensions
- Height 84.1 cm Width 118.9 cm
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