Family Collection
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THEIR LOVED ONES, THEIR CARERS & THEIR PROTECTORS
There’s no denying young trans people are at the centre of transphobic bullies’ hypocrisy. The banning of puberty blockers for trans kids under the guise of being unsafe, whilst still available for cisgender kids going through early puberty, is proof enough.
But don’t let the media fool you. Despite the cruelty of centring trans youth at the heart of the UK’s culture wars, trans kids are busy being kids. They’re joining art clubs, staging their own protests, coming to Pride rallies (with or without their families, just like other teenagers) and playing with friends just like them.
What the UK media would have us forget, is that transphobia doesn’t only affect trans kids. It affects their school mates, their families, their carers, their teachers, their neighbours…
The beauty of the overwhelming number of heartwarming objects representing profoundly meaningful moments where families show their unequivocable support for trans siblings and children provides ample real-life evidence of just how many of us care about deeply about the wellbeing of trans children.
They are the future of gender liberation for us all.
Photograph: Henri T
Family Collection
A selection of items relating to families and childhood-
A Bleached Light Denim jacket With Embroidery
MOT/2024/NDOTC/GLAS/013
Tag Coming Out Power Jacket HanD EmbroiDereD Demin Jacket I came out as nonbinery and My Parent Made me this, it is VeRy well loveD P.S Proctect TrANs KIDs!!
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Family, Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 48 cm Width 40 cm Depth 0.5 cm
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A Glass With The Initial "L"
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/012
Tag A glass with my new initial, gifted to me by my aunt. This is proof my family accepts me 🖤
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- Collection
- Letter To My Little Trans Self
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 130 mm Width 100 mm Depth 100 mm
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A Milk Bottle Painted With The Trans Flag Colours
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BELF/013
Tag A talisman created by, and disposed of by, a trans person not yet out to their family, and found, and kept by a trans person not yet aware they were trans
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 260 mm Width 120 mm Depth 80 mm
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Baby Photograph, Child In Stripey Trousers Leaning Against The Sofa
MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/019
Tag Baby photo – 1997 Looking at this photo, I see a baby boy. I was raised in a very gender non-conforming way. It seems deep nown my parents knew I would break the gender concept.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Family, Photographs
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 200 mm Width 150 mm Depth 1 mm
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Bangladeshi Bank Note
MOT/2024/NDOTC/NORW/005
Tag A Bangladeshi bank note gifted to me by my trans partner before I left Bangladesh.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 6 cm Width 10 cm
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Blue and Orange Crocodile Dog Toy
MOT000054
Tag This was my dogs beloved toy. My dog always accepts and loves me just as I am, I'm his Daddy no matter how I look or feel. Playing with him makes the world ok again, even if just for a few minutes.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Blue and orange crocodile dog toy and tag. Blue and orange crocodile dog toy & tag (label- "chew guard technology"). Working squeaker inside. Grubby all over. Repairs to tail and eyes. Well used and loved.
- Dimensions
- Height 20.3 cm Width 10.7 cm
- Cake Topper MOT000067
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- 18th birthday cake topper. Cake topper in shape of speech bubble reads "Happy 18th Birthday Asher". Slight scratch on the back, at bottom, at middle, top right-hand corner.
- Dimensions
- Height 10.1 cm Width 9.8 cm
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Campfire Ash In Vial
MOT/2024/NDOTC/BRIS/004
Tag A bottle of campfire ash from Gender Intelligence's Super Camp in 2018, where 200 trans people went camping together
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 25 mm Width 10 mm Depth 10 mm
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Cardboard Tuxedo Wedding Favour
MOT000205
Tag This little gendered wedding favour was presented to me by my mum, after I came out to her at my cousin's wedding. My parents have been amazing. Seeing this little box still chokes me up. Alex.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Cardboard tuxedo wedding favour, contents unknown. Black box, small, card, with white cut out section in the shape of jacket and bow tie. Contents unknown. Wedding favour.
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Childhood Photograph, A Child In A Yellow Shirt Wearing a Nike Hat
MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/017
Tag Baby Photo – my childhood was beautifully gender non-conforming. my mam allowed me and encouraged me to enjoy Pokemon, Bratz dolls, wearing dress and motor cycle jackets. my mam has always loved and accepted me as I am.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Family, Photographs
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 200 mm Width 150 mm Depth 1 mm
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Childs Toy - Tango ladybug
MOT/2024/NDOTC/HAST/013
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/022
Tag Growing up with a brother of a similar age, my mother would always buy us two of everything. This toy was first time I had asked for something different. I didn't want to play with 'his' toys, I wanted my own. Her name was Tango. I was six.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
- Dimensions
- Height 15 cm Width 9 cm Depth 18 cm
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Circular Painting Showing Three Sets of Eyes
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/063
Tag They're Shoe Shoes, Silly; Men/Characters which have helped inspire me to be who I am & their quotes that bring me gender euphoria.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Family, Artwork
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 200 mm Width 200 mm Depth 5 mm Diameter 200 mm