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-
Subbuteo Figure
MOT/2024/LTMLTS/005
Tag 1.8 grams of plastic masculinity balanced on a button snapped from a woman's coat
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- Collection
- Letter To My Little Trans Self
- Categories
- Family, Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 3 cm Width 2 cm
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Swallow Pin Badge
MOT/2024/NDOTC/HAST/015
Tag Swalls signify home, beloning, love and loyalty. I wore this tie pin on the day I got married and on the day of my mum's funeral. I have always been loved and had a safe home with my family. And now I have a family of my own. I know that is a privilege. But I was in my mid 30s before I found people who I could see as my future, people I could look like as I get old. Sucessful people. I remember first seeing the [Drakes?], Wide eyed, fast beating heart. I felt home. I felt like belonged. I am finally the inbetween I have always been.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Family, Badges
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 1.5 cm Width 1.5 cm Depth 1.5 cm
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T-Shirt "Trans Kids Deserve To Grow Up"
MOT/2024/NDOTC/MANC/020
Tag T-Shirt designed by Splodge creative, in collaboration with Dee Whitnell for their campaign #TransKidsDeserveToGrowUp. 100% Profits Go To Mermaids
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Family, T-Shirts
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 76 cm Width 70 cm
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Tall Drink Can Painted in Trans Flag Colours 'Diet Transe'
MOT/2024/NDOTC/NORW/021
Tag This is a trans can. I made it because I am Trans and because I CAN! [smiley face]
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Norfolk Heritage Centre, Norwich
- Dimensions
- Height 20 cm Width 7 cm
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Tartan Teddy Bear
MOT/2024/NDOTC/GLAS/025
Tag This bear made from my grandfather's shirt makes me happy. I took my new name from him and want to be the kind of man he was.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 38 cm Width 25 cm Depth 12 cm
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Trans Aid Cymru Stickers, Banner, Prints, Pamphlets and Polaroids
MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/023
Tag Tag 1 - one of my favourite badges the Trans Aid Cymru volunteers designed for us to sell at Pride events to fundraise! "veteran of the culture war" sums up so much of how we feel regarding the anti-trans media storms. Tag 2 - the march chants from the 2023 Trans Pride Cardiff march. Hilariously, these were meant to be passed out amongst the crowd but the march stewards didn't manage to pass that message onto the march leaders, so we still have pristine printouts! Tag 3 - the demands from 2022 Trans Pride Cardiff. we wanted these to be easilt shareable on social media, and distributed via a press release to media organisations in september 2022. we are a radical pride, and are unapologetic with our demands. TPC! Tag 4 - a collection of 5 Trans Aid Cymru stickers, in English + Welsh with phrases like "Trans Rights" "Support Trans Kids" "Trans Aid Cymru" Tag 5 - a zibe - Trabsform The Conversation a Welsh/English printed zine designed by trans artists, creatives and actors as part of the "Humanequin" project in 2018/19. I designed the project as an educational resource to assist with sharing the play, and was shared with local schools who come to see the show at the WMC. Tag 6 - a 2nd-edition Trans Aid Cymru leaflet detailing our services, support and resources. Its super colourful and we send these all over Wales too! Tag 7 - our recognisable "Trans in Wales!" You're not alone" QR sticker. These can be found around Wales on many a lamppost offering hope and solidarity in each county! The QR leads you to Trans Aid Cymru's collated resources around surviving the cost of living and trans issues.
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Categories
- Trans Pride Collective UK & Ireland, Stickers, Family, Printed Ephemera, Banners
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Trans aid cymru sticker - non binary flag Trans aid cymru sticker - hawliaw trans! Trans aid cymru sticker - trans rights banner Trans aid cymru sticker - support trans kids Trans aid cymru sticker - cefnogwch blant traws!
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Ultrasound Of Uterus During Egg Preservation Process
MOT/2024/NDOTC/CARD/016
Tag ultrasound taken during egg preservation process – I never thought I would ever meet and love some one the way I love my fiancé Harry. I was told as a teenager that I would never experience love and that T would make me infertile – That is not true
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 106 mm Width 114 mm Depth 1 mm
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Wedding Ring
MOT000960
Tag My Wedding Ring. Back in 2014 this ring became my most beloved possession, meaning more to me than anything before it, and making me feel safe and secure. Now, however, I can't wear it. Not because it means less, but because it means more. That relationship and the close connection I had to my partner are the reason I was able to look at the deepest, most vulnerable part of myself and understand that I am transgender. Without it, there may have been less pain for us both, but I may never have known who I am. This is a relationship that was meant to be, but never meant to last. (I still love her x) A.E.
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- Collection
- Main Collection
- Categories
- Family, Fashion
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- Wedding ring in brown plastic ring box, with tag. A.E.'s metal wedding ring with wooden insert, presented in brown plastic ring box (n.d.) Accompanying tag. Accompanying letter from the Donor to E.J.Scott regarding the ring and their life (2pp) (11 August 2017) (NOT TO BE ISSUED)
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Wooden Carved Mushroom
MOT/2024/NDOTC/EDIN/031
Tag Wooden mushroom, handmade Winter 2020, with the help of a lover who was the first person who told me I could be the gender I felt, I didn't need anyone else to say I was "trans enough"
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- Collection
- National Day of Trans Collecting
- Category
- Family
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 100 mm Width 80 mm Depth 80 mm