Trans Kids Deserve Better
" “Trans kids deserve healthcare, dignity and to be treated like human beings. We will fight for that until we have the future we need and deserve. Trans kids deserve better.”
Trans Kids Deserve Better is a group of very brave, strategically savvy and highly creative young trans activists who’ve built a cult community following. They stage conceptual art and live performance protests. Their three demands are to be given equal access to gender-affirming lifecare, to be treated with dignity and to have their voices heard on all matters affecting their lives.
They often wear disguises that they donate to the Museum of Transology. These include the bland office-worker outfit they wore to sneak into the notoriously gender-critical LBG Alliance conference (11/10/2024). They brought proceedings to a close when they set 6000 live crickets free.
At the conclusion of their 7 day occupation of the Department of Education (23 - 30/08/2024), they donated a hoard of snacks left by their supporters to the Outside Project, London’s self-funded LGBTIQ+ Centre, Shelter, Domestic Abuse Refuge and Trans Night Shelter.
Install images
MOT/2024/TKDB/007
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Snoods - Worn By TKDB Activists During Their Department Of Education Occupation
MOT/2024/TKDB/007
Tag TKDB/007 snoods worn on the occupation of the Department of Education to shield identities
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- Collection
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Category
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Dimension Description Both snoods Height 250 mm Width 200 mm Depth 5 mm
Two pale pink snoods decorated with the Trans Kids Deserve Better 'Pawn with a crown' logo. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Stack Of Terf Leaflets
MOT/2024/TKDB/026
Tag A stack of leaflets collected by Trans Kids Deserve Better whilst socialising at the LGB Alliance conference before releasing crickets to protest it.
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- Collection
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Categories
- Trans Kids Deserve Better, Printed Ephemera
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Description
- The leaflets include: 1. LGB Christians 'Challenging Homophobia: Championing freedom, faith & sex-based rights' for the new network 'Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Christians & our friends'. 2. Sticker 'You Have The Power to protect womens rights'. 3. 'SPA Sisters Leamington cancelled' leaflet 4. 'Don't liberalize surrogacy law' by the Surrgacy Concern group leaflet. 5. Labour Women's Declaration leaflet. 6. LGB Christians leaflet 7. Sapphic Central 'London's best lesbian disco' leaflet. 8. Labour Women's Declaration business card. 9. London Lesbian Collective leaflet. 10. Labour Women's Declaration leaflet. 11. Free Speech Union (FSU) leaflet. 12. Women's Rights Network business card. 13. Woman is This (WiT) survey report leaflet. 14. Sex Matters leaflet. 15. FiLiA 'Women's Liberation Now' booklet. 16. Stop Surrgacy Now A4 information sheet. 17. LGB Alliance leaflet. 18. Battle of Ideas booklet.
The image shows a brochure promoting LGB Christians, with the title 'Challenging Homophobia: Championing freedom, faith & sex-based rights'. There is an illustration underneath it of lots of different people smiling and talking at a table.
- Trans Flag MOT/2024/TKDB/016
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- Collection
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Category
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 890 mm Width 156 mm Depth 1 mm
A placeholder image that is an illuminous green background and the black outline of a tag.
- Trans Legal Clinic Business Card MOT/2024/TKDB/012
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- Collection
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Categories
- Trans Kids Deserve Better, Printed Ephemera
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 55 mm Width 85 mm Depth 1 mm
A white business card for the Trans Legal Clinic. There is a pink and blue lightning logo and a pink QR code, with contact details in black text.
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Two Bottles Of Testogel
MOT/2024/TKDB/011
Tag 2 testogel bottles belonging to 'spidertrans.' who scaled the de Department for Education to rescue our banner during the Trans Kids Deserve Better occupation. [Formatting Note: The "de" before "Department" has been crossed out]
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- Collection
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Categories
- , Medical
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 180 mm Width 60 mm Depth 50 mm
Two bottles of Testogel. The bottles are white and have a dark blue label with a green and light blue splash logo. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Volvic Water Bottle
MOT/2024/TKDB/008
Tag water bottle found during the Trans Kids Deserve Better occupation of the Department for Education
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- Collection
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Category
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 240 mm Width 80 mm Depth 80 mm
An empty plastic Volvic Touch of summer fruits water bottle. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.
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Yellow GBC Bust Card
MOT/2024/TKDB/013
Tag Bustcards have all the details for what to do if you get arrested at a protest your rights, and solicitors' numbers. They're So vital for Trans Kids Deserve Better when doing direct action
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- Collection
- Trans Kids Deserve Better
- Categories
- Trans Kids Deserve Better, Printed Ephemera
- Place
- Bishopsgate Institute, London
- Dimensions
- Height 75 mm Width 105 mm Depth 1 mm
A yellow "Bust Card" from Green and Black Cross detailing a persons rights around Stop and Search and contact details for further advice. With a brown, handwritten luggage tag.